One Theory Dies; Another is Born
I like to invent theories about things. One recent one was that babies aren’t ready for solid food till they get their first tooth. Yet baby Guppy took to solids immediately at six months and only recently got his first tooth at just over nine months. So that theory was disproved. But I noticed that even though he scarfed down purees, he wasn’t able to handle soft pieces of solid food, like banana or Os. He gagged the few times I gave them to him prior to the appearance of his tooth. But after the tooth, he’s had no problem. So my new theory is that babies aren’t ready to move beyond purees till they get a tooth, which signals the ability to chew, or at least actively gum, bits of solid food.