Our time finally came at 6 months of age. We started to give her small amounts of rice cereal each day to get her use to the idea of eating. Baby was not a fan. The more cereal I placed in her mouth the more cereal squirted out. Another opportunity to feel like a failure. "Why is my baby not eating right away"? Like everything else in motherhood feeding a baby sounds easy but it's not. I heard Oatmeal might receive a better response, and it did. Once she got use to a spoon being placed in front of her mouth, took the mushy stuff in, and stopped sucking it like a bottle we were good. I recently introduced Baby Mum's to her. Some non-colored rice board looking thing. Baby not a fan. If it were bright colored, made a sound, and not edible I'm sure she would have tried to eat it. Babies are strange sometimes.
Our little lady is now taking in three meals a day along with her formula. But for some reason I feel like I'm still doing something wrong or not giving her enough. I only give her the same 3 veggie options and two types of fruit. I don't make my own baby food. (Goodness, I hardly make my own food). I have not studied up on baby diets. I don't know the latest baby food fad. I don't understand when to give them snacks or juice. However, I'm sure all the answers can be found in some book. Like everything else, I have to make time to read. That is what Goggle, the Gerber site, and questions for my sister are for...help.
Look the way I see it is, I will eventually get this figured out but it's going to take some time. As long as my baby is patient with me I will be patient with her. She's still growing & healthy. Thats all that matters, right? How can I force feed my own child when my own relationship with food is a rocky one. I eat to live not live to eat. My baby eats when hungry and to stop fussing when I'm trying to shop. (just kidding). Easy enough
