solid food

miles is not quite 6 months old but he seems to be very hungry, can sit and hold his head up well, and is obsessed with people eating food. seriously, if he's crying i can just start eating something and he will stop and stare. most recently, i was sitting in the recliner with miles, my laptop, and a sandwich. he was just chillaxin with me and all the sudden as i brought the sandwich up towards my mouth, two tiny hands reached up and grabbed the sandwich and tried to bring it towards a tiny mouth!

considering all this plus the rumor that solid food can help babies with reflux to sleep longer periods of time, i was anxious to let miles try out some solid food. on monday oct 26 when ross got home from work we decided to let miles try out some rice cereal. he seemed fairly interested and very willing to open his mouth and swallow. on tuesday he also seemed interested. on wednesday he got a cold and so i held off giving him any. on thursday i gave him room temperature rice cereal and he totally freaked out! he absolutely hated it and would not eat it or even close his mouth. i haven't given him any since because of his cold, i felt like he had enough going on his body that i didn't want him to have to worry about the cereal. now he's starting to feel better though and i have my eye on the sweet potatoes i bought for him! i will be sure to warm them up though.

here is how miles felt for the first bites of rice cereal....



and here is how miles feels about room temperature rice cereal!!