Food, Food and More Food?

Mara is almost 15 months old and we've been doing solid foods for almost ten months now.  We started with purees and quickly switched to a form of baby led weaning when Mara decided she was over the baby food. 

Now I have a little girl who is as particular about what she puts in her mouth as I've ever seen.  She is always very cautious.  Takes a small bite or a lick to assess the flavor.  Then she proceeds.  And if she doesn't get a good first impression well forget it.  It takes days if not weeks to get her to try a new food again.

She has her all time favorites, strawberries, cheese, bananas, avocado, pasta.  These I can always get her to eat.  Heck she'd eat these all the time if I'd let her.  And maybe that was the problem.  Maybe I did this to myself.  I was so lost at first with baby led weaning as to what I could give her.  Once I found things she liked I stuck with them.  

I'm hoping as time goes on she gets better.  That sooner rather than later she will just be eating whatever we are eating without any complaint.  I think that some of this will come with age and understanding.  I am already seeing small improvements when I let her eat similar things as me or as she starts to master silverware.  

But in the meantime I'm not too incredibly worried.  She's still a champion nurser.  I never thought I would be nursing my baby past one year but I don't see us stopping anytime soon.  I know it's good for her and I also appreciate that she is getting adequate nutrition.  I have seen her nursing decrease and some days we only nurse 3 or 4 times.  As this continues to decrease I am sure I will see her food intake increase.