Had another try with pasta, this time spagetti with a tiny bit tomato and onion sauce I made, I thought she could try to grab handfulls of it and bring them to her mouth. Strangely she hated the way it felt to touch, everytime she tired to grab it she pulled a funny face and shuddered. She did give it a try though and loved it, I'm sure it was the sauce more than the pasta, but the pasta was a bit overcooked so it broke up nicely in her mouth. She preffered it if I held the spagetti in my hand and then she grabbed my hand and took it to her mouth, then she didn't have to touch it.
We have also been trying out porridge pancakes for breakfast and they have been a complete disaster, I just can't get the consisitency right, so they break up too easily, not had much luck with the taste either, she hated them plain but liked them with blueberries or banana. Baby porridge didn't work and neither did our normal porridge, but quinoa flakes seems to work a little better, still not good enough though and I have wated so much time and expressed milk that I've decided not to bother anymore, I'll probably offer quinoa porridge with fruit sometimes but not bother trying to make it into pancakes.
We also tried a tuna melt in pitta bread and it worked brilliantly as it went quite solid as it cooled, Sofia loved the taste and poilshed off about half a pitta by herself followed by a quarter of a pear.
I find it really strange how somethings she will eat lots of and other things she will chew or lick and then spit out, but she seems just as excited about them. I guess it's all about exploring tastes and textures.
She seems to have gone backwards a little in terms of her dexterity, she was doing very well picking things up, passing them from one hand to the other and even turning them around in her hand to get to the bit she wanted, she was also eating so well from a loaded spoon and now she seems to be struggling with it all again. I wonder whether it is just the foods that I've offered? or whether she just can't be bothered to try as hard?
I'm also concerned that all her favourite things seem to be very high in salt (bread, pitta and cheese which she seems to polish off in seconds) so will have to look for lower salt brands or try to limit the amount she has or how frequently I offer them.
Next on the list of things to try are chiken and yogurt, I love seeing her reaction when she tries new things, she screws up her face and shudders and then opens her eyes really wide and happily dives in.
After saying dada for a day she has not wanted to do it again, which is so frustrating because people don't believe me and my only witness (Dan) was half asleep when he heard her and says he can't be sure that she really said dada >:( This week she prefers to scream and shriek constantly, my head hurts! although she has said ah-da a couple of times and once she said mummum very clearly but again I have no witnesses so will not brag about it until I do.