A couple of weeks ago we started 'weaning' Audrey. Weaning is a weird term that for some reason always reminds me of puppies being weaned.Anyway, basically it means we've started giving her solid food in addition to her milk.
Apparently babies have many more taste buds (both on the sides and the roof of the mouth as well as the tongue) and so are receptive to lots of different tastes. It always amazes me to think that every taste Audrey tries, is the first time she's ever experienced that particular taste.
Most of the food we've given her so far has been pureed into gook. I've read that you can go straight ahead with finger food, but we've not risked our cream carpet and dining chairs thus far.
There's been some definite hits amongst her first foods - pear, apple, sweet potato and pineapple all went down with consummate ease. In comparison her palate hasn't given us many misses - Audrey wasn't terribly keen on spinach first time around and peas were a bit husky and mostly ended up on her bib.
It's been a period of really great fun though, watching the anticipation in her little face as we move a spoon full of fruit-gunk or yogurt towards her open 'baby-bird' mouth.
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