February 1st Evalana will be six months old, and she’ll try her first non-breastmilk food. Evalana has been showing signs of being ready for food (sitting up, reaching and grabbing, no tongue-thrust reflex) for a couple weeks now, but the WHO recommends waiting until a baby is at least six months old before starting anything other than breastmilk. I don’t know that a couple weeks really matters, but Sunday will be a good day to start on food anyway. We’re doing a method called Baby Led Weaning. I’m still planning to breastfeed her for a lot longer, but introducing food is seen as the beginning of the weaning process, even if it takes years. And “baby-led” meaning that it’s pretty much up to Evalana what and when she wants to eat. She’ll be eating real food—such as a steamed carrot stick rather than mushed baby food. It’ll be fun because she’ll be able to eat with us, rather than we having to feed her while we try to eat, and she’ll get to have the full food experience of real food flavors and textures. Samson's looking forward to it, too. Thanks to Ashlee and Jennifer for introducing us to BLW! Check back Sunday evening for a video of her first experience with her edible toys. Joshua set up Evalana's highchair yesterday, and it made Joshua's eating a little easier, as you can see on the video below.
before highchair:
in highchair with toys:
No comments:
Post a Comment