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And she has started eating…. We are going baby-lead-feeding.. December 20, 2011

Filed under: baby stuff,cooking,development stages,eating,family,healthcare,Parenting,Raising a Child — rakster @ 1:00 pm
Tags: baby eating, baby food, first food

In other developments around our house, the littlest member of the family has started on her food adventure. I don’t know if I managed to get a photo of her first food (cucumber), but since then we’ve introduced a range of vegetables, a little fruit, and a bit of meat (cooked by her daddy), bread and crackers. Did I mention that you got your first tooth about 2 months ago at 3 months old?? Well, regardless of teeth, you are into food.

I remember when little O first had food like it was yesterday. Avocado. You haven’t tried that yet. Will have to add it in.

Dear Little L:
So far, your favourites have been: steamed / fresh snow peas (preferably from the garden) and turkey. Yes, your Dad cooked a Christmas turkey on the weekend and you are very much into it. We are giving you only whole food: the baby-led feeding approach (read this brochure if you want a quick summary on it). So your sit in your bumbo or on our laps, and get whole bits of veges and other stuff to play with and eat as much as you can of. And since starting, your hand-eye co-ordination has improved out of sight and you have no trouble getting the food from your plate to your mouth. And there is definitely some going down, as is evidenced by the seeds and other bits and pieces I can see in your poo. mmmmm… All good fun. We spoon-fed your brother a bit at the beginning but he really wasn’t into it at all so soon changed to the baby-lead feeding approach. For him it didn’t make much difference – he is just a little skinny thing. You seem a lot more into food so far in general. Thankfully. It is nice to have a little robust baby after the skinny minny your brother turned into at around six months (and still remains).

love mum

So around here mealtimes are a family affair.Â It’s fun to see:

munching on some cheese: baby-led feeding

a family meal

Love and kisses 🙂

mum

More food attempts. November 4, 2009

Filed under: healthcare,Parenting,Raising a Child — rakster @ 9:56 am
Tags: baby eating, baby first food, baby food, baby sleep, baby sleeping, first food, sippy cup, sleep

Hi Poogie,

so, it was very apparent from your facial expressions yesterday evening that Farex (rice cereal for babies) mixed with breastmilk is NOT as appetising as avocado. In fact, I think your Aunt and I can quite confidently say that you thought it tasted disgusting and weren’t at all sure why the hell we even tried to feed it to you. Screwed up your face and pushed it out with your tongue and gave me a “what the hell do you think you are doing to me, Mum?” look.

Righto. So I adjusted. And mixed some avocado in with the disgusting-smelling mixture. There was no way I was going to taste it myself (which doesn’t vouch for me feeding it to you does it? Maybe I should have a rule that if I wouldn’t eat it then I won’t feed it to you? Sounds fair – though at some point I will feed you meat that your dad has made, but I won’t eat). Anyway, you did decide to eat the mixture of rice cereal, breastmilk and avocado. Not as voraciously as you attacked the plain avocado. But you got a substantial amount down. In fact, at least a quarter of an avocado and maybe two tablespoons of rice cereal and boobie milk mixture.

you’re not as keen on this foul mixture. not surprisingly!

We’ve also been experimenting with sippy cups. C told me that you are supposed to try to drink 30ml of water with each ‘solid’ foods meal. First cup was insulated and you have to suck on it pretty hard to get the water to flow out. It will be fantastic when you’re a bit older and used to a sippy cup, but for now it was a bit too big of a learning curve. Next cup was just a tip and the water flows out the three little holes without having to suck at all. Your bumbo ended up with a pool of water in the bottom of it. Good thing you were naked. Third cup was a winner – a soft rubbery part for your mouth, that you have to suck on a little to get the water to flow out, but not too much. Still a lot of water spillage, but less choking-action (cup two) and more drinking-attempt-action. So you managed to get some water down too. You preferred it when the water was warm.

getting food with mum

Otherwise? Well, I haven’t been to mum’s group for weeks due to the lack of ability to walk/drive, but have kept up with the emails. It seems a few of the four-month-old babies are going through a whingey, unsettled phase. You are a little. Trying to get you to sleep at night has become a battle where you scream for a good half to full hour each night. So two nights ago your Dad and I instigated renewed effort to settle you into a night-time get-ready-for-bed routine. I’m not the best at routines, so it’s not 100% the same each day, but better than before. New tip, back to swaddling you and having lots of quiet, ‘chill-out’ time in the hour leading up to 7pm. So far, SUCCESS! A little grizling but not the screaming tantrums of the past week. I think we were just letting you get too tired before putting you down.

righto. Must run. you have awoken and need to eat some food.

love mum

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Your first food: Avocado November 1, 2009

Filed under: baby stuff,baby's feelings,development stages,Parenting,Raising a Child — rakster @ 8:27 pm
Tags: baby eating, baby food, feeding baby, first food

Hello Poogie,

Well, look out whomever gets the next nappy ’cause you had your first non-breastmilk meal ever today! Your dad did it on the sly, you just shared some of our lunch with us. Your dad had made a nice platter of things to snack on for lunch:

the first supper – our lunch platter …

and decided that your first food would be avocado from our lunch platter. So a bit of avocado mashed up on his finger served as your first taste of non-breastmilk food. And you were stunned. You turned your head up and looked up at him with your mouth open for a good two minutes or more. As if to say,

“what are you doing to me? It’s not bad, I don’t think. I’m just very confused. Not at all sure what to do. I’ll just stare at you, maybe you’ll give me a clue?”.

Your dad made munching or eating noises and movements with his mouth, and eventually, you tried to close your mouth and follow suit.

avocado eating from dad’s finger

And after the first bit, which stayed in your mouth for quite some time, you started to swallow. And seemed to enjoy it. You then actually started seeking-out avocado-laden fingers and pulling them into your mouth.

searching for the avocado with your mouth

I don’t know how much you actually ate, but you definitely swallowed some, and looked very contented afterwards. And were very tired. So then you had a big sleep.