Baby's First Food Workshop

Declan Bear Cabral of Cape Girardeau, 6 months, smiles with a pile of sweet potatoes in front of him next to his mother Sheri Cabral during a Baby's First Food Workshop led by registered dietitian Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau. Declan's father, James Cabral, said the workshop marked his son's first time eating anything other than milk. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Tegan Bova of Cape Girardeau, 6 months, reaches for a piece of sweet potato held by registered dietitian Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau during a Baby's First Food Workshop led by Gipson on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau. This was Bova's first time eating sweet potatoes. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Sheri Cabral of Cape Girardeau, left, and registered dietitian Ellen Gipson watch Cabral's son Declan Bear Cabral, 6 months, work with a pile sweet potatoes during a Baby's First Food Workshop led by Gipson on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Registered dietitian Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau speaks during her Baby's First Food Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cody Bova of Cape Girardeau and his daughter Tegan Bova, 6 months, stand at window during a Baby's First Food Workshop led by registered dietitian Ellen Gipson of Cape Girardeau on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, at Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)