First Solids!

by Amy ~ September 24, 2010

Gabe & Zara turned 6 months old at the beginning of September. Six months is the current guidance for introducing solids, and you are told to wait between 3-5 days to introduce a new food to ensure there is not an allergy. Since my birthday was over a long weekend, we decided to introduce them to solids as one of my birthday activities!

I decided to make as much of their food as I am able to, just so we know exactly what they’re eating and they’re not getting a lot of additives, and chemicals. It’s actually fairly easy and quick to prepare their food. I have a little immersion hand blender and with a little added milk, the food is a perfect consistency in no time! As we’ve learned, the key is to have the food ready when they wake up, otherwise they may not wait patiently!

We did not yet have highchairs when we introduced solids so we had to feed them one at a time in the bumbo chairs. Their first meal was sweet potatoes. Both Zara and Gabe liked sweet potatoes and ate quite a bit for their first meal!

After much research and analysis, we found great high chairs so feedings can happen in parallel, although this presents challenges too!

We have since introduced avocado, pear, banana, mango, zucchini, peas, carrots, butternut squash and yam. Zara is not really a fan of peas or carrots (who can blame her really?), while Gabe thinks that anything slightly sweet is sour tasting…. He makes the funniest face when he eats sweet things. (see video).

We have had a lot of fun watching Zara and Gabe experience new flavors.

View photos of Zara and Gabe eating their first solids.