Hey oh. I think we have a developing foodie baby on our hands!
Ayla has been tasting solids for a few months now, and she has done so good at learning to eat a variety of foods and flavors…so far. I know that sometimes those little ones do decide to suddenly become picky eaters, but I’m crossing my fingers that she will stay a non-fussy foodie baby, hehe. We are still nursing four times a day, and her routine is wake up in the morning, nurse, and then some banana or oatmeal for second breakfast. We nurse again at lunch and then followed with second lunch with avocado or sweet potato puree and maybe some applesauce or pear puree. She nurses again around three thirty after her afternoon nap, and then she gets solids for a first supper when we sit down for our supper. Her final nursing happens right before bedtime at seven.
For the first few months of solids, we mostly gave her bananas, avocado, sweet potatoes, and applesauce. But lately I’ve tried to be more intentional about introducing a wider variety of flavors and foods to her because I actually do want her to become a little foodie who’s willing to try new things and has a palate for a range of flavors. We give her small samples of our own meals if it’s something she can swallow or moosh up easily with the two little toothies she has so far, and the little face she makes when she tries something new is too cute to us. She’s usually a good sport with something new, but when something doesn’t sit well on her palate, she gives the funniest little shudder and turns her face away when we try to give her more.
A few days ago, I gave her bites of my pancakes and she loved it. She took the bigger pieces I gave her and mooshed it all up in her fingers before trying to put it in her mouth. And while half of it ended up in the high chair or on the floor, it’s cute to watch her try to learn how to put things in her mouth on her own. She’s growing up, changing right before our eyes, and it’s good and we love it.
What about you: what were/are some of your little ones favorite foods?
I’d love to hear your thoughts!
We have a little one just a month younger – Lucy… We loved the book “real food for mother and baby”…made me feel so relaxed about foods, and everything has gone really well so far. She really loves proteins – we have done chicken, beef, egg yolk, and fish! I do all kinds of vegetables with butter/ghee/coconut oil. All fun, no reactions so far. Love to let her feed herself if I’m up for dealing with clean up.
That sounds like a really interesting book! I will have to check it out. I haven’t done a whole lot with giving her proteins yet, but she has munched on some chicken and didn’t seem to mind it. 🙂 I want to introduce eggs here next…fingers crossed she goes for it!
She is such a big girl! Love reading how others introduce food to their babies! She seems to love it crossing my fingers she becomes a foodie for you!!