Bettina eats her mush
We'd decided that Ava doesn't like carrots.
We've started on other foods besides rice cereal and began with the orange foods first. Carrots were no good for Ava. She'd eat the cereal instead. She did, however, enjoy sweet potatoes and the pears we fixed yesterday.
I bought a baby food processor so that we could make our own food. It's really handy and I love it even more that the mini cuisinart that I already had as it's smaller and easier to clean.
So far, we're eating just one meal a day - in the afternoon - and only a few foods: rice cereal, sweet potatoes, carrots (well, at least Tina's eating those), and pears. We will add new ones every 4-5 days and watch with interest which ones they like/don't like. Their squished-up faces when they don't like something is really funny and cute.
Some things I didn't know about eating solids that are interesting to note:
- They start out eating only one tablespoon of food per meal. (So small!!)
- Babies should drink between 2-4 oz of water after eating solids to help them digest and also to prevent rotting that may occur if the food just sat there on their gums/teeth.
- Even homemade foods should be used within 2 days or thrown out. Babies tummies are tender, I guess.
- If you make homemade juices, you must pasturize (boil for a couple of minutes) them first before giving it to them.
Soon we will try bananas and avocados. We will see what sort of faces they will make with their introductions.
