Hi everyone,

Samuel is eating a big variety now. I spoon feed him his cereal and some other meals but he also feeds himself lots of different finger foods. He has vegies, fruits, toast, lamb, beef, chicken and tuna, yoghurt, cheese and milk arrowroot biscuits. I chopped things quite small but not really mashing anymore. He likes to hold big chunks of things that breakdown easily like watermelon. We've only had one choking scare and that was with toast. I tried to fish it out of his mouth but couldn't reach it as it was in his throat so I laid him over my knees and gave him a whack on the back and the chunk of bread went flying about a metre across the room! It freaked me out but Samuel was perfectly happy and went on playing afterwards. It's only happened once and was just that he'd taken too big a bight. I guess the main thing is to watch them constantly and don't let them move around while eating.

He has a bad cold at the moment so I haven't had much sleep the last few nights. He is a little better this afternoon so fingers crossed we have a better night tonight.

Wow I can't believe some of the bubs are saying words already!! Samuel really just says a whole lot of "goobledegook"! Although he does say dada an awful lot!! I swear he said doggy the other day but noone else believes me