In extremely belated news, Oscar had his first food two weeks ago! I was planning to hold off until he was old enough to just eat things straight from the table in baby-led-weaning fashion, but we were having so much trouble getting him to sleep for longer than four-hour stretches that we thought maybe some food would help get him full.
So . . . hello, sweet potato!
It was a much different and more rewarding experience than feeding Lucy for the first time was. From us, such low expectations. And from Oscar, such enthusiasm! After a few bites he was practically leaping out of our arms, lunging at the spoon. He wanted that food IN HIS MOUTH.
Forget the spoon, he'll take the whole potato, please.
Since then we've had a similar reaction to bananas, and a more muted reaction to rice cereal. Cauliflower was too chunky. Applesauce was a no-go on try number one, but he liked it fresh at the apple orchard last weekend, smothered in cinnamon.
Maybe you'll end up with a kid who likes fruit after all.
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