[PrincessPerky]

I use cloth now, well at least half the time, not when out. So one time purchase and some ongoing washing, really saves on the diaper bills. (what diapers we do buy are at BJS, with coupons if possible)

I think you might want to go back to making your babies food, now would be the time to get her used to your cooking, less you plan on microwave dinners for the rest of her life. 9 month olds might seem picky but try a 2 year old! they only get worse!

I make most of my babies, but I use the cereal flakes to thicken when I do it wrong and it is too runny.

I am lazy though, so I like to nuke frozen fruit and then puree, though for 9 months depending on how long shes been eating you could just fork mash. really by 9 months I fork mashed all my food and shared it with my kids. If I couldn't fork mash it, they didn't get it yet. Sometimes I would leave some things in longer to get a bit softer (like noodles, or vegetables) but potatoes were fine fork mashed, rice I prefered to give as leftovers at first, sitting in some broth, made it mushier.