Yesterday marked a big milestone for Mr. Kaiser Justin Braly. He had his first taste of solid food! Our pediatrician recommended that we begin feeding him solids at 6 months, but Mommy decided that we'd experiment a couple of weeks early with rice cereal. Daddy was post-call and home early, so he was able to take lots of pics and some video, too!
Just so you know, I followed the directions for mixing the cereal (1 tbsp cereal with 4-5 tbsp breastmilk), but it came out much, much runnier than I had imagined it would. It wasn't really what I would call solid. Can any mommas out there confirm for me that that's the way it's supposed to be? Kaiser seemed to enjoy it, but only ended up eating maybe 1/4 of what I prepared. We'll give it a shot again today and see how he does!
I am so excited to see how he reacts to new foods over the next several weeks (expect much messier pictures!), but I'm also nervous about taking this new step. I probably I shouldn't be, but I feel like we have a handle on breastfeeding, and solid foods are just uncharted territory! (I know, I know. I'm a first-time mom. I'd better get used to it!) I need to read up on making baby food and how to know how much/how often to feed him...
Anyway, I'll stop babbling. Here is the first feeding footage!
Here we go!
Comin' in for a landing!
Not very much made it in his mouth at first.
"More, please."
Guiding Mommy's hand.
Love my baby's baby blues.
Yum Yum!
Finally figured out how to keep it in.
Stopping for a break.
Eating cereal is intense!
"We're not finished, are we?"
Looks like rice cereal agrees with him!
Daddy's turn.
He's a natural.
All done!
"Rice cereal is fine, but I still love my thumb and burp cloth!"
All cleaned up!
FYI: This video is just a portion of what Daddy taped, but it's still pretty long (about 6 min); just wanted to warn you! Figured the grandparents would eat it up, though. (Pun intended.)
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