The Great Avocado Adventure

Two days ago, Papa Bear and I decided that it was about time that Honey Badger Baby gets to explore solid foods.  Avocado.  Not necessarily for nutritive purposes, but to explore the texture and taste. 
And so I set the little beast on the floor with some prefolds underneath to catch his mess and a plate of chunked, ripe avocado in front of him. 

The plate was quickly abandoned as he chose to dump it's contents into the prefolds beneath.  Then the squishing began.  Because it is super fun to squish avocado with one's hands.  But try as he might, those slippery green nuggets were far to difficult to get to his mouth for a taste. 

Mama Bear and Papa Bear to the rescue.  His first real taste was quite a shock.  Grimacing and shuddering.  Then he came back for more.  Eventually I just held a chunk in the palm of my hand and he would lean over to suck and gnaw on it.  There was a lot of gagging and funny faces made, but he kept going back for more. After quite a bit of smushing and avocado gnawing, we headed for the bathtub to rinse the drying green crustiness from between my little Honey Badger's toes.