Sarina has been eating 'solids' for 3.5 weeks now and i've learnt that she doesn't like single flavours. I've heard a theory that because she's breastfed she's used to a mix of flavours. When eating pear, she pulls a face like i've just given her a lemon to suck. But if I mix it with rice cereal, she eats it (very very slowly) all.
MADS - I alternate introducing a fruit then a veggie and haven't noticed any particular preference from Sarina. I give it 2 or 3 days before introducing the next new one.
She's had a variety of mixed purees but it generally takes 1 hour to feed her about 1 tablespoon (1 ice cube). I stop after 1 hour (or when she protests too much) as it starts encroaching onto time for the next feed! She just can't seem to figure out what a spoon does. She'll happily drink the food if I make it runny enough!
Apparently, according to my mum, i used to take 2 hours to eat a tablespoon at the beginning so mum just laughed and told me to persevere. Easy for her to say from the other side of the world.
I offer Sarina food twice a day. Sometimes she'll take it, sometimes she won't. I've just spent the evening making chicken and beef stock to start introducing meat to her over the weekend (thought I'd mix the stock with rice cereal first).
All in all, I'm trying to not get too stressed that she's eating so little as she's still happily drinking my milk and clearly isn't hungry for food yet.
Luckily she's sleeping through from 8pm - 6am at the moment too (sshhh - don't let her hear that though!).
BABYAMORE - I'm looking after a baby in my mothers group one day a week - how on earth you cope 24/7 is AMAZING! I'm exhausted after 10 hours (although I really enjoy it)!
KMH - Sarina is about 3.5 - 4 hrly. I'm concious of trying to make sure she takes enough during the day though as I don't want her to start waking in the night again!
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