The Organ Family: Mia's 1st Foods

It is funny how my kiddos are so different in so many ways. McKinley has always been our fun, loving, fly by the seat of her pants and make everyone laugh (by accident). Mia is definitely a bit more serious, very analytical, & thinks everything through.

This shows even in how they eat. McKinley has always LOVED food. She will eat anything you put in front of her. Mia seems to want to look at the food and think about it before it ever reaches her mouth. Then when it does she tends to be a little dramatic and is not able to hide it.

This is our second time doing baby led weaning. It worked so well with McKinley that we knew we wanted to try it again with Mia. Well...we ended up having a completely different experience the second time around.

Our sweet little Mia just did not want to eat solid food. It didn't matter what it was, she was not going to eat/swallow it. We tried all kinds of fruits & vegetables, different colors, textures, temperatures. This kid was not giving in. She would try it but as soon as it hit her lips we would get a horrible reaction. It would best be described as the bitter beer face and it would always be followed by a gag.

So we kept giving her solid food and she kept refusing it. I was determined not to give up but after several weeks of this I caved and bought a few jars of pureed baby food. She of course loved it. So I decided to choose my battles and this was one I didn't have the energy to fight. She started getting the pureed food in addition to the solid food with each meal. We did this for a little over a week, maybe two weeks and then all of the sudden she decided she didn't care for pureed food anymore, she was all about the solids! I guess she just wanted everything in her own time. Now she is a champion eater just like her older sister. These two will eat ANYTHING!

Here are a few pictures from the first couple BLW sessions...

Sweet Red Pepper (try #1):