Something to laugh about

Shosei has a contagious laugh.  Maybe it's a baby thing that all babies have and make others around them laugh right along with them.  It is such a cute laugh and gives us a good enough excuse to just scoop up the bundle of laughter and kiss him all over his pudgy cheeks. 
Recently, Shosei sneezed while chewing on some food and he spewed out a bunch of stuff.   I thought it was funny and then he thought it was funny and we both ended up laughing hysterically. 

I imitated his sneeze by saying, 'Aaaaa-ck-chooo!' and for the rest of the day, he laughed out loud whenever I would say it!  In the past, I would always say, 'Bless you' whenever he'd sneeze and he would always giving me a knowing smile after my remark.  But now, after he sneezes, I imitate him and then he just bursts out laughing.  I know that sooner or later, he won't laugh about it anymore and turn his attention to something else that might press his laughter button.  The photos are of the time he still remembered about the whole 'sneeze-while-chewing-food' moment and I had kept saying, 'Aaaa-ck-chooo!'

Sour face

Shosei is eating more variety these days.  Today, I fed him cooked tofu and onion soup.  He likes vegetables.  He likes bananas a lot, so I thought I'd feed him an orange next.  It was a really sweet orange, and I thought he would like it.  But apparently, the citrus flavor was a sour surprise for him.

Zucchini!

Shosei is almost 8 months and I think I have been taking the baby food process really slowly.  So far, he has eaten rice porridge, udon noodles, broccoli, potato, carrots, bananas, and sweet potato.  He has had one Japanese baby cracker to taste and tried to drink hot water, apple juice, and barley tea, besides the usual bottled milk and breast milk.  After careful observation, he seems to like rice, broccoli, carrots, bananas, and sweet potato. 

Today, he ate zucchini for the first time.  And he loved it!  I added a little dashi stock for taste and he just about devoured it.  After he swallows down his spoon serving, he is ready for more with an open mouth.  He follows the spoon with an eager, open mouth.  It's so cute
I must say that frozen vegetables just don't taste right to use as baby food.  We have to make a choice whether to buy fresh vegetables that happen to grow near the Fukushima plant, or buy frozen ones from overseas.  Fresh vs. frozen.  Tainted vs. all natural.  It's sometimes hard to make a decision. 
Soon, I will be feeding Shosei twice a day and I will keep adding more variety to his diet.