Larkyn is enjoying trying new food and shows pure excitement when the bib and/or bowl is in her sight! She began eating rice cereal just after 5 months and we have slowly introduced some of the yellow and orange fruits and vegetables into the mix. After we went through the first box of rice cereal, we switched to oatmeal and Larkyn absolutely loved it! We decided to make our own baby food using some of the vegetables from our garden, but also adding in food from the grocery store. We have tried a couple different food choppers/processors and are still looking for the "right one". After pureeing the food we place it in an ice cube tray and freeze it over night. Once frozen, I put the cubes in a freezer ziplock bag and take one cube out as needed.
Larkyn loves to grab for the spoon and feed herself.
The first vegetable we tried was carrots. It took a couple days, but Larkyn took to them pretty well. Carrots were by far the messiest of the foods we have tried! Oh, and they leave a good stain too!
Bananas are one of Larkyn's favorites...
While waiting for dinner, Larkyn gnawed on a Biter Biscuit, which felt pretty good on her teeth I'm sure!
The fresh food feeders are the best! I put a pear slice in it and Larkyn loved sucking the juice right out of it. I enjoyed watching her puckered up face:) Pears were probably Larkyn's least favorite. Crazy girl...I LOVED pears when I was little!
Larkyn has also experimented with "Mmm-Mmm's" which are rice cakes that melt in her mouth. Well, usually melt in her mouth! She has figured out how to bite off big chunks and bites off more than she can handle. Though it melts pretty quickly, it still gave me a scare when she started making gagging sounds after taking a big bite!
Larkyn loves sweet potatoes! She has gobbled them up quickly each night for dinner. She also has taken more control of the spoon. Dinner time can take quite a while if we don't give her her own spoon!
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