Chomp Chomp

For about two weeks now the baby has been trying to snatch food and drink out of our mouths. Gusi has found it funny, but Papi and I have seen it as a sign: must feed baby solids. So, yesterday we started the baby on rice cereal. He's almost 5.5 months old and it just seems like the natural way things need to progress. (Solids can be started anywhere between 4 and 6 months depending on the baby.)

Yesterday the baby was all about eating breakfast with us though he was shocked that his cereal was COLD! It was cold because we have mice and EVERYTHING must be put in the freezer that isn't in a plastic box (including flour, rice, sugar, baking chocolate, etc). His rice cereal was in the freezer and my pumped breastmilk was in the fridge making for a cold first meal.

This morning I mixed the cereal and let it sit for a bit before giving it to him. He didn't seem all that interested today but he did eat a bit. He kept looking at Gusi's yogurt and Papi's Cheerios and giving me this look like I'm totally getting shortchanged here lady. Which he was, but we're doing baby steps right now. Soon he'll be gobbling up his breakfast like the rest of the family. Until then, it's about practicing moving food around in his mouth in hopes that it doesn't all dribble out of it.