On November 17th, Waverly got her first taste of food, bananas! The speech pathologist was over for a session, and asked if we wanted to try baby food with her. I didn't have any on hand, but did have some bananas, so I pureed them real quick and we got to it. She really enjoyed it! Since then she's also had chocolate creme brulee (see Thanksgiving post) and sweet potato. She LOVES "eating" (even if it is just a few dips of baby food on the spoon), and she seems to do really well with it, much better than she handles the bottle when we try it. With the bottle she seems to choke and sputter a lot more, and although she is vigorous when she is sucking the milk down, it's just not quite as pleasurable seeming as it is when she gets the food on the spoon. The speech pathologist agrees, and so we may try thickened liquids on the spoon some instead of the bottle. (Of course, I may have to do one more little taste from the bottle as a last time, just to savor it [and cry, I'm sure!]). The big kids are really excited when she eats too, and love to get in on the action! We'll try a few more foods this week and see what she likes. It's so funny to see her eat. Everyone in our family loves food, and she totally takes after the family in that way! It's fun to see her personality come out like that.
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