Yum
Emma is a self feeder. She thinks spoon feeding is a joke, purees are for other babies, not her, no way, no how. In fact, this is what she thinks of spoon feeding:
(This pic was taken at her first feeding almost two months ago, but her perspective, for the most part, has not changed.)
But! She does like food as much as the next gal. Well, maybe not AS much, but she is liking it. She just has to be in control. Enter the
mesh feeder, in all its glory! You just put in anything, chunks, frozen cubes of puree, and voila. Food with a handle! Here, she is having baked potato:
Next up, beets! Delish!
We are also trying to follow some of the ideas from
this website, about baby-led solid food introduction. The gist is that babies reflexes and development coincide with their ability to self-feed, and that they are able to manage their own food without choking, within reason (don't worry, we're not giving her grapes or carrot wheels or anything). Historically, babies have managed quite well without being spoon-fed purees, but by eating small bits off whole chunks of food. Emma LOVES this idea...here she is enjoying a pear:
Yummy!
So glad you're posting so often--I'm sure the new laptop helps! It's fun to check your blog and hear more about the napping scheme. Bummer that it coincided with new teeth, poor girl. Alas, tomorrow's yet another day.
Posted by Sarah on January 04, 2007 at 10:07 PM PST #
Posted by Rachel R on January 05, 2007 at 08:46 PM PST #