Just before her 6 month Birthday, we introduced solid food to Eleanor. Bananas were on the menu first, and boy, were they a hit!
Kyle and I have made all of Eleanor's food, and we're following the recipes and guidelines found at
www.wholesomebabyfood.com.
I'm keeping a record of Eleanor's experiences tasting her very first solids. Check here for updates on her food frenzy!
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| Eleanor's First Banana Meal |
Food
Date Introduced/ Like or Dislike?/ Reactions/ Notes
Cereals and Grains: (We skipped the rice, barley and oats and went straight for the fruits and veggies!)
Fruits:
Avacodos
3-17-13/ Like/ None/ Tried her first green solid food on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate and surprisingly took right to the avocado
Apples
3-24-13/Like/None/ Grammy Cheryl baked and pureed apples and fed them to Eleanor during her visit to D.C. E loved the Fujis, and we're excited to have her try other kinds of apples.
Bananas
3-3-13/ Like/ None/ Loved nanners so much that she'd cry in between bites when we couldn't spoon it out fast enough
Pears
4-29-13/ Loved almost as much as bananas/ None/ She practically slurped down the liquidy pears! Eleanor didn't even make a single funny face after tasting the pears for the first time.
Vegetables:
Sweet Potatoes
3-9-13/ Dislike/ None/ Frowned, squinted, coughed and spit it out as Annemarie and Cory fed her
Butternut Squash
4-16-13/ Like/ None/ Ate it happily! She tried it for the first time when Des and Sam were visiting for a play date.
Green Beans
4-4-13/ Like/ None/ I steamed frozen cut green beans and Kyle pureed them. Kyle and I both predicted she'd like the beans, and she did! E now knows to open her mouth after she swallows when she wants another bite. This makes it much easier to read when she is full or still hungry.
