First foods

On Tuesday Adelaide tried her first food. I made her pureed carrots in the babycook that Joan got for us. We got organic carrots, and they turned out bright orange and had a very strong carrot taste. I wanted to start with carrots because I thought they would be a little bit sweet, and they are on the recommended list. I made them extra watery for her. I don't think she really liked them very much =) She only took a few small bites. I had some myself, and I can't say I thought they tasted that great either. I usually like all kinds of food, especially veggies, but they just had such a strong carrot flavor! I gave them again to her yesterday with the same response. She didn't have any reactions to them physically which was good!



Today I made some organic Brown Rice cereal for her to try. I blended the rice in a coffee grinder until it was powder and then mixed it in the boiling water. It looks a lot like Molto meal (sp?). I thinned it down with breast milk so it was very watery too. I think she liked it! She kept opening her mouth for more, although her tongue thrust reflex is still spitting out most of the food that goes in. We just did a few bites. It's fun to see her being such a big girl and trying out new things. I think I will just keep with the carrots and the rice cereal for another week to see how she does. Myles wants to do spinach next, but I'm thinking something more sudle like sweet potatoes. She looks so tiny in her giant high chair and bib!!