The Twins First Meal

Yesterday the twins turned 4 1/2 months old.  To celebrate such an occasion, we decided to give them their first taste of baby food!  I think with previous children we waited until closer to 6 months.  I think some pediatrician recommend starting sometime between 4 1/2 to 6  months.  This time we decided to jump on it early as we are pretty excited to get these babies eating real food and not being so dependent on Mom's milk.  This will certainly make it easier for me to help watch them while Amy is out.  

This time I decided to start with a green one, since it seems like they end up not liking the green ones once you introduce them to a yummy one like peach. So for Olive and Mabel's first taste, I chose Green Beans.  I think Olive did pretty well figuring out how to eat, Mabel was a little better at pushing all the food out of her mouth and getting it on her bib.  I guess Olive is the older one (by thirty minutes). 

It was fun to try to feed them,  the greens beans probably weren't super yummy.  I also bought some peach baby food.  They will probably like that, who doesn't love peaches!

Here are the pictures!

"Gross! What are you eating Olive!" says a horrified Mabel (pink)

"Did you see that Mommy!" Says Mabel (pink)



These babies were sure happy when it was time to go to bed!





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