first foodie feast

Isabella had quite the birth story, which I have yet to share here, {note to self--write birth stories soon so you can be like every other blogger on the internetzzz} and due to some of the complications I have been very apprehensive to start her on solid food.

i'm not crazy nor suicidal

and when Bella started waking up

hours

i started to re-think the food issue

also, 

a good friend of mine started talking to me about

Baby Led Weaning

and I noticed that 

I've pretty much always 

allowed my infants to eat what they wanted

with a few restrictions.

Bella was about nine months old 

when all this happened.

Another clue

was that Bella literally

salivated like Pavlov's dogs when I would eat

and tried to crawl out of our arms

to get to table food.

Bella loves real food.

Baby puree...

not so much.

She'd much rather have the real

bits to pick up and mash with her finger.

Here's a picture of her first "real" lunch.

Itty bitty pieces of cheese, apple, and bread.

Upper left: nice smiles
Upper right: okay, I'll smile again
bottom left:  this is yummy CHEEEEZZZZZ!
Bottom right:  this, this is real food.

Have you heard of Baby Led Weaning?

Have you ever tried it?

What were your children's first foods?

How old were they when you started weaning?