Adventures in Feeding

We have the Sarah Palin of pediatricians.  In that she has completely gone rogue.  None of her advice or opinions seems to gel with the literature, the Internets, with other moms, or with other pediatricians.  And yet we love her.  Because she's a pusher.  Thanks to her pushy, type-A ways, we have a baby who [redacted because I fear retaliation from the Evil Fairy Blogmother and all the haters].  Let's just say I'm pleased with X's developmental progress to date.

I kind of enjoy the fact that we've gone rogue too.  I take some bizarre pleasure from other moms seeing my photos and going, "You're not ALLOWED to do DAIRY this early!"  And I just think, "Oh yes?  Try and stop me."

[Truly, it's a sad moment when you confess to feeling legitimately badass about the fact that you're feeding your kid certain solids earlier than the American Academy of Pediatrics would recommend].

In any event, we've had a lot of fun with X and solids so far.  We've done:
- peas
- carrots
- applesauce
- prunes
- rice cereal
- avocado
- bananas
- pears
- peaches
- lentils
- rice
- yogurt
- pasta with olive oil
- cereal puffs
- flavored rice puffs

And this weekend, we intend to embark on sweet potatoes. 

It's all just gravy at this point because X is still supposed to get all his actual caloric needs satisfied by breast milk (yep, we're still doing that.  MOO-urns).  But I'm pretty excited to watch him develop likes and dislikes, and to have his first gourmet experiences.  I'm really looking forward to seeing the look on his face the first time he tries meat...and chocolate...and coffee...and wine.  Seeing as how those are my four favorite food groups.

And seeing as how I'm a terrible parent.

I do love milk.





I also really like peach yogurt.  It's got probiotics, you see.




I have strong opinions about lentils and rice.  I didn't say they were good opinions.



I get really contemplative when I dine.

Ah, the early days of dining.  I think this was back on my first day of peaches.

This is a serious throwback.  To avocado!  My first solid!

And this was when my parents got all excited about pasta.  I didn't think it was SUCH a big whoop.