After Her First Porridge


After Her First Porridge, originally uploaded by Pigs Ahoy, aka Pig Sty Avenue.

This has been a big day for us: Molly took her first solid food - porridge. She loved it. After the first spoonful, I was amazed to hear her wee stomach rumbling, as if to say, "at last! I'm sick of milk." Her mouth worked every spoonful. And in between each one she gave me a big grin: "this is more like it!"

She enjoyed it so much, she wanted to eat her bib, too, look. Or maybe she's just for wiping her own wee chops?

It's important for lots of reasons but, because she still refuses to take a bottle, geting her onto solids menas that we can begin to think about all going out together. The next part of the conundrum is to work out how she can get a drink.

Oh yes, and now I've to get to grips with the food processor, so that she can have some of our meals, pureed. It was bought months ago for this very purpose, and has sat neglected on top of the fridge ever since.

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  1. JohnSun Jan 29, 07:06:00 pm GMT

    Our first wouldn't eat anything. The New One eats everything. Anything. I'm worried he'll gnaw the slats of his crib and venture out and bring back a moose because he wanted a snack.

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  2. Garry NixonSun Jan 29, 08:59:00 pm GMT

    He he. Like some postmodern mythological hero. I like that.

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  3. ApprenticeMon Jan 30, 10:08:00 am GMT

    Congratulations, a big step indeed.

    My youngest went happily from breast fed to trainer cup, one of those with a lip on the lid, but at 3 months was happy to take some liquid from a teaspoon, too. All his liquids were via this cup during the day. We had several different types, and eventually he settled on the one he liked the best. By about 5 months he was just breastfeeding before bedtime.

    Re food processing, for the very small quantities involved, it's really not worth bothering. I bought a metal tea strainer and pushed the mash etc through the mesh with a teaspoon. In no time she'll be able to take food that's slightly lumpy, so fork mashing will do fine by then. At 6 months my babies were handling things like marmite soldiers and tangerine segments.

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  4. shes_a_spriteFri Feb 03, 07:20:00 pm GMT

    She does look very content in this picture. :) I love that you share the little things with us!

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