Cereal Party!

Can you believe it? Where has the time gone? I can't believe that Owen is 5 months old already and it is time to start him on baby food! A week ago, we had a Rice Cereal Party at our house. Really it was more like a spectator sporting event. Owen ate...we watched! And laughed! Grandma, Boppy, Grandma T, Daddy, Mommy and Harper watched Owen eat his Rice Cereal for the first time. One of our friends described the experience perfectly the other day..."it is like feeding them milk with a spoon." On the first bite, most of the cereal just ran right out of his mouth...but he eventually got the hang of it. It was like, once it hit his belly he realized it was yummy!

Since this first experience, I've mixed it much thicker and he likes it so much more. He is now on green beans also. But, they weren't as successful as the cereal. He gagged after each bite of green beans. It was a huge GAG after the green beans hit the back of his throat...so I've just been mixing them with the cereal and he doesn't know the difference. Maybe he will like some of the other foods better. We shall see!