Week One of Foods... Sweet Potatoes!

We decided sweet potatoes would be Eli's first taste of 'real food', though he's still getting breastmilk. Dr. Cerron said to give him one food once a day for the first few days of the week (to test for allergies), then twice a day for the last few days of the week, then start a new food the following week. Once no allergies have been confirmed, we can mix foods.

We cooked a sweet potatoe in the microwave for a bit to soften it up, then stored it overnight in the refrigerator. Saturday morning, the skin came off and the sweet potatoe went into the food processor to become sweet potatoe mash for Eli.

I'm not so sure sweet potatoe was what he thought it would be, and I'm not sure if it was the texture or the actual taste, but it didn't take too much of it for him to crinkle up his nose. Jordan happily finished what was left and is looking forward to his new somewhat symbiotic relationship with Eli and food.


We're thinking next week may be apples or bananas... stayed tuned for week two of Eli's forays into food!