baby led parenting

there's all sorts of names for different 'types' of parenting. i think paul and i are mostly following the "really? wow! now i know" method.

the other method might be called "percy want, percy do." which i hope doesn't make us the ultra annoying, permissive parents whose kid gets into everything, is a spoiled brat and all round pariah. i'm pretty sure we set reasonable boundaries to her life.
i'm referring here to my earlier post about changing some of percy's routine; the what happens when guide. since writing that we've had a bit of a chat about it which led to some amendments. percy did not want a morning nap on saturday; we tried to put her down for a sleep at 10:30am to protests and failure. second attempt at 1pm with same result. she finally slept (for only 35mins) at 3pm. so on sunday we kept her up 'til 12noon, at which point she had a two hour sleep. yippee. so lunch is now 11am- just like at day care and naps are only one, in the early afternoon. i think it will go well. we'll see after a few days.
we are also going to keep her bedtime at 7pm, but pushing dinner back might be hard as she is hungry starting around 5pm, certainly doesn't want to wait past 5:30pm. she has, thankfully, been eating more at nearly all her meals; only the variety is very limited. on a positive note i have been giving her some slices of banana for months every breakfast (the rest is sliced on my breakfast) to no avail. recently she has started eating it! woohoo! this suggests it will take months to get her to eat other foods. boohoo. so meal times are still heart breaking for me but i have hope.

some recent photos to follow soon.