Pancakes!

We've continued to introduce the girls to more foods, and they have shown us that they are definitely ready for more finger foods.  I made the girls pancakes for the first time last week.  Harper loved them, but Tannah kept throwing them on the floor.  Apparently she doesn't like pancakes made with no sugar or salt.



She does like yogurt though.  I mix in some fruit so it tastes a little sweeter.  This was yogurt with applesauce.

This picture looks sweet, but I think that Tannah was probably trying to steal food off of Harper's tray, and Harper was blocking her.  Ha!  Tannah tends to take whatever she wants from Harper.  Harper often just rolls with the punches and lets Tannah take things, so I always like it when she stands up for herself:)

Food Update

We have continued marching along with our introduction to solid foods.  So far the girls have had oatmeal, sweet potatoes, avocados, acorn squash, bananas, and peas.  They don't seem to dislike any of the food, but still haven't quite mastered eating.

Tannah insists on putting her hand or her bib in her mouth between every bite.  She always ends up with food everywhere as a result.

Harper is a little neater (and more enthusiastic) than Tannah.

We also gave the girls sippy cups for the first time.  They weren't quite sure what to do with those.  Harper drank from it if I held it to her mouth, but
Tannah just chewed on it.

Tannah likes to feed herself.  I tried to give her a plastic spoon in exchange for the metal one, and she had a meltdown of epic proportions.  I'm looking forward to starting finger foods so she actually can feed herself.

Harper was just hanging out wondering where her peas went during Tannah's meltdown.

Adventures in Solids

Our pediatrician gave us the information on starting solids at the girls' 4 month appointment.  I've been doing some research, and planned to wait until closer to six months to give their little digestive tracts a little more time to fully develop.  Then Harper started waking up every 2 hours or so all night long.  And she kept waking up that much all night long.  The girls have been staring us down while we eat, so we decided to try some oatmeal to see if that would help keep her little belly full for longer at night.  For the record - it didn't.

Here they are all ready for their first tastes.  Also for the record, Tannah continues to be more interested in eating her bib than in the food I offer her.

We actually took a video of each of the girls' first bites, but this was during the first meal.  Neither had a very big reaction.  They weren't super excited about it, but they both ate a little.  Harper seemed more into it than Tannah.

I'm pretty sure that we ended up with just as much food on the girls as in their bellies, but I called it a success.   



Since neither of the girls was super into it, and it didn't help Harper sleep any better, we decided to put solids on hold for a little longer, and to re-visit in a week or two.  I also bought some sweet potatoes, because I'm going to attempt to make as much of their baby food as possible.  Hopefully, they'll like it a little more the next time we try solids.