Baby Led Weaning Progress

TS has become quite the eater. She's willing to sample just about anything at this point. More and more, we just give her pieces of whatever we are eating. For example, tonight Mike brought home mexican food. TS had a few beans, a couple of pieces of chicken picked out of a burrito, a little rice, and a grape tomato (cut into quarters). She was tired or she probably would have eaten more. She also loves to drink water out of her sippy cup. Part of it is the entertainment value. She can suck up a mouthful of water and then spray it back out so that it runs down her front. Most of the time, we use bibs with little catch-pockets at the bottom. Sometimes I have to dump out several tablespoons of water out at the end of the meal, but it's worth it for the amount that she enjoys herself.

I'm not sure what multi-colored food she's eating here, but it looks like she's enjoyed it with her entire face.

She and Mike like to eat dinner together.

We usually share a bowl of oatmeal in the morning. This is at my grandmother's house.

I love the devilish look she has while trying to bite into this pear. She wasn't successful, but we did share it later.

Here, she's having a quartered grape tomato.

Her eating isn't very consistent. Yesterday, she ate a TON of food. Today, she didn't want much breakfast, had some strawberries and pancake at lunch (we were out), and then had a bit of mexican food for dinner. Nothing like the quantity of food she consumed yesterday, though. Maybe she was still full. A surprise from yesterday's meal was orange. We were at a restaurant and had ordered her one scrambled egg, hashbrowns and fruit off the kids menu. The fruit was a sliced orange. I didn't think she'd go for it, but she ate it all (half an orange) including gnawing on the peel. Who knew that oranges would be such a hit?

Other current favorites include: avocado (a perennial favorite), apple, pear, all fruits really, bread, chicken, oatmeal, and banana.