I think I like apples...

Today my son is 5 months old. Yuppiii!!!!! Happy B-day kinda of my little sunshine!!!

Because mommy can not bake yet a cake for him, we thought we will celebrate with some apples-baby style!!!

So:

- I mixed 1/3 of a raw Gala apple ( looks like the Romanian "Ionatane") and one tablespoon of rice cereal; the result had a nice consistency and a good taste ( as I tried it);

*these apples are not too sweet but not too sour either, somewhere in between, my favorites ones and I'm picky when it comes about apples;

Well, I was pleasantly surprised to see that he ate everything I made. He opened his mouth in delight, I didn't push the sauce all the way in the back of his mouth but left it somewhere in the middle of his tongue and he started chewing and eventually swallowing all that it was to swallow; I loved that he didn't push it out with his tongue nor turn his head away.

Of course, this is his first day trying this new thing; I'm planing in having a six days trial, than take a little break and after that continuing with something new.

As we are approaching 6 months, I will also want to see how he will handle the BLW method. I didn't give up on it.

It is hard and challenging to raise a child but the rewards are priceless; this is one of them.:))

A little break

Today was the sixth day since I've started giving my baby some rice cereal.

Conclusion:

-overall not very enthusiastic;

-he didn't hate it but didn't love it either;

-he liked to play with it more than anything.

There were a couple of days when he ate 3-4 spoons but otherwise just 1 or 2 max.

We will take a short brake, I'm thinking around 1 week; next week he will be 5 months old so we're getting closer to the BIG MOMENT. But, who knows maybe the BIG MOMENT is already here.

Anyway, my next try will be with some bananas (like a pureed) , some baked apples and some sweet potatoes. Not all at once but one at a time. I'm very curious how his reaction will be but we will keep you posted.

More solids...and we're learning

As I've stated before, we make little steps towards this big thing called THE SOLIDS.

We've played with bananas, boiled carrots and broccoli and in the last couples of days we've tried a little bit of rice cereals.

I've mixed in a small bowl one table spoon of rice cereal with 4 table spoons of formula, put the bowl on his tray and I've waited to see what would happen. Of course, his fingers were all over the bawl and while I let him play, I got a soft spoon and tried to feed him some of that stuff.

He opened his mouth with no hesitation, being intrigued by the object that got into his mouth as well as by its content but without spilling it out; no, no, he just swallowed everything even if there was still a grimace on his face. :))He had around 2-3 little spoons of that mixture.

I don't even know what to make out of it. He is not yet 5 months, he will only be 5 months in one week from now, so accordingly to almost all the books I've read, I should still wait a good full month. Is he ready for the solids?

- he sits all by himself in the highchair

- he is very interested in what we're eating, he's watching us with big interest;

- if he's on our lap, he reaches for the plate in front of us and even grabs the food we try to put in our mouths;

Hmmm......as rational as I've been so far, no paranoia whatsoever, I think I will just go with what my gut is telling me...I will just fallow my instincts; that is what I did so far and it seemed to have worked. My books will be my guidelines....my inner, motherly instincts will be my final decisions.

I will keep you posted.