More solid foods

I’ve been experimenting more with letting Cason eat solids instead of puree’s.  My friend Sarah led me to this Baby Led Solids blog and it’s given me lots of ideas of foods I can give to Cason with minimal prep… and without one of us having to spoon feed him.  We still do lots of puree’s but I’m letting him self-feed when I can.  It’s nice to let him work on his meal while we eat and to let him eat something when we go out to eat (celery and steamed broccoli are easy to find at restaurants).  The downside is that some of the foods get very messy and he doesn’t necessarily EAT very much of them.  But, its great practice and he seems to enjoy it.

Apples – we started in the mesh feeder but he was just sucking all the juice out so I sliced him a piece and let him have at it.  He didn’t eat very much of it but definitely worked it over his two little teeth (that you can almost see in the right picture).  I eventually blended up the rest of the apple and spoon fed because, well, he needed some apples to clean out his system…  

Banana’s – loves them and actually eats a lot since its so mushy but OH MY GOODNESS – MESSY!  Bath required after eating!

Chicken – didn’t eat much but did a great job of picking it up and gnawing on it.

Broccoli – no pictures but he really loved the steamed broccoli off Grandpa’s plate when we were eating out last weekend.  Thanks for sharing, Grandpa!