First Foods!

Dear Conor,

Your 6 month of life has been a busy one full of lots of firsts.  A big one was your first taste of 'real' food! On June 9, 2012 we started your road to first foods.

We decided on Sweet Potato for your first food because it is not too sweet but not too bland, it purees well, and one potato would make enough food for one week so we could try a little each night.

To prepare your first food I had to use our Baby Brezza. Its a machine that steams and blends the food for us and then reheats it via steam at a later point if you need it.  Because we don't have a microwave I loved this idea!

All chopped up and ready to steam.

Pureed Goodness!

One Sweet Potato made several containers of food.  I was not sure how you would take to this new experience and so I divided the puree into small amounts so that we could defrost little bits at a time so as not to waste and have to repeat.  My plan was to have you on Sweet Potato for 2 weeks to allow you to get used to the consistency of purees and also to allow for the flavor to stay the same while you did this.


All your containers ready for the freezer.

 Once the puree was cool enough to place in the fridge before it went in the freezer I knew it was also time to scoop some into a bowl for you to try.  Because we try to include Hunter in everything you do we also scooped some into a bowl for him.

Sweet Potato for both my boys

Of course, I firmly believe in learning through all five senses so I dumped some sweet potato onto your tray for you to squish and touch.  You were very delicate at first and then you really got the hang of it.

Squishing Sweet Potato

 The actual eating of the Sweet Potato did take some time.  You weren't quite sure about me putting the spoon into your mouth with something on it.  But, we took our time and by the end of the meal you were opening your mouth just a little bit to accept the tip of the spoon.  Your first food experience was caught on video but I have to figure out how to cut it down so that the blog will accept it.  Either way - we have those first few precious faces you made as you tried your first taste of solid food!

Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you for trying new things!  And judging by this picture - yo uwere pretty proud of yourself too!

Here's to a new adventure with you Con-man!

xoxo
Mommy