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carrot!! :) OMG, we've started to wean. Very slowly, mind... but he's had his first taste of carrot (which was over-steamed I think so it broke into pieces... note to self: will steam for 10 min as opposed to 15/20 min!)... Not sure what he thought about it, but am very sure he was very happy when we gave him pear today! :) He had his carrot yesterday, 20th July 2008, when he was 21+6 weeks. Today, at 22 weeks, he had pear.
And he liked it.
A lot.
D had the pear in his hand, and the instructions were for him to eat the skin, and give G-man the pear whole and see if he'll take it. G man was watching him intently eating the pear, and when he was given the chance to hold the pear, took it in his hand and immediately (and I mean, immediately) started knawing at it!! Like a little hamster! It was too cute!! :)
And he wouldn't let go, getting upset when we removed the plate and so we gave it back to him... and he started back onto the pear.. When he took a break, he sucked on his fingers and made a complete mess of his t-shirt... but it was fine. hehe.
This, apparently, is called 'baby-led weaning' - where you let the baby hold his own food and stick it in his mouth (they recommend sticks of carrot, brocolli, apple, pear, sweet potato). Because babies get their most if not all of their nutrition from milk till at least 7 months or so, I'm not too worried that he's not getting enough using this method. I'm slightly concerned though when I see the other babies wolfing down purees of carrot, veg etc with baby rice, and G's only having sucks of pear! But we'll see. If he's super hungry (which he isn't), we'll start on purees. If he's losing weight or not putting weight on, we'll puree.
Reason why we started giving him tastes of food is because he seems very intent on chewing his fingers and toys, and I figured rather than eating plastic, he might as well have a chew on food.
Stay tuned!
p x
And he liked it.
A lot.
D had the pear in his hand, and the instructions were for him to eat the skin, and give G-man the pear whole and see if he'll take it. G man was watching him intently eating the pear, and when he was given the chance to hold the pear, took it in his hand and immediately (and I mean, immediately) started knawing at it!! Like a little hamster! It was too cute!! :)
And he wouldn't let go, getting upset when we removed the plate and so we gave it back to him... and he started back onto the pear.. When he took a break, he sucked on his fingers and made a complete mess of his t-shirt... but it was fine. hehe.
This, apparently, is called 'baby-led weaning' - where you let the baby hold his own food and stick it in his mouth (they recommend sticks of carrot, brocolli, apple, pear, sweet potato). Because babies get their most if not all of their nutrition from milk till at least 7 months or so, I'm not too worried that he's not getting enough using this method. I'm slightly concerned though when I see the other babies wolfing down purees of carrot, veg etc with baby rice, and G's only having sucks of pear! But we'll see. If he's super hungry (which he isn't), we'll start on purees. If he's losing weight or not putting weight on, we'll puree.
Reason why we started giving him tastes of food is because he seems very intent on chewing his fingers and toys, and I figured rather than eating plastic, he might as well have a chew on food.
Stay tuned!
p x
