dessert

Eating solids has been an adventure for us. After Elijah's initial love of rice cereal and bananas, we offered him peaches. He made the funniest faces and we about died laughing, but the sad result was that he refused to take solids for at least two months after that. He would make a face when he'd just see the spoon, long before anything reached his mouth. Finally, a couple weeks ago, we had a fresh start. This time we offered vegetables, and he fell in love with them! We usually start him with a container of sweet potatoes, squash or green beans each night for dinner, after which we offer bananas or apple sauce for "dessert". The veggies go down pretty well, but he would let us know he is done after just a few spoons of fruit. (When he thinks it's more fun to blow food out through pursed lips than to swallow it, we know he is done!) We thought that perhaps he was too full by that time, until one day we gave him fruit first. He ate a couple spoonfuls and was done. That didn't seem right, as he usually eats at least one container. We then offered some veggies, and he ate them up! From now on, vegetables are served for dessert! The only thing he still can't make friends with are green peas.

This is a video of Elijah eating peaches on June 15th, 2006.