Banana

Babypost coming up.

When Suzy was born she weighed 3.9 kilos. At first she lost some weight, as is quite normal for breastfed babies. Then she struggled for 3 weeks to gain back that weight, but then she started growing. And hasn't stopped since. Babybacon thighs even, yum.  At 5.5 months she began to notice that we put  'things' in our mouths, and wanted to try some.
Spoonfeeding made her vomit, not such a success...
So we have had her try herself almost everything we eat that is solid enough for her to hold in her little chubby hands, so she could get used to food without us forcing it upon her. At first she would contort her face, like she couldn't believe we would eat actual bread. Fruit, even banana, seemed too strong or strange a flavour. But she kept coming back to bread. Chewing it, sucking on it and losing it from her mouth again. yes, we had a book that said this is a normal first stage of learning to eat.  It also said it could take a few days. or weeks. It never said it could be almost two months before she got the hang of swallowing.
But this weekend marks a tiny milestone: Suzy ate some banana...
We let her try herself, and when the banana pieces were small and slippery on the table I put them on the tip of my finger and she could suck them off.
She weighs 8.1 kilo now and I think she will depend on my milk for a bit longer. But it does amaze me that she doubled in weight just feeding from my boobs.

(Don't tell DP, but if all goes well I would like to give Suzy milk till she decides she doesn't need or want it anymore. It does put strain on my body but my BMI is still 20.4, so above 20, so still healthy I think.)