Num Num food

The solids have begun! Cheyanne was so ready for them too. I am so proud of myself however that I made it all the way to 6 months solely breastfeeding her. ::Pat on my back::

We started with homemade (brown) rice cereal. It was a hit the first day, then it quickly went down hill. I don't know if it was just because it was a new taste that made her like it, or it was the excitement of trying something new that got it down, but something changed after that first tasting. Starting night number two, in went the food and quickly back out it came. After about 5 days of trying different ways of feeding it to her, I gave up.

Yeah...that's food coming back out

I started redoing some research and found that oatmeal is also a good food to start with, so I immediately went out shopping for a new menu. We switched to oatmeal and there was no looking back. She LOVED it.

Even though half of it ended up on her face and hands, the part that made it through was a hit. Yeah, she's a messy little one.

Last night she had her first vegetable and wanted more.  I introduced acorn squash first. I love making her food myself because it makes me feel good knowing exactly what is going in. Plus, as weird as it sounds, it still makes me feel connected to her while she eats, call it breastfeeding syndrome.

 I am using this website called Wholesome Baby Food that is helpful with homemade menu ideas and how-tos. Up next, maybe butternut squash or avocados? Its so fun planning num num foods.