Soft Foods

I've started Trinity on "some" soft foods this month. She's been on breast milk (BM) exclusively for five months now and I felt (well actually her pediatrician as well) that her palette needed broadening. When I went to Target to pick up some wipes and new formula (BAD ENFAMIL), I decided to try a few fruits, just to experiment. The attendant in the isle was helpful and when I told her how old my child was, her response was "wow, you waited a long time." Did I? Are parents giving soft food straight out of the womb these days? My best friend told me about a mother giving rice cereal at one month! So is she raising a Grizzly Bear or something? I don't understand this push from most mothers away from BM and towards solids so soon. People are in such a hurry to make babies grow up. My sister in particular has been wanting to feed her a cheeseburger for months now and always asks when she can go on solids or when can I put cereal in her milk so she'll sleep through the night.
Well she already sleeps through the night without cereal, thank you very much. I'm sorry, I just wasn't up to manipulating my child's diet to suit my personal sleeping habits. But I could rant about this all day. Back to Target.

So I began with pears: Gerber: 1st Foods. Trinity gave me the ugly/eww/nasty face with the first spoonful and I take it because they were a bit tart, but once she realized they wouldn't make her sick (BAD ENFAMIL!) she swallowed the small spoonfuls with trepidation. Next we tried apples which went better, to the point where she was grabbing the spoon and trying to get it with her fingers. Ahh success! Apples it is. This weekend we will try rice cereal with fruit and see how well that goes. She still pretty much has BM as a back up, but I can't wait to buy all those pulverized vegetables so she'll be ready for mashed potatoes and yam at Thanksgiving.