Hoover Junior

One of Ed’s nicknames is Hoover because he can eat a lot. We’ve nicknamed Sophia "Hoover Junior" because she’s inherited Ed’s appetite. We started giving Sophia baby cereal when she was five months and pureed foods when she was six months. She has been an enthusiastic eater right from the beginning and has not been picky. She has her favourites - yam, sweet potato, pear, apple, and yogurt. She’s not too thrilled with potato, brocolli and parsnip but as long as I mix them with one of her faves, she’ll eat it. I was told to let the baby decide how much to eat, so one day, I kept giving her food until she turned her face away. She finished four bowls of food - that’s about 350-400ml of food! Sometimes I wonder how she can barely weigh 16lbs when she eats so much.

The past few weeks, I’ve been giving her chunkier foods and cut up fruits. She handles them fine, with the occassional gagging. She definitely has more fun when she uses her hands to feed herself. She still hasn’t figured out that she should put the spoon into her mouth. I load up the spoon with food and hand it to her but instead of taking the spoon, she picks up the food with her fingers and shoves it into her mouth. Hey, whatever works!

Yummy papaya!

Sophia and Neo waiting for lunch.