Maggie is an expert crawler now. She can get wherever she wants to go. She's also a pro at pulling herself up on things: coffee table, play kitchen, canister of dog food, entertainment center, you name it. We're working on "no" as a concept. It's important for things like the carbon monoxide detector upstairs (where there are no outlets except at baby level), the dog dishes, and things that move easily (like the ottoman) on the hardwood floors. She may understand, but so far she doesn't obey. Guess that's the difference between a dog and a baby. There have been a few face plants resulting in a few bruises, but thankfully her next doctor's appointment is far enough away for those to heal a bit first.
Her repertoire of food has expanded a bit. She now does some protein: tofu and lentils. She will eat green beans again (yay for green food!), but she has turned her nose up at watermelon. What sort of child is this that will eat tofu but not watermelon or avocados? We also discovered what formula she should not eat (the free stuff we got in the hospital that we were mixing with mashed potatoes and lentils). She has also gotten so good at chewing that she can have chunks of bananas and peaches and slices of cooked carrots now. This potentially makes going out easier, as we can just bring an actual piece of food instead of being worried about bringing frozen pureed stuff and keeping it frozen and ordering hot water and hoping the ziplock bag has no holes and then hoping it's not too hot after being in the hot water and then shoveling in half spoonfuls trying to make it last as long as possible. Now we order a side of banana slices and she's happy for a long time.
