The last few days have been pretty quiet on the food front.
On Sunday morning we gave Heath a piece of banana to try. He squished it around, but I think he managed to taste some. On Monday and Tuesday he just chewed on some more lettuce. Poor child, I would say, but he seems to enjoy it.
Today, I got my act together and went shopping. I bought broccoli (for us to have with our dinner) for him to try, rice cakes (thought they’d be easier for him to pick up), sweet potato (for roasting and mashing with a small amount of olive oil), butternut squash (yum), Sainsbury’s own brand fromage frais and a wipeable table cloth to go on the carpet under his seat.
On a slight tangent, we were surprised when we looked at Sainsbury’s a few weeks ago to find that, with the exception of Sainsbury’s ‘Kids’ and Rachel’s Organic, all of the fromage frais or yogurts meant for babies or children contained either sugar or artificial sweetener.
Shopping is tiring business so when we got home Heath had a long nap, but after that I offered him the rice cakes and fromage frais. He put his fingers into the fromage frais, but didn’t lick or suck them. He showed no interest at all in it after that. The rice cakes were a little bit more of a success. He could pick them up quite well and gnaw on them. Whenever he tastes anything he screws up his face as if he’s just sucked a lemon, but it doesn’t seem to deter him.
[6 months 1 day]
Filed under: Baby-led weaning | Tagged: banana, fromage frais, lettuce, rice cakes
