Loving the solid foods

Nope, we haven't dropped off the face of the earth in case anyone was wondering! :) We've had a busy few weeks and I haven't been on the computer all that much. So one major thing to report is that Zoey has started solid food and she is loving it! We started with some avocado on Christmas, and then moved on to sweet potatoes, green beans, oatmeal, and bananas. She wasn't too sure about the whole thing at first and would make a face whenever I put anything in her mouth. But she has quickly gotten used to it, and now she really seems to be enjoying it. She gets all excited when I put her in the high chair, and then when she sees me with a spoonfull of food, she grabs my hand and pushes it to her mouth - she wants to do it herself! It's really cute, but the process definitely gets very messy. Sometimes she will just let me feed her, but more often than not she wants to be involved in the whole process and tries to grab the spoon, bowl, etc. She definitely is very interested in feeding herself, so I also have tried using a mesh feeder and she has finally gotten the hang of it. It's great - I just put a frozen cube of babyfood or breastmilk in there and she can chew on it and it keeps her occupied for a while.

Here are a few pics of her food exploration so far:

Here she is in anticipation of her first meal...

It was avocado - she wasn't all that thrilled with it, but still managed to eat some

After another try with avocado and a few with sweet potatoes she really got excited about the whole eating thing. By the time we tried green beans, she was trying to take the spoon away from me and feed herself - trying to be little Miss Independent already! :)

Since she likes trying to feed herself so much, the mesh feeder is perfect. She didn't understand it the first few times, but has finally gotten the hang of it. Here she is eating some sweeet potatoes