On a Scale of 1-10, Avocado is Icky

Well, the verdict on avocado is a big "ewwww." Evan is not a guac fan, I guess. So today I'm moving on to banana. He'll have to like that, right? I'm also keeping an Excel spreadsheet with the different foods so that I can keep track of what he's tried and how well (or not as is the case so far) he liked them. Otherwise I'll never remember. 

He's napping now, so I need to work on getting my house clean. We are headed to MI on Saturday (his first plane ride!) and an old high school friend is dropping by Friday night. So I have to clean, pack, and generally get everything organized for people, pets, and baby in the next two days. Lots to do!

Veggie Tales

The high chair is here! After MUCH research and discussion, we opted to get the Boon Flair chair. It has a pneumatic lift, a removable tray (which allows it to pull right up to the table), and is extremely easy to clean. Plus, it looks cool. And Boon is a great company who gives part of their proceeds to charity.

Here is the chair:


Evan has finally started eating solids! We started with rice cereal, which...ew, and then moved on to oatmeal. He seems to tolerate it a bit more.

Checking out his oatmeal-covered spoon:



Last Tuesday, I made butternut squash for his first veggie. It was really quite easy, considering I'm not a cook. I used this super-cool babyfood maker called the Beaba Babycook. It's an all-in-one steamer/defroster/blender.

Baked squash (oops, failed to remove the stickers):



Pureed squash:


Squash face:


Evan really isn't crazy about squash yet, so I froze the remainder and will try again at a later date. Next up is avocado, which should be really easy because no cooking is involved. Then probably sweet potatoes or carrots.

I'm pretty sure I won't be making all of Evan's baby food, but there is no reason I can't at least make some of it. We'll see!

6 Month Checkup

And we have two teeth! The pediatrician noticed that a second tooth has poked through. Evan has been surprisingly ok with it all. What a trooper!

The doctor visit went well. He weighs 17 lbs, 6 oz, is 26.25 inches long, and has a big giant head. Totally average on weight and length and the 95th percentile for head size. However, the doctor thinks it's tapering off and his body should do some catching up soon. I hope so! It's gotten very obvious lately just how ginormous his noggin has gotten. Lots of brains! Or air! But hopefully brains!

Anyhow, he had two more shots and handled them pretty well. All body parts checked out. We discussed food and we are definitely starting him on solids this week. Rice cereal for a few more days (the first few tries haven't been fantastic) and then we'll start with a veggie over the weekend. I'm planning to make at least some of his food, being the awesome chef I am (NOT!), so it will be interesting. We also discussed sleep habits and we were told that we need to toughen up and let Evan cry a bit at night instead of feeding him. There is no reason he should need to eat in the middle of the night at his age. We need to break him of the habit now, while it's still relatively easy. Sigh. He has already learned to manipulate me, so I guess it's time I learn to take control. It's going to be a fun few nights. 

Oh, and new pictures are up at Shutterfly!