Malia's first food

Just before Malia was 5 moths old we started giving her some oatmeal. She had been very interested in what we were eating, going so far as to grab it out of our hands to eat it. She also stopped sleeping at night and I thought maybe she needed a little something more. We started off very slowly. Just offering her a little bit of oatmeal. She wasn't very impressed.

We waited a little while longer to offer anything else. The extra food at night did nothing to help her through her sleep regression. Since she didn't seem to like the oatmeal I just quite giving it to her. We waiting till she was about 5 1/2 months before tried again. This time she loved it, still not the oatmeal, but food. She knew how to chew food and move it in her mouth. 

She never has loved 'baby' food, she ate it for a little bit but not long. She just eats whatever we are eating now, and has since she was about 8 months old. She loves pumpkin pancakes, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, peas, eggs, sweet potatoes, pears, peaches, cheese, yogurt, Spanish rice, pasta and beans. She's a little reserved when it comes to trying new things and doesn't love meat. But we keep offering new things and meat to her. One day she just might come to love them.