Day 3 - Three meals already

We perhaps got a little carried away today and managed to inflict 3 meals on Jacob. He seems to be enjoying it so much though, that we can't see any reason not to.

We want him to try as many different things as possible, without overloading him at each meal, and while we have the luxury of plenty at-home time to do it, we think we might as well make the most of it.

Breakfast was banana with mini-wheats. I heard the mini-wheats crunch as he put them in his mouth, so he's definitely getting some chewing skills, although I'm sure he's still not ingesting anything.

We went out for lunch, just a shopping trip to Tesco's but we went to the cafe and had a panini (Dad), jacket potato with beans (me) and a garden salad to share. Jacob had a good go on the grated carrot, lettuce and cherry tomatoes cut in half. I let a bit of my potato cool and he picked it up but I don't think it went anywhere near his mouth. He really enjoyed sitting in the highchair and made a right old mess, which I quickly cleared up afterwards.

Oh and we had a self-righteous parent moment when we saw a mum letting her baby (not much older than Jacob) drink Coke out of the Coke bottle. The baby was wearing make-up. Poor baby.

We bought lots of different fruit and veg for him to try later, including a pack of large chip-shaped mango, melon and pineapple slices, which was cheaper than buying the separate fruits. He had a slice of each for his tea, and he loved them. He couldn't decide which was his favourite and kept swapping from one to the other, they were all bendy and slippery but he had a good go on them all.

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Things I Have Learnt:

• Take a pack of Milton wipes wherever you go, as highchair trays are not necessarily clean.
• Long sleeved bibs are a must, the food gets everwhere.
• Take off (baby's) trousers before you start, as most food ends up in his lap and it's silly going through 4 pairs of trousers a day.