Food superstar

The fusspot is 6 months and 10 days old today and we finally gave her real solid food to eat.

I'd rather wait, but given that she starts daycare fulltime in a week or so, I figure it's better for her to have more time eating solids with me or JD watching and my LC (yes, I talk to my lactation consultant almost biweekly. Still. At 6 months) keeps reassuring me that the majority of her calories will continue to come from breastmilk for the first year even if she also has solids.

So what makes her a superstar? Not only did she actually eat a bite (I really am pretty sure about this), but she also managed to grab a handful and stick it up her nose. Superstar, I say.

So what soft but safe finger food did my daughter first consume? Spargel, of course!* It's safe, really cheap (I bought a glass jar of soft white spargel and I figure it should last us at least a week if she eats/mashes/stuffs up her nose 1/3 of a spargel per meal and it is really cheap here). Next week we're on to avocado, which is sadly a good deal messier.

* aka white asparagus for all y'all Americans.