avocado8: Not What I Had in Mind

Not What I Had in Mind

We were planning to start Austen on solid foods when he turned 6 months, which is at the end of this month. I was thinking we'd try avocado, since it's mushy and nutritious and he didn't seem to mind the little taste of it I gave him when we were in California. If avocado didn't go over well, I figured we'd try sweet potato. (I was planning to avoid rice cereal; too conventional.) I liked ratphooey's choice of gelato for Alexander (because they were in Italy at the time) and considered trying something uniquely Canadian while we're in Vancouver at the end of the month. I've been having a brain block, however, and haven't been able to think of any food that's uniquely Canadian besides back bacon.

Anyway, it doesn't much matter now. Austen has taken the choice of his first food out of my hands by snarfing down my Hockey North America Summer League flyer. I wonder if he'll be horrified to know, when he's twenty, that his first food was... paper.

Posted by Lori in parenthood at 5:45 PM on May 9, 2005

Comments (6)

Morrisa

Don't dismiss rice cereal out of hand. It's easy to transition to, because you can mix it with breast milk, and he'll enjoy the familiarity, easy for a nearly unchallenged tummy to digest, and most importantly, it's iron fortified. Right about now, around six months, even if you're taking all the vitamins you should, you are running low on iron, and your milk is growing iron poor. And yes, avocado is a great early food! Miranda loved it and still does!

Posted by Morrisa | May 10, 2005 7:46 PM

Posted on May 10, 2005 19:46

ratphooey

Just go to Capogiro and do the gelato thing! It's as good as the best we had in Italy, truly.

Sweet potatoes are a big favorite of Alexander's. Almost as popular as pears, they are. He also loves the YoBaby peach yogurt.

Posted by ratphooey | May 10, 2005 11:11 PM

Posted on May 10, 2005 23:11

Lori

I love Capogiro -- and did you know that the new DiBruno Bros. store on Chestnut also has a limited selection of Capogiro's gelato? It's closer to us than the Capogiro shop, which will be nice when the weather's hot (although the longer walk is good for burning *off* the gelato...).

Re: Iron, I wonder about that. I should get my blood tested to find out, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that my iron levels were fine. During pregnancy the docs were just that when they discovered my iron levels hadn't dropped in third trimester, as expected. I think the only time they dipped slightly was after the C-section; apparently I lost a lot of blood during the surgery. (Ugh, just thinking of the surgery reminds me of that rack with all the blood-soaked rags in it...)

Posted by Lori | May 11, 2005 11:20 AM

Posted on May 11, 2005 11:20

ratphooey

The spousage read in the Daily News the other day that Capogiro is opening a western outpost in the vicinity of 20th and Sansom, so you can go there instead of DiBruno's.

Er, you can still go to DiBruno's, because CHEESE. But get the nice, fresh gelato at the source.

Posted by ratphooey | May 12, 2005 11:38 PM

Posted on May 12, 2005 23:38

Lori

That rocks, yo! Capogiro in the 'hood! I was just thinking yesterday that we should meet with the kiddies in Rittenhouse Square one of these days -- and a side trip for gelato sounds like just the thing.

And oh, yes, CHEESE. Love it, will be checking selection at the Bros' place.

Posted by Lori | May 13, 2005 1:24 PM

Posted on May 13, 2005 13:24

ratphooey

Square! Meet! Yes!

I am bad about checking back here for responses. Mea culpa.

Friday, Monday or Tuesday are free. I should check the weather forecast, I suppose. Pesky weather.

Posted by ratphooey | May 18, 2005 10:12 PM

Posted on May 18, 2005 22:12