Troy's First time with Pastina, Avocado and REAL Carrots and Sweet Potatoes

Here is my little man enjoying feeding himself some real foods! I fed him the pastina w/ a spoon, but he LOVED it all! This was the first time with REAL food, not just puffs or cherrios!


I bolied the Carrots and Sweet Potatoes w/ the pastina, while he ate the avocado. After the C, SP & P were done, I broke up the C & SP into small pieces. He did great! Only 1 gagging incident, when he encountered a harder piece of avocado!

Thanks for looking!!

PS He will be 9 months in just under 3 weeks!

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Re: Troy's First time with Pastina, Avocado and REAL Carrots and Sweet Potatoes

He's adorable How did he like his real food?

Re: Troy's First time with Pastina, Avocado and REAL Carrots and Sweet Potatoes

Awww he's so cute!!
That is great!
We have the same bib too..LOL.

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Posted by thiadora

He's adorable How did he like his real food?

Re: Troy's First time with Pastina, Avocado and REAL Carrots and Sweet Potatoes

OMG! I love him

I am so jealous. I am "supposed" to wait til 11 months for food....but I think I am going to break rules and do it earlier

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Posted by MsKitty1274

Posted by thiadora

He's adorable How did he like his real food?

He LOVED it! The sweet potatoes were a little easier than the carrots! And the avocado, you'd swear this kid had it everyday for the past 5 months!

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Posted by KateDevine

OMG! I love him

I am so jealous. I am "supposed" to wait til 11 months for food....but I think I am going to break rules and do it earlier

Message edited 1/21/2008 9:39:52 PM.

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Posted by MsKitty1274

Posted by thiadora
I know. I'm so happy avocados are in season now. I just gave them to DS last week. He loved biting pieces off while I held it. I cannot believe how babies love avocados so much!

I am so glad too! Confession....the biggest reason I gave the avocado tonight (was going to try it tomorrow) is I gave him the bag w/ the 2 in it to hold, while I was preparing the pastina---he was right next to me, shaking the bag---next thing I knew, he bit into the avocado THRU THE BAG! I HAD to use it, and thought, why not try it now!

Re: Troy's First time with Pastina, Avocado and REAL Carrots and Sweet Potatoes

aww he is so cute

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so cute!

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wow jill! he looks too cute, go troy! how long did you cook the carrots for? you may be giving me confidence to try this too.

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He looks so cute and happy too! I'm glad he liked his real food.

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Thank you ALL!!

Michele-I cant' say I timed how long I cooked for--I put the carrots and sweet potatoes as soon as the water started to boil. I knew they would take longer to cook than the pastina. I think maybe I pboiled them alone for Bout 5-6 minutes, then I put in the pastina and cooked it all until the carrots were tender. The carrots take the longest. I used baby carrots, cut in half. I cut the sweet potatoes in slices then quatered each slice. I made sure the slices were no more than 1/4 inch- so they would soften quickly!

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He is so cute! He did great for nine months! We were still gagging on everything at that age.

Re: Troy's First time with Pastina, Avocado and REAL Carrots and Sweet Potatoes

Awww look at him!

Re: Troy's First time with Pastina, Avocado and REAL Carrots and Sweet Potatoes

He is sooo cute, Jill!!