Lilia Tries Again!

When Lilia was 6 months old we tried some solid food with her. She seemed to do well enough with rice cereal and even ate sweet potato and squash for about a week or two. I thought I would try a few more foods the following week and that apparently was a mistake. She developed this craaaaaaaaazy gag reflex where no matter WHAT I tried to feed her, she would throw up. It got to the point where even SEEING the spoon produced a sour face and touching the spoon to her lip made her throw up. It was awful so I took a break. I tried again every week or two with the same foods we started with and I even tried some new foods with absolutely no luck. I didn't really stress about it as Lilia is certainly not malnourished. She's like a sumo baby or something. My mom jokes that I am feeding her straight cream rather than breast milk... but I digress.

I decided to try her on solids again without much hope for success this past week. To my amazement Lilia was ready again! We have gotten her to successfully eat pear, peaches, pear/pineapple, and oatmeal! This is really huge for her. I was beginning to think I would be breastfeeding her exclusively through kindergarten. The most wonderful thing about it is that I can cut back on some feedings and this frees up our schedule a bit. Now she isn't eating very much when it comes to solids... maybe a few tablespoons at a time, but at least she isn't barfing or gagging. I am hesitant to try vegetable again due to the past experiences we have had, but maybe it is worth a shot given the success of this past week.

Here are a few shots of her "feeding" herself. Enjoy!