sweet potatoes

This morning, Bridget had her first introduction to solid foods.. It was an adventure for all of us.. First I spent awhile early this morning preparing the food. Yes, I decided to make the food myself. I have good intentions, I'm not sure how long I will do this for, but it will save money and the fresh food will be better for her.. so, I first looked up how to sautee sweet potatoes. I didn't have a steamer insert so I used a colander.. and it worked well. But I made way too much!! Let's just say, I hope she likes it.. we have about one months of sweet potatoes.. 4 frozen ice cube trays.. ugh!!

Then I put together my food processor that I bought last summer.. While I did this, chris got the high chair from the garage and assembled it..

Then it was time, Bridget woke up from her nap, I nursed her and then Chris looked for the bib. We placed her in the chair, I took out the wooden bowl and spoon that I recently purchased and scooped one T of the pureed sweet potato into the bowl. I sat next to her in a chair and placed some of the sweet potato on her lips.. Then, I began to put some slowly in her mouth. we couldn't tell if she liked it or not, but it was a good start..Not too much ended up in her mouth or being swallowed.. but it was a start..

we were careful to be positive and not react negatively. We stopped after about 15 minutes.. we took her out of the chair and put her down to play. Later today I read the book again for some tips, turns out I missed a few key points that I will try tomorrow:

first I should only nurse her for half the time before the feeding so she is somewhat hungry, then I should mix breast milk with the sweet potatoes so it's a more familiar taste and is more liquidy, and I should put the spoon full of the sweet potato on her tongue. also, if she doesn't move it, I should slowly place some of the potato on her tongue.. It's an interesting ritual and mealtime seems to be so important.. I want her to enjoy it and learn to try many foods and also get her nourishment that she needs..