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We are EATING! Nathan is eating solid food, and he LOVES it.



We started with rice cereal per the doctors instructions. She said to start giving him as much as he wants for dinner. Then we added a lunchtime feeding. Now Nathan eats twice a day and is starting solid food because he loves to eat. He gets really excited when he eats and flails his little arms around and smiles, its really cute. I usually can't feed him fast enough, by the time I have more food on the spoon he is ready for more.
We started with Avocado. I read that this is a good first food. Did you know that a human can live on only avocado, it has all the nutrients that you need. Nathan was not a huge fan to start. When I tried it mixed with some cereal he liked it better.
A few days later we tried bananas, and Nathan fell in love. He will eat a whole banana if I let him. I decided to make his food, meaning I smash it up with a fork. Gourmet I know. I also like that when we are out and about I just keep a banana in the diaper bag and can smash it up anywhere.
A few days later we tried sweet potatoes. Nathan likes these also.




Here's video that we made for Grandma and Grandpa, it's not exciting. This was during the first couple of days of eating food.

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  1. Sara ParvinMarch 24, 2010 at 8:50 PM

    I loved trying new foods on Lizzy! One note, though -- too much banana at once can cause constipation!!! I mean, really bad get the suppository constipation. If you have the time and are so inclined, you can try making your own sweet potatoes. Cook them and mash them up, maybe with a little pumped milk or water so they're a smoother texture. You can freeze them in ice cube trays and then pop them into freezer baggies and they're available whenever you need them!

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