Today was my favourite (and Jamie’s worst nightmare)… avocado! This was also definitely the easiest to prepare so far as well as no cooking or blending was involved – it was just a case of simply mashing it up to a puree with a fork. I did thin it down a little bit with some breast milk just to make it a bit smoother and easier for Clara to eat as it was slightly underripe, but other than this it was good to go!

Clara seemed to enjoy this one, although as the consistency of the mixture wasn’t completely uniform there were a couple of tiny lumps in it which she quickly rejected so I think if I were to do it again I would make sure that the avocado was a little bit riper or use a hand blender as the fork just couldn’t break up some of the lumps well enough. Probably as a result of this, Clara also had her first gagging experience which was a bit scary. It didn’t seem to bother her too much, she just had a little bit of a splutter before carrying on eating again!

I’ve snapped a picture here of her using her Babycup, which she has been getting on with really well so far and I’m sure she will get more confident with it over the coming weeks and months.