Last week, we decided it was time for our little 15-pound (almost) five month-er to try food. We'd had the go-ahead from the doctor for a few weeks now, but were trying to delay beginning food until six months. Judah had other ideas! He became increasingly curious about our food, watching us intently whenever anything edible was in his vicinity. We were starting to feel bad. Then he started reaching for our food and things started getting really uncomfortable.
So, venturing into food we went. Part of me is SO excited to be pureeing up new foods for him to try and another part of me can hardly believe he's old enough!
After reading different articles about baby nutrition, we decided to forgo all rice cereal and just jump right into fruits and veggies mixed with breast milk. I spent about $30 on organic produce, which made loads of baby food. I froze everything in ice cube trays & then transferred them to glass containers. I felt like the Martha Stewart of baby cruisine. It was a lot easier and more fun than I thought it was going to be.
We decided to start with avocados because once we decided to try food, I wanted to begin immediately & avocado was one of the few things that didn't require pre-cooking.
Judah wasn't so sure at first but did really well at keeping it in his mouth, for the most part.
Love this picture. It nicely sums up our first attempt at food.
We've since tried pears, peaches, sweet potatoes, carrots & bananas. So far, he snubbed the bananas (who'd blame him!) and carrots, but gobbled down the sweet potatoes & fruit. We've been trying to maintain a 3(ish) day rule before venturing into another food, but its just so hard... Feeding your baby is seriously entertaining!
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