Solids Saga: Part 3. Attack of the Carrots

The first solid food (other than the pre-requisite cereal) that we started Buggy on was carrots. We decided to start with those, because while I was pregnant, I had hyperemesis gravidarum and the only thing I could (usually) keep down was carrots. I ate those things like they were going out of style. Honestly. I used to carry little individual packs of baby carrots in my purse every where I went so if I started to get sick, I would cram a few of those in hopes of staving off any pukeyness. Didn't always work, but hey, I tried. When you have HG, you will try ANYTHING to stop the vomitting. *Bad memories* Side story, I actually found an old purse from the day I went into labor a few weeks back. It had a baggy of carrots still in it. Needless to say, that was unpleasant and that purse is no longer with us. Sad, really. I loved that purse.

Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, carrots.

So, we decided to use carrots, because hey, if I had consumed so many of them while she was in ma bellah, maybe she'd remember them and think, "Hey, these taste like Mommy!"

I didn't have a blender/food processor at the time to make my own baby food so we had to start with jar food, so we went with Gerber. I heated them up slightly and presented them as a gift to her. Buggy was super stoked. She chowed down. I mean CHOWED down. It was as if she actually remembered them. She loved them so much she basically bathed in them.

Bathed in them!

Over the course of several nights, we attempted to feed without making too much of a mess. It didn't work. She thoroughly enjoyed herself a bit too much to worry about actually keeping the carrots off of her. Thankfully, she doesn't have a skin allergy to them. I think we are safe to say that.

Carrot Love

"Mommy, these are the best thing since sliced bread! Wait, when can I have that?"

I'm pretty sure we've now learned that a bib does not contain the mess. After using up my arsenal of OxyClean (RIP Billy Mays) we started undressing her from the top down. At least she's washable and doesn't stain...too much.

Up next: Green Beans!

The Solids Saga: Part Deux

Well, the holiday season has passed, and things have slowed down in the household. Things have been going great! Buggy is growing so fast. She's eating quite a few solids now, which is awesome on one hand, and sad on the other. Oh, and solid poops, not so fun. Whatsoever.

So, lets go back a few weeks to the first Daddy feeding. It was lovely. He did a fantastic job, and she actually got a little in her mouth, which was a feat in and of itself. I'm honestly trying to put it into words, but I think it's best as a story in pictures.

"Whoah, Mom! What's this stuff that Daddy's giving me?"

"Whatever it is, it's quite the tasty treat!"

"I kind of like this whole daddy feeding me thing."

The finished product. Notice, the lovely smear smack dab in between her eyes.

 Buggy and Daddy, all proud of themselves. And mostly clean.

Needless to say, things have gotten much easier and cleaner ever since. I think the first Daddy feeding went spectacularly!

Buggy has been on a roll with the solids. So far she's eaten:

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  Cereal
  
  
  
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  Carrots
  
  
  
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  Green Beans
  
  
  
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  Sweet Potatoes (her current favorite)
  
  
  
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  Peas (she is NOT a fan)
  
  
  
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  Squash
  
  
  
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  Prunes (Ironically, another fave)
  
  
  
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  Bananas
  
  
  

She absolutely loves them all. I feel so much better now that she's not just staring and salivating at our dinner while we eat. It's much better now that she can eat with us.

The Solids Saga pt 1

Well, we did it. We caved. We started solids.

We were planning on waiting until 6 months to start any kind of solids, but Buggy has been eye-balling our food for ooohhhh 5 months of so, so we kind of anticipated having to start sooner than 6 months. We held out as long as we could, but in the end, I just couldn't continue to eat my delicious food and watch as her eyes tracked every morsel from my plate into my mouth.

So begins the Solids Saga.

The first night we started rice cereal. I was so excited. I pumped a little breast milk, and really her rice cereal ended up being just glorified thickened breast milk. It wasn't so much rice cereal as it was rice soup. We also decided to eat in front of the tv, because it was the SEC championship game, and I wasn't going to miss a single second of the Gator game. Unfortunately, while the rice cereal/soup was a hit, the game, not so much for my Gators.

Evidence:

"What's that mom? OMG, is it for ME?"

It's up...

It's in...

It's GOOD!

Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the Gators...

While the rice cereal was an obvious winner, the Gators were not. I guess the moral of this story is...
You can't win them all.

Stay tuned for part deux of the Solids Saga a.k.a The First Time Daddy Feeds Buggy.