Katya's eats

Katya looking super cute in pigtails and wearing her backpack!


Katya has been eating at the table (instead of on her tray) more and more lately. She has a super cute plate, bowl, fork and spoon set from her great Aunt Joan. I am going to buy a booster seat that will strap to a chair for her since Reagan will be taking over the highchair soon. The other night Craig was getting her more milk and she kept saying something over and over again. It took me a while but I figured out she was saying "big girl, big girl." She wanted to drink her milk "like a big girl" (my words to her the day before), in a cup without a lid. Since then we always give her meal time drinks in a "big girl cup." She does really good with it but occasionally I catch her playing in it and spilling on purpose.

She is definitely a picky toddler but is overall a good eater. I often share my sandwich with her at lunch because when I give her bites of mine, she will eat things that she doesn't if it is on her plate. Like lettuce and avocado. She is working on eating sandwiches herself but they still end up falling apart and then she picks through it and only eats certain parts. She doesn't love PBJ's which is a bummer; maybe later. She eats the jelly side (or just licks the jelly off, gross) but only a little of the peanut butter (after she pulls it apart of course). She ate a handful of baby carrots the other day on the way home from the park. That was great. She LOVES juicy, fresh tomatoes from Grandpa Al's yard. She calls them "Grandpa matoes." But she has been getting a rash around her mouth from tomatoes lately. Such a bummer because that is the main vegetable that she will eat. And it's really a fruit right?!

Her overall diet is lots of dairy; some meats, eggs and beans; lots of fruit; some bread/cereals and a little bit of veggies. She continues to like oatmeal and broccoli. We treated ourselves to buying V8 juice that was on sale at Costco and she really liked it. Not that it is as good as fresh vegetables but I guess it is better than nothing! Her skin seemed to be fine after drinking it but I will keep an eye on it (with all the tomatoe in it). She tried roasted almonds the other day for the first time. She did not love them but ate a few. She is pretty good at trying things with a little encouragment. Guess thats about it!