We've been taking some risks lately and having Natasha try all sorts of new foods. I mean, why not? She's over 8 months now, not a tiny infant anymore, and I think her digestive system can handle it now. A few days ago Matthew let her drink some lychee juice from a cup, and boy, did she love it! The juice doesn't taste exactly like the fruit, but a little similar to grape or apple juice, nice and sweet. Of course, Natasha wanted more and more. Then, yesterday Natasha and I came to Matthew's workplace to visit him for lunch, and so we went to Tim Horton's and ordered their chili. Natasha was sitting in the stroller watching us eat with those enormous wide eyes, and I just couldn't handle her staring in my mouth like that. So I let her have some chili from a spoon, and of course she really liked that too. In fact, she kept whining and opening her mouth wide to get more and more. We also lucked out because Timmy's chili is not spicy as opposed to many other places, as I definitely wouldn't want her having spicy foods just yet. Other things she tried are a snow-cone (vanilla ice cream) from McDonalds and some apple-pie filling from Subway. So she's definitely showing much interest now in "real people" food.
A couple of days ago, we had an 8-month doctors appointment for her, and her Pedi suggested giving her cottage cheese, plain yogurts, and yellow cheeses, as well as any finger foods that she's willing to eat. I am going to buy a small-grained cottage cheese and maybe mix it with some fruit and try her on that. Sounds yummy, but we'll see how that goes. Here are her latest stats:
16.2 lbs (7.4kg) > between 10th and 25th percentile
31.1 inches (79cm) 
> above the 100th percentile
