I have been giving him solids (and by solids I mean runny mushy stuff) after his daytime feeds for a few days now, and with mixed results. The only constant is that the usual glitter of hope in Loki's eyes turns into a full-blown supernova. Oh well. We know that Nico will become Loki's new best friend as soon as he starts to hold a spoon.
I initially decided to be brave and try cooking the food myself. While I ended up with a reasonable quantity, there were three downsides to this: it takes ages to make (maybe I was using the wrong technique, I can always put through the Magic Bullet instead), and I can neither taste it nor give the leftovers to Loki. Because of the breastmilk.
Nico scrunched up his face at the very first try but still ate a good 2 teaspoons, and our carpet is still its original colour (creme with brown pawprints).
So off I went to Pak N Save and got two cans of Wattie's baby food. Apple & peach and pumpkin & sweetcorn.
Apple & peach went down fairly well, but pumpkin & sweetcorn might just end up in Loki's bowl. After tasting them both, I just can't blame Nico. Pumpking & sweetcorn was disgusting.
And because I don't want to feed my baby some vile-tasting substance, I'm going to record all this here and add to it as I go. I've bought all the different brands and flavours under the sun. Except for fruity apples and fruity pears, I just couldn't find the difference between those and standard apple / pear.
- Wattie's Pumpkin & Sweetcorn. Smells pumpkiny, tastes sweet corny. Was reluctantly taken by Nico on his first two meals, the third meal ended up being spat out and the rest went into Loki's bowl. I haven't decided yet whether to torture Nico with some more of it later.
- Wattie's Fruit Salad. It really tastes like the fruit salad that you find in cans! There was more face scrunching but less spitting than the pumpkin & sweetcorn. Full & foul-smelling nappy. I'm starting to think that I should blame it in the apple.
