sounds sensible, though 2 weeks seems a long time to wait before
introducing something new if there are no problems.

It's only 2 weeks til Nathanael is 6 months, though he shows interest in
our food, it seems more as a toy than as food, he was captivated by our
carrots last night, but he didn't try to put them in his mouth. I'm half
wondering if it is really worth the fuss.


Caterpillar would have grabbed food off of our plates if not
for paranoid vigilance in the last week or so. No index
card gnawing, but she *loves* to watch people eat, and gets
mad if her view is blocked. Our plan is to let her try some
solids on December 7th (Grandpa and Ah-mah's birthday),
which is a week after she turns 6 months old (she'll be 27
weeks old).

This is contingent on her having had reliably yellow diapers
for a week beforehand. She's been having nasty slimy
dark-green diapers for months, despite (relatively recent)
dairy elimination. Some experimentation has revealed that
wheat and shellfish both trigger green diapers. Haven't
tried eggs, and I don't normally eat enough soy that having
it or not having it is intentional. So I need to have her
system in nonreactive mode before we try anything new, so we
know if it causes a reaction.

So she'll have a bite or two of banana, and if she reacts to
it, we'll hold off on solids for another couple of weeks,
then try a different one. If she doesn't react, then she
can have it for a couple of weeks, then try a second one.

Phoebe
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