Harper's First Veggie!

Harper tried sweet potatoes for the first time this week! She had been gobbling up her oatmeal so we figured she was ready to begin eating a vegetable.Thanks to the Baby Bullet (compliments of Grandma Ruth), we were able to make Harper's first dish.

Harper shuddered when she first tasted the sweet potato - it was very different than anything she has experienced thus far. After the initial shock wore off, Harper began to move it around in her mouth and decided it was delicious. Soon we couldn't feed it to her fast enough. Although the sweet potato is tastier than formula, the downside is that it isn't a constant flow. Soon she was chattering at us in between every bite and grabbing the spoon to lick it clean and shove it back in her mouth. She finished off the entire jar on the first night! On day two, we wanted to increase the amount of food without increasing the amount of veggies, so we mixed in a bowl of oatmeal with the sweet potato....and she cleaned that bowl, too! She can get a little messy since she likes to help feed herself, but so far we don't mind - it's just so exciting for us to see our little girl eating food!