Rowan Rhymes With Growin'

I had John step on the scale tonight with our little man to see how much he weighs. Honestly, yesterday I thought he was lighter than he had been and then something happened over night because this morning he felt like a lead weight in my arms. Much to my surprise, Rowan weighs roughly 19 pounds already. That's 1 pound more than Carys weighed when she was here and she was 11 months old! How the heck did that happen? Oh wait, that's right. He eats like a little piggy... Here is a typical Rowan diet at 5 months of age:

3am: A lot of Milk
6am: Another good helping of Milk
9am: Yep, more milk
11am: At least 2 tablespoons of rice cereal, 2 tablespoons of veggies and 1 tablespoon of fruit. Maybe some milk if it is nap time again.
12pm: More milk (unless he had milk at 11am)
2pm: More milk
4pm: Milk
5pm: 2 tablespoons of cereal, 2-3 tablespoons of fruit and/or vegetables.
6pm: Yes, you got it--MILK.

I thought he was eating a lot less than he was a month ago, but I don't think he is now that I see his diet down "on paper" so to speak. We are able to push the feeding to every 3 hours if we are out and about running around but he will still eat from me at least 6 times per day and get solids twice daily. He seems to enjoy the solids more and more each day now. We've introduced sweet potato, butternut squash, parsnips, banana, apple, pear, mango, avocado and broccoli (which as you know, he hates). He wasn't fussy about pear although he seemed to like it yesterday when we tried it again after a little break. Banana makes him gag if we mash it up and so we give it to him in the mesh feeder thing which is very very messy but fun to watch. I also find it to be a serious pain to clean and I worry that the rotten fruit bits that I can't get out will make him sick. I am being paranoid I know, but seriously-- the mesh thing needs to be redesigned to be more practical for the parents. Or, maybe they should just make the mesh part disposable so that it is only used once and then is thrown out.

I don't know what is up next on the menu. Maybe turnip or carrots. I am reluctant to make more food because the freezer is already full of baby sized cubes of goodness that we need to eat up before being away for 4 weeks. I have to say that I really love making stuff for him though and I have a hard time holding back. I love the little food processor that my Aunt Judy bought us, I love the little ice cube tray portions and I love looking at all of the colours in the ziplock bags once I have mixed all the cubes together. It's like a rainbow! OH! I can't wait until he can eat mixed stuff and we can introduce BERRIES. The combinations will be endless and with the wonderful baby food book that Ana bought us we are all set to make all kinds of concoctions. How fun is that?!