Mmmm, Everyone Loves Mom’s Cookin’

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I was excited for Isaac to hit the 4 month mark and be eligible to start trying solids. I am not sure why this seemed so exciting to me; perhaps because I like to cook and this is another mouth to start to please. Or perhaps it is because I started making baby food several weeks ago and I am anxious to see what the little man thinks. At any rate, I was definitely looking forward to this milestone.

Isaac turned 4 months over a week ago and we got the green light at his doctor’s appointment. I also anticipated that he might be ready as he has been studiously watching us eat and gets quite upset if we are both eating in front of him. However, with Christmas and crazy routines the last several days I decided to put it off another week until life simmered down.

I was also warned by several of my friends that the first few feedings can be a bit tricky. And that most kids don’t really like the experience/food the first time. So I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect, or what to wear! But apparently my son takes after his father in more ways than one. . .because he ate all of the rice cereal I prepared!

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Now don’t get me wrong, there were a few great faces like this one along the way. But it seemed that the texture and spoon perplexed him the most. Once he got past that he scarfed the cereal right down! He ended up eating about 3/4 of a tablespoon in all! Sweet! We’ll see if he does it again tomorrow (maybe today was beginners luck)!

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