Today it seems clear to me that Viola really is not ready. She holds the food when offered but makes no real attempt to eat it, maybe an odd suck but not a lot else. Should I stop and concentrate on Lily and leave Viola for a few days? Viola is sitting up a little more each day but still not sitting alone like Lily. To add to all this they are both sleeping very badly at night. After the first 6 months of having good sleepers it now all seems to be going pear shaped. Phoned my sister in Oz (seasoned mother of triplets) for advice.
Today we had carrots again, lightly boiled. Lily knew what to do and I was interested to see if she actully liked them this time around. She did grimace and shake her head but after a few tries no longer grimaced! I am not sure she ate much, the pieces she bit off seemed to come out almost straight away. However, she notably picked up the bits that fell on her lap so seems to know what its all for. Her nappies are evidence of some food getting in, albeit small amounts. I wondered if I ought to try Viola on the organic rice puree I carried back from the UK at a moment of weakness but decided to come and look at other blogs and websites to get some support. I still cannot get into www.babyledweaning.co.uk – its a pain. It helps to read other accounts of this blw journey, just wish I could access the forums…
After I fed them I had my lunch, carrot soup and some rice pudding (my breastfeeding comfort food) and thought how ironic it was. I was eating the puree and they were eating the ‘real’ food!
