Dexter's diet

We've been very conservative with the solids. As the doctor said: "Remember, he's really two months younger than what you think he is."

Not too much variety yet, but here's what he can eat:

- oatmeal cereal mixed with breastmilk (every morning)
- rice cereal mixed with breastmilk (every evening feed)
- fruits: apples and pears (one or the other during the morning feed)
- vegetables: carrots, peas, sweet potato, squash (lunch and dinner feed)
- protein: chicken, homemade free-range organic (Tried it for the first time today and Dex made a very funny face after the first spoonful. Understandable since it was the only non-sweet thing he's ever had in his life. I'll try again in a week.)

Food is still strained or mashed but we're supposed to start making it lumpier. Now's the time to start introducing lumpier foods since apparently, there's a small window to do that. If we miss that window, Dex might reject it and insist on the strained or mashed until he's eighteen or eighty. Don't want to do that to my boy. But seriously, Dex is an excellent feeder and he is quite adept with his spoon. Must post a video of him feeding himself...

One diet no-no: barley. We tried barley after the rice cereal and it necessitated a trip to emerg. The poor guy broke out in hives -- red blotches all over his body. Luckily, he was okay, but that was enough to frighten me into this conservative food path.