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Solid!

Once upon a time, Rebecca liked solid foods. Okay, well, she liked bananas like two times. But at eight months, she’s once again nursing exclusively.

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Baby: folds for easy storage convenience!

I think it had something to do with the entire month she spent with teeth painfully bulging her gums. The closest she came to solids was a steady stream of Tylenol.

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Also, she had the dreaded car pox

We tried a variety of foods; we gave her teething biscuits; we let her hold saltines. The only thing she had any interest in sticking in her mouth was the bottle of the aforementioned medicine.

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Silly Mommy. I don’t want this!

One tooth finally came through last Friday and the second this Friday. But that wasn’t what it took to get her interested in solids.

Yesterday, I had some beef stew. She found my empty bowl very interesting, so I tried to tease her with a little of the leftover sauce in a spoon.

She ate it. She ate and ate and ate until I couldn’t scrape together enough to put in her mouth anymore. I fetched half a teething biscuit; she suddenly understood where that was supposed to go. She went to town on some saltines.

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Nummy!

We haven’t attempted any more solids today, but here’s hoping she’ll be interested when we do!

6 replies on “Solid!”

Congratulations on solid foods! So sorry you had to deal with the car pox. Those are horrible. LOL

Thanks, Annette!

Yeah, it was touch-and-go with the car pox for a while there, Holly. That’s what I get for leaving her home with dad and big brother!

I’m so sorry she’s teething so bad. Ford was a horrible teether! But that’s great about the food!

Cute baby! Thank you for commenting on my blog. Your post about migration to wordpress is very helpful. Keep it up. =)

That’s wonderful that’s she finally got interested in solids! Just found your blog through a comment you made on mine, and I’m looking forward to looking around! 🙂

Also, at 8 months, my little boy LOVED Cheerios – being able to pick them up one at a time, examine them & pop them in & chew/gum them, was really fun for him. 🙂

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