Hip-Hip-Hooray for FOOD!

Well, over the last few days we have been trying out what Ava thinks about food. The first thing we gave her to try was some bits of avacado but they were too slimy for her to pick up by herself so we ended up feeding them to her. She loved avacado. And since then she has had banana, a little piece of baby bird-style chewed up apple, and some carrots. This is all an effort to get her used to the taste and texture of food. Not much of it gets in her mouth but she likes playing with it and tasting new things. This method is called "baby-led weaning" where you give them basically what you are eating and they decide what they like and don't like - there's no force feeding with a spoon. And they also are more likely to try new things. The things I have been giving her are just as easily digested as first foods as cereals and in my mind, easier. How many people are allergic to gluten? Maybe waiting to give cereals until later is the key. Ava liked the texture of the carrots but wouldn't swallow them. Who knows? We will try them again later.

Is this a yummy carrot face or what?!

Today and yesterday have been absolutely beautiful out. Yesterday we went to Jefferson City to go to Target to get more of the Weleda Calendula Diaper Cream that works so well and spent the day window shopping. And today the goal is to go to the pool so Ava can have her first swim!

We'll keep you posted on how that goes!