The doctor told us that we should try baby food soon and if by 7 months C was struggling we would need to see a feeding therapist before going down the path of a feeding tube.
I baked an organic sweet potato, added a little cinnamon and water and pureed it up. C was not too happy about sitting in the high chair, we are working on her being okay when she is not being held. The first time Scott had to hold her to feed her. She had a few spoonfulls and swallowed it versus spitting it out. We couldn't tell if she was just getting mad or was mad and wanted more but we stopped after feeling like it had been a success. E even tried to feed her but he shoved the spoon in her mouth and made her gag so we found something else for him to do.
The second time she sat in the high chair and did pretty well again. It wasn't like with E, he was trying to grab the spoon and was almost growling for more. C was just like hmm okay yeah I guess I will swallow this stuff. Still a success though because we were afraid her tongue thrust would be too strong and she would spit it out. Didn't get too much in her but still a good start.
We also took 5 month pictures today, a little late but at least we did it this month. E insisted that it was his chair and wouldn't let C sit down. We had to bribe him with a cookie and Scott's phone to get him out of the chair without a total meltdown and battle.
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