Munching Away!

Lucy has been eating solid food for almost two months now. We started her off slowly with just oatmeal and rice in the beginning and didn't introduce fruits and veggies until she was 6 months old. Since then our girl sure has expanded her menu! Lucy now has solid food at breakfast and dinner time. She eats rice, oatmeal and wheat cereal. She also eats lots of different fruits and vegetables. So far the only thing we haven't been sure about is sweet potatoes - she didn't seem wild about them. Lucy likes green beans, peas, carrots, winter squash, avocado, pears, banana, peaches and prunes. Now we are crushing fresh or frozen organic produce in the baby food mill - it is a little chunkier and Lucy seems to like that. She has been eating green beans, a peas & carrot mix, blueberries and banana this way so far. We also have lima beans and asparagus to try soon. Lucy is still a little messy and sometimes spitting is a bit of a problem - well, Lucy thinks it is very funny to spit her food. Mommy & Daddy don't think it is very funny. We are glad that she is eating so well though. She has also tried moistened cheerios, which she seems to like, but hasn't yet really figured out how to pick up and put in her mouth herself. We'll keep practicing. Hopefully she will continue to be such a good eater, it is nice to know she is getting so many good nutritious things to eat. Way to go Lucy!