Last weekend, Smunchie turned six months old. She showed signs of being ready to eat solids (loss of tongue thrust, sitting with minimal support, interest in food), and so we decided to start giving her solids. She took to it with furvor! So far, she has had avocado, carrots and green beans. She seems to like the avocado the best of all (though, it's funny to watch her with green beans, as she strips all the beans out with her gums).
In general, we are trying to do
Baby Led Weaning with Smunchie, which involves giving her large pieces of foods, that she manipulates herself to get into her own mouth. It is a messy process! We do some purees with her (though, nothing really very smooth. I sometimes mash avocados but I don't add water to the mix). She gags some but in general, she is really learning how to manipulate the food around in her mouth!
Feeding herself some mashed avocado.
