Last night, I was eating some sherbet in an ice cream cone when Mio suddenly started trying to grab at my treat. I don’t know if it was the colorful colors (it was watermelon-flavored, so it was bright green and red), or how deliciously I was eating it, but no matter how much I’d try to pull it away, she’d keep going for it.
I suppose this is one of those signs that they tell you to watch for of when your baby is ready to start solids, but Dan and I are on the fence. We had been thinking of waiting until Mio turned six months, since we read that starting solids on the earlier side can lead to a higher risk of the child developing food allergies as well as obesity issues later in life. For now, we’re thinking of sticking with our plan to not introduce solids until she’s closer to six months of age. She will have decades to eat lots of yummy food, so waiting a couple more months shouldn’t hurt.
For now, Mio will just have to be satisfied with milk and attempts to eat her stuffed animals:
On a completely unrelated note, here are a couple photos of Mio playing with some of her older toddler friends this past weekend:
August 24, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
Love her concentrating, studying, furrowed-brow expression in the first two pics, then the “AH!” moment in the last. Those pJ’s are cute too.. oh Mio.. π
August 25, 2011 @ 3:05 pm
She always gets this really focused, furrowed-brow look when she stares at what we’re eating. And then her hand lashes out and tries to grab. Since this post, she’s already tried to also grab at jelly beans and an orange. She knows what’s yummy! π