Jenna turned 5 months this week and so we decided to start her on some solids. Ummm. Yeah….it is not going so well. She just does not get it yet. She will not even voluntarily open her mouth unless we make her giggle. She does not hate it, but she just can’t figure out what to do with her tongue and so most of the food comes back out.
We started with just oatmeal made with breastmilk so that it is really really runny. Basically just a liquid with a little oatmeal. She did not hate the taste but she did not love it. After a few days of that we switched it up and gave her some squash. She definitely liked this more, but she still is not very interested in eating. I am going to send food with her to school this week and hopefully the teachers will have better luck than we have had or maybe Jenna will figure out what to do with her tongue. I know it will come eventually so why not let them deal with the mess in the mean time 
We even tried to let her feed herself. She happily put the spoon in her mouth but then realized that we tricked her…not so happy then.
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