Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Sebastian Starts Real Food!

This weekend I went to a Baby Shower for my childhood friend and neighbor Betsy. Her little boy Andrew is due on 12/31! You can check out her blog at the link on the right hand side of our blog. Also, we went to a Doctor's appointment today and as we had suspected for few weeks now, he encouraged us to start Sebastian on some solids! Big milestone in the parenting world! So, below is chronicled our experience with Sebastian and solids. Enjoy!

Betsy with Sebastian and Cristina.

Mami and Sebastian playing.

Starting Solids Adventure
The Doctor suggested giving him his last feeding right before bedtime and then following up with a bottle. So Paul gave him his bath and he's all baby fresh ready to have his first spoonful of Rice Cereal mush. As I was making it I gave it a try and it wasn't too bad. I wouldn't want to eat it, but it was certainly edible. We sit down and the first spoonful shown above was not met with much interest...just a weird look and him staring a the video camera like "what's the big deal now?"
Since the spoon was not met with favorable reception, I opted for the finger trick which I read often times is more successful for the first few weeks. Sure enough, he at least opened his mouth for this pea-sized amount. I think the consistency and taste were a bit of a shock, but he didn't spit too much of it out.

By his second "fingerfull" he was certainly expressing that this was an unusual taste - seems like he didn't like it, but this didn't stop him from continuing to open his mouth for our finger. What can I say, he's just like his Daddy.

A little more finger feeding and he is into this! He's playing with it with his tongue and guiding our fingers into his mouth. He's trying to eat and suck his thumb at the same time. He's getting his hands all over his face....why did we give him a bath before we tried this? I guess that's what new parents do...

He was so into the fingerfeeding that we decided to try the spoon again. And he opened right up!!! No airplane or begging and pleading - he was ready for it. We even had to give him an extra spoon to play with because he kept wanting to grab the spoon away from us! So all in a days work - he ate 1 Tablespoon of Rice Cereal - I can't believe it, but he finished practically all of it! And seriously, most of it went right into his mouth and tummy! YEAH!
We love this new video feature. Make sure to click on the play button below the image to see Sebastian eating for the first time!

After we cleaned up, Sebastian was just RAVING about his first experience with REAL food. Check it out...

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