Finger Foods

The pediatrician recommended starting Sammie on solid finger foods.  Specifically cheerios and Gerber Puffs.  I have a policy about trying whatever the baby gets, so I toss a cheerio in my mouth and try to eat it without using my teeth.  It takes a while to soften up, but then disolves to a swalloable paste.  Now I had no idea what a puff was, but I was imagining it to be something akin to a cheeto - light and airy, instantly disolving to nothing when eaten.

No.  Puffs are sort of like flavored cereal.  They take slightly less time to dissolve than a cheerio, but they are still pretty solid pieces of food.  We've fed her both.  The cheerios have caused a few spit ups already - especially if she gets more than one in her mouth.  

Yesterday, I bought one of my favorite snack foods, the all natural white cheddar cheetos.  Light, airy puffs of wholesome fat.  YUMMY!  It occured to me that this was something Sammie could really get into.  So I took a couple of cheetos and sliced them thin using a very sharp knife (courtesy of Barry Maurer).  Each cheeto makes about 10 pieces.  

They were a HUGE hit.  Even babies know a good snack when they get one.  So what would you want - a cheerio that takes 2 minutes to chew, or a cheeto?