Green Capsicums, Red Tomatoes

Sounds like an episode of Ready, Steady, Cook!, but it was actually what Ethan enjoyed for dinner last night. We were having soft shell tacos, and Ethan had a selection of the salad for his dinner. We gave him wedges of tomato (with the seeds and watery bits removed), strips of capsicum, cucumber and some grated carrot. The big hit of the night was the tomato, he finished off almost 2 wedges. He chewed on it and left behind the skin, swallowing most of the flesh. 

He is really getting into his Weetbix for breakfast too. I have figured out just the right amount of milk needed to make them soft enough that he can pick it up and take bites out. He has also tried traditional oats, made quite thick. I tried to give it to him on a pre-loaded spoon, but it kept falling off - it didn't seem to have enough sticking power! I knew what would happen if I gave him the bowl on his tray, so I saved that step and just tipped the whole lot on there and let him go for gold! He got his hands right in there, mushed it around for a while, then started eating it!

One of the things I remember reading about in the BLW book is how BLW babies tend to keep bits of food in their mouths occasionally - stored between their gums and cheeks, in the roof of their mouth, under their tongue. Mostly because they are still learning how to get their tongues into the right spot to dislodge it. So it is a good idea to do a spot check after a meal just to make sure there isn't anything lurking about in there! After dinner last night Steve thought he saw a flash of something in his mouth, but couldn't see it again when he had a quick look. I proceeded to start Ethan's top and tail (we only give him a full bath every second night) and as he was lying on his change table laughing at his brother i spied a little square of capsicum right up in the roof of his mouth. It was quite an effort to get it out! It seemed that offending piece of capsicum was bitten into the exact size and shape of the roof of his mouth, so it was sort of wedged in there. I managed to get it out in the end though!