Well, Fielding is eating human food kind of out of nowhere, and he FREAKING LOVES IT! He was fussing at the dinner table on Christmas Eve, and to quiet him, Chris let him suck on a piece of ham, and then on a chunk of butternut squash. He went completely crazy for them! So the next day I mashed some banana and avocado together, and, same thing—he couldn’t get enough!
We started Sawyer on solids at 7 months, and I remember that it took him, like, 6 or 8 weeks to even catch the vision of what we were trying to do. He would just let the food spill down his face, stare at me, then smear it all over his tray. I remember the day when I saw something click behind his eyes—“Oh! this goes in my belly and keeps me full! and it’s not bad eats either!” At that moment he leaned forward like a baby bird and opened his mouth. WELL, the minute Fielding saw the banana-covered spoon, he grabbed it with his hand and shoved it in his mouth. Since then he’s had carrots and sweet potatoes and rice cereal, and the freezer is starting to fill up with little portioned purees that I’ve made for him. He is a total, total gourmand.
Farewell, sweet buttermilky poops of the breastfeeding baby. Hello, total stinkers.
Sawyer was really excited that he and Fielding were eating carrots at the same time.
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