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!
Heh, I actually was doing the math in my head to see how old he was! Not in the sense of questioning it, more in the sense of "I honestly have no idea when to start a kid on solids, so I'm taking notes!" (The only reference I have is that, apparently, waiting until they're over a year old - like my mom did with me - is Wrong :P Hey, she didn't know either...)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it's awesome that he's taking to it so well, and that applesauce rocks his socks like that!
I'm really glad he likes it, too. :) I wonder if I can get normal applesauce, or if only the baby stuff will work...
DeleteMost places say 4-6 months, but he was ready. He was staring at food intently if you were eating, and reaching for it if you were holding him while you eating. And he was able to swallow it and keep it down, so we decided to give it a good go.
But every kid is different, so I guess you just have to kinda play it by ear... :)
(oh, and uh... Mary = Kristy. Don't ask.)
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