Solids: Stage 2

So after 3 and a half weeks, Will finally started to act like he enjoyed eating solids!  He actually opened his mouth and ate quite a bit of the purees he was offered.  It was time to move on and figure out the next stage of the mystery of weaning.

The pediatrician informed me that Will could now eat pretty much anything we were eating, just so long as it was cut up to the size of our pinky fingernail.  Not helpful.  When I gave Will tiny banana chunks that night, he nearly choked.  Like, I had to pull him out of the high chair and hit his back til he coughed it up. 

So, we needed to go a little slower.

Stage 2 weaning for me means:

• Offer food twice a day, 
• Offer mixed-ingredient purees, 
• Make the purees a little thicker (still no real lumps, though), 
• And add yogurt to our mix of cereals, vegetables, and fruits.  

I plan to continue this regimen until Will is 8 months old.  I am adding some blueberries and some citrus in the form of orange juice added to some of the purees.  Some sources advise against berries and citrus until 8 months, but my pediatrician said I could go for it.

Here's the list of things I have made so far or plan to make.  (Many of these I will mix with yogurt, breastmilk, oatmeal, or rice cereal for another variation.)

Vegetables

Carrots
with apples, peas, dried apricots, sweet potatoes, green beans, potato/brocooli, sweet potato/potato, pumpkin, parsnip, parsnip/sweet potato, corn

Peas
with carrots, sweet potatoes, potatoes, potato/broccoli, sweet potato/leek, pumpkin, corn, green beans

Broccoli
with carrots, potato, peas/potato, zucchini/potato, sweet potato, carrots/potato

Pumpkin
with peas, carrots, bananas, pear/apple juice, apples, orange juice

Sweet Potatoes
with peas/leek, carrots, potato/carrots, broccoli, peas, spinach, green beans, potato/zucchini, parsnip/carrots, pear, apple, banana

Potato
with broccoli, peas, carrots, sweet potato/carrots, broccoli/carrots, broccoli/peas, corn, spinach, parsnips, zuchinni/squash

Corn
with carrots, peas, potato

Spinach
with potato, squash, sweet potatoes, banana/yogurt/apple juice

Avacado
with banana

Green Beans
with carrot, sweet potato, peas

Squash
with pear, apple, sweet potato, zucchini/potato

Zucchini
with potato/broccoli, squash/potato

Parsnips
with apples/carrots, carrots, potato, sweet potato, pears


Fruit

Apples
with vegetables (any?), pear/banana, blueberry, raisins/orange juice, carrots/mango

Bananas
with avacado, apples/pears, apple/orange juice, peach, sweet potato, apple/prune juice, blueberries, peaches, avacado/pineapple/yogurt

Pears
with squash, sweet potatoes, blueberries, pears, apples

Papaya

Blueberries
with bananas (roasted?), pear

Mango
with apples/carrots

Peaches
with bananas

Dried Apricots
with apple/pear, plum

Plums
with prune juice/apples