He was showing all the signs. It’s probably been weeks of wrestling our plates away from him, pulling glasses out of his surprisingly strong hands. He watches the food go into our mouths. Makes a little op-op-op guppy face, imitating us as we chew.
There was the time we let him lick an organic (of course) strawberry popsicle, just for a minute. And the peach we let him suck. And he cried like crazy when we took it away.
The frozen carrots he’s been teething on might almost count as his first solid, or rather liquid, since he basically sucks all the juice out as he works one over, rendering a flat, limp, tongue-like reminder of the former carrot.
But actual food, from a bowl, with a spoon? His entree into the adult world of eating? Yes, I did it. I fed him liver. Boiled, pureed, organic, free-range chicken liver–with sea salt because I read in the baby food handout from my friend’s really fancy super-expensive holistic pediatrician that it facilitates brain development.
The livers came from these chickens.
I had doubts about whether he’d actually want to eat liver. But the same place where I heard about the salt also said that it’s good for babies to have a source of iron.
Sounded right to me.
I’m not completely cruel. I tasted it first, to see if I would like it. It was good. Will be better when I can mix in some egg and butter for him, but one food at a time for now.
Did he like it?
From the first bite, yes. The second bite, he insisted on holding the spoon himself, and ended up painting his face. But the rest, with a little help, went right in.
Given how much his father and I enjoy meat and products thereof, it’s not too surprising that the boy went for his first paté with such gusto?
I also baked and mashed a couple of yams and froze the goop to save for his next food adventure, given that we have to wait four days with each food to check for allergies.
Tonight he had liver again, and again, loved it. Less on the face this time, though digging in with his hands was also popular.
What I can’t imagine is having him like broccoli. We’ll see.
Amazingly, both my children like broccoli. It is one of only a select few vegetables my daughter will eat (my son eats ’em all).
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De-lurking to say that I always love to see baby food pictures! So cute! I’m glad he liked this new adventure.
Becky
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De-lurking to say that I always love to see baby food pictures! So cute! I’m glad he liked this new adventure.
Becky
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Wow, awesome. Flann will eat solids, but they’re still totally “meh” with him.
I tried him on just one meat – veal – and he practically threw the spoon at me. He likes sweet stuff – carrots, sweet potatoes, corn, squash, apples. Uh-oh. Could this be all the cookies I ate while pregnant?
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Broccoli comes later. My guys liked mashed yellow things too until they stopped liking them. They have never turned down a potato in any form.
One fellow ate lots of yogurt with oatmeal and applesauce. I forget what the other one ate. He is the a second child. He ate what he could get.
PS they both eat tabbouli and hummus but they think jello and meat loaf are weird. Should I be proud? Seriously. They were dismayed when they encountered jello last year and I felt I had failed to honor the WASP side of their heritage properly. Next thing you know they’ll be spurning Cheez Whiz on Ritz Crackers.
Oh yes and because they are one quarter Jewish, they do indeed eat matzoh and love it. They’re not getting much else in the Jewish food department however, unless you count Claudia Roden’s Mizrahi/Sephardic Red Lentil Soup.
I should have pimped a link to the Red Lentil Soup:
http://bedouina.typepad.com/doves_eye/2004/03/red_lentil_soup.html
Or just type Red Lentil Soup into Google. Same difference. Most famous red lentil soup on the internet.
Hah! Your blog won’t let me pimp my blog in the link of my choosing!
OK, if you want the recipe for Claudia Roden’s Red Lentil Soup, just type that:
red lentil soup
into Google, and you will get my blog as the first result.
Most famous red lentil soup on the internet, that’s my blog.
H LOVES broccoli. LOVES. IT!
I had so much fun making foods for H when he was small. In fact, I miss those days…it was so much easier to make sure he had his fruits, vegetables, meats, etc… When he was an infant, he ate better than we did!
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Hi from Alaska! Too cute for words, love the pictures. Looks like all is going great!
Unfortunately my babe’s favourite food so far is … pureed PEAS. Which are as disgusting smelling and looking as possible, and which almost make me gag as I help her spoon them into her mouth (and all over her face). Good luck!
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