Look Who Had Spaghetti For Dinner

Finn's repertoir of edible fare - and by that, I mean foods he willingly and enthusiastically eats, and actually chews and swallows with little to no gagging - is expanding by leaps and bounds these days. Off the top of my head, here's a list of non-pureed things that have gone down well with him of late:

Pretzels
Veggie Straws
Graham crackers
Meatloaf
Potatoes (chunks of baked potato with butter and sour cream)
Eggs (prepared pretty much any way)
Oatmeal (the grown-up variety!)
Peas (!!)
Spaghetti
Filet mignon (I kid you not)
Toast (wheat, with butter and jam)
Banana chunks
Chicken breast (baked)
Rice

I am very pleased. He's clearly ready to handle a diet of big boy food. The main issue at this point is that he doesn't self-feed much (except things like crackers and pretzels), and feeding him is a very slow, tedious process. He can handle this stuff - and clearly wants it - but he doesn't gobble it up, so it takes a lot of time to feed him table foods in amounts and cut up into consistencies he can handle. So I do still resort to purees pretty often, just because it's quicker.

We're making strides, though!