Claire is working very hard to crawl. In her attempts to raise her bottom and get to her hands and knees, she does a good job traveling backward, which frustrates her, because it puts distance between her and the object she’s trying to reach.

But sometimes she gets to where she wants to go. She’s fascinated by zippers and very determined to figure out how they work.

In my eagerness to introduce solids, I gave Claire some Stage 1 (well-ground) chicken (commercially prepared baby food). It seems she may have an intolerance at this point. She’s had five poops today and a rash has begun on her bottom. This is similar to when we attempted to transition from hypo-allergenic to regular formula in December. However, she had only one day’s exposure, so I caught it quickly. The doctor recommended to hold off on meat proteins for a couple more months. She also said she often wonders about what’s in the jars; even though the ingredients say, for example, chicken and chicken broth, she wonders if there might be preservatives in there that can irritate. So until the reaction clears up, we’re sticking with peas and brown rice, oat cereal, rice cereal, carrots (not a lot), applesauce, and bananas. Then I’ll continue to introduce one new vegetable at a time and over a period of four days to see. I really don’t want to deal with a lot of food sensivities and allergies, but unfortunately I might just need to accept this possibility; Husband’s got family members who are allergic to pork, beef, tomatoes, yeast, oranges, milk (and some simply have a lactose intolerance). Still, I’m sure we’ll find something to feed her!