Open Up... Here it Comes!

On May 9th, 1 day after his 4 month birthday, Eli had his first taste of cereal. We sat Eli in his high chair for the first time and he just looked soooooooooooooo cute! He looked like such a big boy sitting there! We warmed his cereal and put the spoon to his lips... he opened his mouth wide and in went the rice cereal... and this is the face he made...

I think I made the rice cereal a little too thick, but it also made it harder for Eli to spit back out. Eli tolerated the cereal, but was definitely thrown off a little bit. For the first week, each time I prepared his cereal I played around with the texture until finally I found what seemed to work for Eli. The cereal has to be thick enough so he can't spit it out, but runny enough so I slides down his throat and doesn't stick. He's does great with it now! I don't think he's a big fan of the taste, but he eats it anyway!

Here it comes back up!!

This isn't so bad...

Wait a minute... what do you think you're doing

I'm a big boy in my highchair!