First Food

While we have been exposing Maya to different tastes and foods for the past few weeks (paw paw, rockmelon, honey dew melon, mashed chick pea, even a seaweed rice cracker!), she just had her first 'real' food 2 days ago: baby rice cereal, mixed with breastmilk.

I also fed the munchkin some mashed banana, but she made a funny face and wasn't as keen. I've been told to start with one taste first, and then gradually introduce others, but got so excited about the cereal that I thought I'd try the banana as well. Today, at a friend's house, she tried vanilla yoghurt mixed with honey dew; but again, she wasn't so sure (I think Maya is more interested in eating the actual SPOON than the food as such).

And has it improved her night-waking?...too early to tell, as she's still wanting breastfeeds every 2-3 hours at night. Hopefully it's not a myth that when babies start solids they sleep better? I've actually become quite used to the night-feeding business, and feel rested enough (I always have a good sleep-in in the morning while Noah feeds the animals), but some kind of change may need to be made soon, now that Maya is almost 6 months old!