Eating...

Elina has been eating so much better lately. She really enjoys her little Gerber puffs. When she first started eating them she would only eat about 3 a day, now she'll eat more like 15 or so...I only tell you this b/c I find it interesting that the serving size is 73! I can't imagine her eating that many in one sitting!

Anyway, she actually opens her mouth for a spoonful of food these days! This is a huge relief for Mommy since prying her mouth open to try to get some food in seemed so mean! I offered avacado the other day and she didn't seem to hate it, but she didn't love it! So I mixed it with her pear-blueberry and multigrain cereal...seems nasty huh!...she actually liked it!!! Yay!!! So then I tried peas with the pear-blueberry/multigrain mixture...gag I know!...she didn't love it (I wouldn't either)...but she accepted it!

First Foods...

We were going to wait until Ellie was six months to give her solid foods, but I was growing anxious since I realized how much fun it could be and she is almost six months anyway! Even though she shows no interest while we are at the table, she is showing some signs of fod readiness so we thought we might offer her something.

I started with mashed Bananas...She wasn't so sure about what I was going to give her...
The first "feeding" was all of two tiny spoonfuls...
The second feeding went a little better...about 2-3 resonably sized spoonfuls...(the third feeding went a lot better, just a few bites, no pics though)...
Still, Ellie would prefer to sit in her high chair chewing on her straps or toys!