Weaning

For a couple of weeks now we have been introducing solids to Adam. I hadn't planned to begin weaning him before he was 6 months old, but our sweet boy was VERY interested in our food. He reached out for everything we ate and he  seemed so ready. So when he reached 5 months I tried giving him some mashed potatoes. He ate everything! I had expected him to eat a spoonful or two, but he ate the whole thing. (well, it was a small baby size portion - but still!). Now he's tried a lots of things.. of course only suitable for babies his age. But he really likes vegetables, I haven't had so sweeten it with fruit. But he has eaten carrot, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, turnip - each mixed with mashed potatoes, rice cereal, corn porridge and mashed prunes and apricot. He likes everything. Even though it can be hard to keep it all in the mouth.

Thursday we went to his 5 month check-up and vaccine. The doctor said that Adam seems healthy and fine, but he should probably gain a bit more weight. At 5month and 2 weeks he measured 69cm and weighed 7,3kg. He's a bit on the small side, that's why we've decided to add one more meal. So now he eats dinner AND lunch.

The only problem is, that he likes it so much that the breast milk isn't that interesting now. I guess he has to work a bit to hard to get it, while the food just comes into his tiny tummy with minimum effort from his side. We have to get used to the new food routine, and wriggle portion size and meal times around a bit.

He might be tiny, but he's sure cute.