Rice, Sweet Potato, & Squash, Oh my!

Addy started solid foods! We were strongly leaning toward trying Baby Led Weaning this time around. It seemed to make sense that she would learn to chew and swallow simultaneously, plus it sounded kind of fun to let her explore new foods. It is recommended to wait until 6 months to ensure babies are ready for solids, but Addy was clearly interested in food every time we ate and would literally pull our forks toward her mouth. Thus, we figured we'd give it a try with a steamed stick of sweet potato.

After ignoring it for awhile, she spied it, snatched it, and completely destroyed it in her little fist. Then she gave us a disgusted look and dropped it on her tray and the floor. It was literally the only thing she touched that day that did not end up in her mouth. While it was an unsuccessful attempt at solid foods, we all had a good laugh over it.

We tried a sweet potato stick again the following day with just as little success and made an executive decision to puree the rest of the potato, start with some rice cereal, and add in some "real" foods soon as a traditional/Baby Led Weaning hybrid. Addy ate the rice cereal like a champ!

A few days later, we added in some of the sweet potato puree. She gets a bit handsy and manages to make a decent mess even with us feeding her, but we all enjoy this new stage.

So far she has eaten and enjoyed sweet potato and butternut squash. Next up will be avocado and peas so we'll see what she thinks of those!