Adventures in Baby Food

With the ok from our pediatrician, we have been giving Ruby new foods to try. She had started on cereals, which went pretty well. She's had both rice cereal and oatmeal so far. Usually if she doesn't finish a bottle during the day, I'll add some cereal to the leftovers and see if she'll take some bites. A good way to get those ounces in!

For her first try at fruit we with went with banana. She opened her mouth wide and then looked at me like I was feeding her dirt! "It's food, I promise!" I kept telling her. She ate about 10 bites before being too distracted to continue. So Ruby got to eat bananas for dinner for three days, each time looking equally concerned for her welfare.

Next we tried her first vegetable, carrots. I happened to have loved carrots when I was a baby, and am told I even turned orange from eating so much! Ruby too seems to like them, although as with bananas, her first bites produced a look of horror. Again we waited three days to be sure there would be no reaction before moving on to our next food...

Applesauce! Babies love applesauce, right? Well, Ruby still looked at me like I was crazy, but ate it none the less. So for now, we'll keep introducing new foods, while letting her eat some of the old ones too. For the time being, all this pureed goodness is just for practice. I think once her adjusted age hits 6 months she might be more into it, but we'll continue to have fun with it in the meantime!

Ruby sure does L-O-V-E her high chair by the way! And so do we. We have the Fisher Price Space Saver and I'm so happy we do. I highly recommend it. We've also introduced her to the sippy cup, although so far all she's done is try to play it like a trumpet =)

Here are some pictures of meal time with Ruby. I believe this was the Bananas Experiment. I have more on my camera that I will be sure to share later!