So for the past 5 weeks or so we have "attempted" to give Brynlee some veggies and fruits. We started with the veggies. The very first time she got a small taste in her mouth and acted like she was gagging. Very dramatic. Every time the spoon touched her lips, same thing. We still attempted every night. We did peas for 4 days, then green beans for 4 days, then carrots for 4 days, then sweet potatoes for 4 days. Finally she would at least tolerate the sweet pototoes. As in, she would allow the spoon to go in her mouth and not make a complete gagging gesture and face. Every veggie got about 5 or 6 spoonful tries a night. She would not allow it.
We had high hopes when we moved on to the fruits. Especially since the sweet potoates didn't go AS terribly as the other veggies. Our high hopes quickly vanished the first attempt at pears when she did the same sour face (no gagging though!) and still refused to open her lips. We have now tried pears, peaches, and bananas. Still refuses everything.
She WILL eat her cereal and LOVES it! She is sometimes hesitant at first to see if it is a veggie or fruit we are trying to trick her with, but as soon as she realizes it isn't she opens her mouth wide asking for more and gobbles large bowls up fast! And yes, we have tried tricking her many times with spoonfulls of veggies or fruits in between cereal bites. She spits it right back out.
She loves the little baby mum mum rice patty things. She will gum french fries and chicken nuggets, mostly playing with them, but still opening her mouth and tolerating it.
We are getting more and more tempted to go right into table foods and skip this baby food stage altogether b/c it is a gigantic waste of time...and energy...and emotions...
We know she hates her high chair, so we have tried to have her sit on our laps to eat. Same response.
We know she is super active/busy/wants to be on the go at all times, so we have tried to limit interaction/distractions when she eats. Same response.
We haven't tried to put some of the fruits and veggies INTO the cereal yet, which is our next attempt. Mostly because we wanted to NOT feed her cereal at night anymore and we just wanted to do the fruits and veggies. We will try that method tonight to see what happens.
Other than the refusing to eat ordeal she is still the best baby you could ask for! Pulling herself up to standing on EVERYTHING! She is pretty much crusing around furniture now. We have had debates on if she will be walking by Christmas. I am moving it up to December 1st.... She will be 8 months on Dec. 1.
She is sleeping anywhere from 11 to 12 hours a night, so awesome. She is happy, talky, smiley, lovey, all the time! She is the love of all of our lives, especially her brother. :)
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