Avocado

We had planned on waiting until we got back from vacation to start Anna on solids, but I had an avocado so I thought we'd give it ago. Our pediatrician suggested waiting until she's 6 months (which is what the WHO also recommends) but he said it wouldn't hurt if we started giving her a little bit just after 5 months to see how she did with it. She's growing and still gaining weight with breast feeding and of course I'm BF before I feed her. No amount of solid foods can replace the nutritional value of breast milk!

The one thing Brian won't eat is avocado, so he didn't seem to eager to feed them to her at first. How can someone go their entire life without eating guacamole!?!! I find it insane! But Anna is smart like her mommy and LOVES them! YAY! ;)

Anna didn't seem to have any problem swallowing and ate a little more than a tablespoon. I've been told a lot of the issues babies have with swallowing solids is from starting them on solids too young with they aren't quite ready. Anna seemed to do really well and really wanted to get her hands on that spoon.