David's First "Tasting"

At David's four month check up we got the green light for starting solid foods. So we finally decided to give it a try tonight. David got his first taste of rice cereal. I tried it to (don't remember if I've ever had it before), and I have to say it's pretty bland. Think really thin soup with flecks of something floating in it. Not that impressive for me, but David seemed fine with it.


We had to prepare before the tasting could begin, so naturally we got out the camera and took off all his clothes. (Today wasn't laundry day and I'm not sure about this stuff yet). Plus we were headed off to bathe shortly after dinner, so we figured clothes-less made for easy clean up.

I put just a little bit on his spoon and put the spoon on his bottom lip (like the nurse told me). Nothing came back at us, so we decided to keep going. He wasn't great at getting the cereal off the spoon, but he did figure out that if he lifted his chin that lifted the spoon and the cereal slid off into his mouth. The hardest part was getting the spoon past the fingers that always seemed to be in his mouth or on the way to his mouth. I think the fingers had more flavor than the cereal so I understand why they kept winning.

David even leaned towards the spoon a few times, so I kept shoveling until he got fussy and we called it quits. Overall I'd call the first spoon feeding a success. Hopefully tomorrow goes just as well.