Aleigha's First Foods

At seven-and-a-half months, Aleigha's been eating solid foods for a while now. She really likes her food. Despite her petite size, she can pack away a lot of food. She now eats fruits (applesauce, pear sauce, bananas, peaches, prunes, avocado, and a few blueberries) and steamed vegetables (green beans, sweet peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, corn, butternut squash, pumpkin). I've also started to feed her Greek yogurt and ...eggs! (Learn about giving babies eggs here!)

We started feeding her solid food when she was four-and-a-half months old. After researching the "right" first foods to feed a baby,  I settled on brown rice cereal mixed with formula. My hope was that a little cereal would settle her stomach and calm her acid reflux a bit. I think (but can't be sure) it worked. In any case, I nursed her throughout the day and offered her one solid "meal" every day around 5:30 pm each day.

Here's her response to solids:

Get it away from me! Aleigha's first bit of solids

On the second attempt, she actually took a bite.

hmmm...maybe this isn't so bad after all?

Even though her cereal was watery, she needed some help swallowing each bite.

She made hilarious faces after each spoonful...including this one...

What is this stuff?

..and this one

Not sure I like it...

Disgusting! (I laughed and laughed at those eyebrows! She has her daddy's eyebrow expressions).

And the funniest face of them all....



































Now, she really likes her solid foods! Her favorite food is applesauce....

What was your experience feeding your baby solids for the first time?