Fat kid in Training!

On Monday, we started Young Master Roland on solids.  Of course, by solids, I mean rice cereal watered down with formula.  Gross.  He seemed to like it, though.  He ate really well, actually!  Most of it ended up in his belly (although there was some that ended up on his hands and face when he insisted on chewing on his fingers.) Overall, a pretty good experience.

The next few days, we fed him the watery rice cereal.  He ate it, but he never seemed to be wildly excited about it.

And then this morning, we moved on to Applesauce!  At first, he made a bit of a face, since it was something different.  And then there was this, 'Holy Crap, this is AMAZEBALLS' look on his face.  He then proceeded to eat.  A lot.  Like, the entire 2 1/2 oz container of it.  Yeah, someone likes him some applesauce.  Can't really blame him...it IS amazeballs.  He was great at eating it, and hardly any of it ended up on his bib/hands/forehead.  I get the feeling this shit is like GOLD to him...there will be no wasting!

After food, he ate 2oz of formula to wash it all down.  He is currently in his exersaucer, bouncing around in happy, pudgy, healthy glee.  I have a feeling my boy will be an excellent eater.

Oh, and before anyone tries to say anything...No, he is not yet 4 months.  However, experimental little bites have shown that he was more than ready for this step.  Yesterday, we were out of the house, and I forgot his cereal.  He didn't eat any cereal until yesterday evening...and he didn't eat a ton of it.  Yesterday?  He drank 45oz of formula.  With a bit of cereal in every bottle.  So...yeah.  It was definitely time to start the kiddo on solids.  He has tolerated them amazingly well (no puking, no diarrhea, no nothing...other than wanting MOAR) and I think he is doing great.  Every baby is different!

An update? No way!

Well, the past three months have been kind of crazy.  But I am going to attempt (though I may fail) to update the blog more often.  Roland is changing so much every day, that it's hard to keep up with him!  He is, however, the love of my life!