Elise had lentils for the first time tonight. I cooked some today and ran them through the blender with extra water to thin them out. We have a LOT of lentils right now.
At first it didn't look like Elise would like them. But I think it was the texture throwing her off, and after 5 or 6 bites she got used to it. Pureed lentils are still a bit chunky and gritty. Kids are funny about textures. But when you think about it, Elise has already tasted all of these flavors before in my amniotic fluid and breastmilk. It's the texture of each solid food that's new to her.
Once I mixed in some peas and carrots, she was good to go. That's a real meal-- lentils, peas and carrots. Her food actually smelled really good tonight.
Oh! Last night I decided to do an experiment. I gave Elise some sips of water from my glass. Just to see what she would do. She drank them really well. But then she started biting the glass, scratching her teeth back and forth. It sounded like nails on a chalkboard. Good lord! What a noise. Back to the boobie for you, young lady!
We gave Andy a sippee cup (how the heck do you spell that?) with a tiny bit of water in it to see what he would do. He picked it up, put the spout in his mouth and sucked on it. But he never tipped it up high enough to get water that way. We tipped it up for him and he was very surprised. After that he dumped the water on his lap and threw the cup on the floor.
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