Hello Carol,

  CS> ...another parent told us to try a hard toasted bagel
    > and that worked well though was a bit of minor trouble
    > to cut and toast up hard.

I may give that a try later today when she wakes up... if I am conscious. 
I slept through breakfast yesterday.

  CS> Depending on what you have bee feeding her, this is
    > the stage to widen the diet out quite a bit if you
    > havent. If you do not, she will become a 'picky eater'

During a recent check-up, the first thing that her cardiologist said when
he saw her was "Well there's nothing wrong with her appetite!" 
He's right too: she'll eat any- thing that comes within range.  She pulled
a classic face when I gave her a (slice of a) black olive though!  :-)

  CS> Charlotte was self feeding by 15 months but slow to
    > talk and she was walking well before this age).

Ah.  This one's cruising, but not walking.  Chatty occasionally but very
few discernable English words. She has mastered a few ASL signs.

  CS> ...what do you expect when the kid's first word was
    > 'cat'?

That's cute.

Regards,
  - Andy Ball

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