So...Chase has taken his next "step" in his journey to being a big boy.
He's moved from eating just formula, to having "solids."
Apparently, he HATES rice cereal, but we've discovered that he actually enjoys the oatmeal cereal, so he'll eat that. For his first food, he chose Squash...I gave him the choice between that and peas, he grabbed the squash. He had no problems with it and keeping with the tradition we gave him a week before another new food. Next he chose peas...yuck!! This time, I gave him the choice between peas and carrots, he grabbed the green. He dug those too, no crazy faces or anything, he just dug right in!!
Today, I decided that I'd add some fruit to his group, so I gave him the choice between bananas and peaches, he took the peaches. He didn't like them. He made the funniest faces and just kept spitting them out. Obviously, we'll keep trying, they say you should try 7-8 times before you give up on a food. We'll keep trying I guess. I really want him to have a palete like his dads, because I'm SUPER picky.
So...to date, he's tried the rice cereal, the oatmeal, squash, peas, sweet potatoes, bananas, peaches, prunes and applesauce. Of the first foods, he still needs to try the carrots, green beans and pears. He's getting the hang of it and is trying to grab the spoon and feed himself. It's the best watching him learn so many new things.
He's moved from eating just formula, to having "solids."
Apparently, he HATES rice cereal, but we've discovered that he actually enjoys the oatmeal cereal, so he'll eat that. For his first food, he chose Squash...I gave him the choice between that and peas, he grabbed the squash. He had no problems with it and keeping with the tradition we gave him a week before another new food. Next he chose peas...yuck!! This time, I gave him the choice between peas and carrots, he grabbed the green. He dug those too, no crazy faces or anything, he just dug right in!!
Today, I decided that I'd add some fruit to his group, so I gave him the choice between bananas and peaches, he took the peaches. He didn't like them. He made the funniest faces and just kept spitting them out. Obviously, we'll keep trying, they say you should try 7-8 times before you give up on a food. We'll keep trying I guess. I really want him to have a palete like his dads, because I'm SUPER picky.
So...to date, he's tried the rice cereal, the oatmeal, squash, peas, sweet potatoes, bananas, peaches, prunes and applesauce. Of the first foods, he still needs to try the carrots, green beans and pears. He's getting the hang of it and is trying to grab the spoon and feed himself. It's the best watching him learn so many new things.
I can't believe time goes by so fast!! I swear yesterday I was trying to get him to latch on and then introducing him to his bottle and now I'm introducing real foods. I'm interested to see what type of eater he becomes, but I'm really hoping he's not picky like me.
