Friday 29th February

Today at breakfast he held some microwaved carrot (not sure how long I am supposed to cook it for - should it be raw/hard or soft? Will search on internet to see what others have done). He gummed it too but didn't seem that interested.

Lunchtime we offered sticks of cucumber and a rice cake. The rice cake was just waved around and thrown on the floor but he seemed to like the cucumber. Not sure if that's because it was cold and felt nice on his gums...he really seemed to enjoy it anyway and even sucked it (gross slurping noises!).
There were cucumber seeds everywhere and when I changed his nappy (itti bitti AIO classic in royal blue just in case you're interested) I found a piece of cucumber stuck up his top!!! Mental note: must purchase some long-sleeved bibs like the ones I've seen sported by Sam's cousin Shreya.

Starting off...

We are soooo excited about this and are busy getting prepared to start. Sam is 23 weeks old and we have decided to start offering food now so he can get used to the idea, we aren't really expecting him to eat much (or anything) to start with, and I am going to keep breast-feeding as normal for the foreseeable future.

The story so far...

This week we have sat Sam in his Bumbo (complete with tray) and put him on the table when we are eating breakfast and lunch to get him involved in family mealtimes.

Yesterday at breakfast Sam was given a piece of red pepper (organic of course) to have a look at. Not what you'd normally have for breakfast I grant you, but that was what I had in the fridge so it had to do. Anyway, he picked it up and seemed to sniff it; he looked a bit confused - very sweet! After being picked up and put down and generally fiddled with it found its way into his mouth - his surprised face was a picture - not used to his 'toys' tasting of veg! He 'gummed' it for a while and waved it around a bit, then dropped it on the floor. A very successful introduction to food me thinks.