First Real Food - Squash

Well, last Friday (April 13th), we fed Enoch his first "real" food - squash (hence the spanish word this week- calabaza).  It went over quite well, as you can see below.  

Eating some squash for Daddy

Thinking about how yummy it tastes

This is Enoch's newest "trick" - sticking out his tongue just a bit

We started with squash because I read that the "orange/yellow" vegetables were good first choices.  Carrots will be up next, then we'll go to some greens like peas and green beans.  :)  One thing we did learn though is that the canned baby food is quite runny, so we have been adding some baby oatmeal in to thicken it up a bit.  (We are using canned baby food because we are receiving it from the WIC program.  Once we move to Mississippi, I'll begin using homemade foods because we won't need WIC.  Let me just say though that I highly recommend WIC for families who are living on low income, especially if you're wanting to breastfeed!!  The people in the office here have been very supportive of nursing, and the grocery helps have taken a little off of the budget each month - more so now that the checks include baby food.  Feel free to ask me any questions you may have if you're a mom considering it.  I know that I was a little skeptical at first, but it has been a big help to us - they even gave us a double breast pump (one we could have never afforded) to make breastfeeding more doable.)