Saturday, May 14, 2011

Solid Foods

Like I promised, here goes the solid food experience…

A couple weeks ago, Taylor began to become extremely interested in the food that we were eating.  He would watch us pick it up with a fork, and follow the item, very intently, as we put it in our mouth.  He has been eating about 7-8 ounces of formula, so we thought, well we definitely aren’t upping his formula any more, so maybe we will give solids a try.  He is sitting rather well, so the pediatrician said go for it.  We started him off on rice cereal, and after a near choking experience that almost gave me a heart attack, he finally got it down.  Although, he wasn’t that big of a fan.  He liked the eating part, but the taste…well, these pictures say it all…

First Solid Food Rice Cereal 4

First Solid Food Rice Cereal 6

After about a week of the rice cereal, we decided to let him venture out and taste some new foods.  I chose carrots!  Let me tell you, those things look and smell gross!  At first, he wasn’t too sure about this weird taste in his mouth, but after a few spoonfuls, he loves them!  I let him play with the food, so he was a little messy, but the smile on his face is priceless.  It is so fun to see Taylor experience new textures and I can’t wait to start to see him become more curious.

First Solid Food - Carrots 9   First Solid Food - Carrots 7

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First Solid Food - Carrots 2    First Solid Food - Carrots

Until next time…(hopefully it won’t be as long as before!)

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