Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / September 2005

Well, I took the plunge and let Shiny have some banana... although she
doesn't sit well, she did *great*. I am skipping babyfood and just using a
bit of real banana mooshed a bit and given on the tip of a finger. She loves
it, acts like I've been holding out on her. Bird beaks for more, and gags
less than her sister did at the same age. Did well with a bit of chopped
cooked carrot, too.

In fact, the more texture, the easier it seems for her to handle/coordinate.
She really enjoys rolling stuff around on her tongue and "feeling" it in her
mouth. The finger-feeding method is very suprisingly low mess--we have none
of the puree in hair thing going on. She's had more tummy trouble than in
the past, though, but I'm not sure it's connected.

I realized that babyfood fruits were *out* as most contain citric acid,
which she hasn't tolerated in my diet (although I can have some citrus now
without a horrific rash. Yay!) But real banana, she likes.  Real carrots.
She ate most of a baby carrot, steamed, chopped fine and mooshed a bit, but
still with texture. I have friends who just started with jars of babyfood
and I can't tell you how glad i am to not deal with the
orange-and-green-moosh. She's been a very clean eater so far.

And she did sit, today, for 45 seconds before she tipped over. Looked smug
about it, too.

Jenrose