As Layla nears her 6 month mark (::gaspgaspgasp::) I've been thinking a lot about solids & their introduction into her diet. As of right now she is still exclusively breast-fed. Every now and then we'll give her a taste of whatever we are having - mashed 'taters, bananas, maybe a little bit of avocado, but never more than a wee little taste.
This is baby-led solids in a nut shell. Your baby feds him/herself whatever you cook for them on their own accord. They eat how much they want & how they want, essentially. We're also on the side of delaying solids until Layla is old enough to sit on her own and has lost her tongue thrust reflex. Dr. Sear's has a great article about why we should delay solids here.
Obviously this may not work for all mommies, but it works for us. There is a high rate of food allergies in my family - I can't eat eggplants, my little sister is allergic to green pepper & cucumbers ... my cousin chicken & aunt bananas. We all need to be in food bubbles. Diabetes also runs in both my family and Mr. G's family, so we decided early on that Layla's introduction to food will be done carefully and with much attention.
I am, however, extremely excited to see her in her highchair sitting at the dinner table with us munching on nomnoms!
It is fun when they start sitting with you at the table. At least you could put her in the bumba chair before she can sit up on her own.
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