Day 9

Menu: apple and banana

We introduced apple for lunch today. Results were mixed. She seemed to have a good time sucking on the apple for a while, but eventually got frustrated because the apple was too hard and the banana was too soft. We left the peel on the apple to help her grip it better, but she kept picking it up on the soft side and putting the peel side in her mouth. I guess that is a benefit of doing purees - everything is one texture so it doesn't take practice to get it right for a baby! She finally managed to get a couple "bites" off the apple slice and gagged. This was the most coughing she has done yet, but she successfully got it back up on her own. By the end she was a fairly upset baby (the frustration from not being able to actually hold/eat much, I think) and even the spoon didn't cheer her up.

I need to be better and do more research on how to actually prepare these things before we decide "hey, it's time to feed her" and attempt to wing it. Perhaps that is why I already prefer avocado and banana - they don't have to be cooked!

As to the nursing strike - she has been a good baby for the last three feedings. She was also a very good sleeper last night! Around 10:30 we brought her upstairs, nursed and put her right into the crib. When I went in to check on her at 6:30 she was sleeping on her tummy (which is a first). She must have been starting to wake up, because she rolled onto her back and opened her eyes as soon as I got to the crib.