yum! yum! yum!

Banks has been eating solids since she turned 6 months old.  She loves to eat and looks so cute in her high chair.  We started with the classic rice cereal - I chose brown rice cereal - but that didn't work for Miss B.  It really slowed things down, if you know what I mean...so we switched to oatmeal cereal which she LOVES!  We also have to make sure she gets her prunes at least every other day.  I laugh and say she has the breakfast of a 70 year old woman - oatmeal and prunes.  I am making a lot of her baby food, organic of course, with the exception of bananas (she didn't like the homemade ones), mangoes (its cheaper to buy them already made), butternut squash, and prunes.  I have scored some great deals on organic baby food in the pouches so I do have those for when we go to the beach and travel to visit family.  I try to make sure she gets 3 fruits and 3 veggies in every day, plus her cereal.  Anyways, here are the fruits and veggies Banks has added to her food palate over the past several weeks!

Apples - her first love :)
Pears
Bananas
Prunes - to keep her tummy happy.
Sweet Potatoes - her absolute favorite!
Butternut Squash
Peas - not crazy about them at first, but likes them now.
Avocado
Kiwi
Apricots
Peaches - didn't hate them, but didn't really like them either.
Carrots
Mango - her new favorite fruit this week, especially mixed with bananas for a tropical breakfast.
Green Beans - just added yesterday and she seems to like them.

Coming up next will be some more green veggies...zucchini, spinach, broccoli.  We'll also try a multigrain cereal to mix things up a little.  It is so much fun to see her try new foods, taste them, examine the flavor and smile (most of the time.)  I love being able to make her food and I think it will be fun to come up with more flavor combos as we go along!