Banana Rama

Sweet Pea,
Today you had some banana - your first real food (that is if you don't count the tikka masala I unknowingly got on your arm one day only to find you going to town on it a few minutes later!) As with everything baby related it isn't exactly crystal clear when you should start a little one on solids, although the consensus seems to be somewhere between 4 and 6 months. Since you're almost 5 months and you seem ready (watching me intently and moving your mouth around while I eat, trying to grab my fork if you're sitting on my lap) I felt it was the right time. Plus, I've just been really excited about it! So today, spur of the moment I decided to mash up some banana and let you try it. I started with it on my finger and then put some on a plastic baby spoon. You were definitely interested, but I don't think you loved it. You moved the teeny tiny little mashed up banana pieces around your mouth and then most of it ended up back outside your mouth on your face. I think next time I'll mix it with some breast milk and see if you like it a bit better! I'll get a picture next time too so I can post it here.

Love you baby girl,
Mommy