Silver Lining

I was feeling all encouraged yesterday to try solid foods with Julia yet again. I mixed up just a little bit of rice cereal, but fed it to her with a different spoon. No dice. She actually started gagging. So I pulled out some sweet potatoes, because that's the only baby food we had in our pantry. I decided to feed that to her on my finger, to see if that helped. Alas, no. Apparently it's not just spoons, but all foreign objects being shoved toward her mouth. Though, she didn't gag with the sweet potatoes. Just made a face that indicated, "Ew, ew, ew, what is this, get it out of my mouth." And then she started crying.

SO, I've decided that my darling daughter just isn't ready yet. We're still going to get a highchair, so that she can sit at the table with us at dinner. Maybe that will pique her curiosity enough to get her eating solids, I don't know.

But wait! Before you go thinking that I was just so sad and miserable about the whole experience, there is a silver lining. I realized that I have had a grudge against sweet potatoes for many years, as they are lumped into the whole "vegetable" category that I have despised until recently. But as I opened the baby food container, they didn't smell so bad. That's right folks, I had a taste. Heaven knows Julia wasn't going to eat any more, why not have a sample? And you know what? I kind of liked them. I think they'd be better warmed up and with some spices, but still. This is perfect timing - Thanksgiving is right around the corner!!! I'm going to be able to add another vegetable to my list! WOOT!