Food...and Mess!

We tried giving Parker real food for the first time yesterday! It was a resounding failure!  He is not at all a fan of any eating that requires work...which means that figuring out a spoon is not on his priority list at the moment.

We began with rice cereal, on the recommendation of our pediatrician.  He hated it!  Although to be honest, based on the smell of it, I would have hated it too.  He spit it out and screamed for his bottle!


Next, we tried pureed sweet potatoes.  Even though he still got a little frustrated with it, he pushed it around with his mouth a lot more and would open for the spoon.  He seemed to like the taste!

It looks like we are in for lots of practice, and maybe a break for some more growing before we really try to get into more foods.  We know Down Syndrome presents feeding challenges, and we really want him to gain as many calories as possible.