No solids here

(I had initially put this picture at the top, but it was really blurry, so I can only use it when it's little. I'm obviously NOT the best photographer!)

Anyway, I'm so frustrated with McKenzie. She absolutely will not eat! She'll drink just fine, but as for the solid foods, NO WAY! She is so dramatic and she gags every time I feed her baby oatmeal! The first few times I fed it to her, she did just fine. Of course, she was trying to learn how to swallow it still, but she didn't gag. Since the gagging started, I've tried everything I can think of. Besides the oatmeal, (which is all Carson ate,) we bought some rice cereal, mixed cereal, rice cereal w/bananas etc! We've added applesauce to it and powdered sugar to it to make it taste better. She still gags. I've even been making it really runny too, so it's basically like drinking it off a spoon and still... no luck. The last couple of days, I found that she doesn't gag down the baby food bananas. (I actually think they taste pretty good myself. However, Hawaiin passion is my fav!...is that wierd?) Anyway, I've been adding the bottled bananas to the cereal thinking this would solve the problem, but no chance. Now instead of gagging, she just won't open her mouth. I am fighting her like crazy just to get the spoon inside! She can be a very stubborn little girl sometimes. She slaps at the spoon, purses her lips shut, and shakes her head back and forth. I'm almost ready to give up with that little stinker. My doctor says to feed babies solid foods anywhere from 4-6 months, so I started at about 5 months, and didn't push it too hard until now, since she turned 6 months old last week. I was also kind of hoping she would start sleeping better through the night, once we started solids. Good luck with that! Anyway, I guess I'll just keep trying. If you have any ideas for me, let me know! She goes to the doctors in a few weeks, and if nothing changes by then, I guess I'll ask him what I should try.