Carolyn Tries Cereal!

Because Carolyn is just about 5 months old, she is allowed to start on rice cereal! We decided to start tonight, rather than waiting til next week, because this way we will have her all day Saturday and Sunday to monitor for any adverse affects.

Anyway, we sat her down at "dinner time", which was just before our own dinner time, and she seemed quite content and happy in the high chair. I also can't believe how big and grown up she looks just sitting in a high chair!!

Carolyn seems so grown up! Why does time have to fly???

When I started to feed Carolyn, I recalled what a fun evening it was starting Annette on cereal. This time, however, did not get off to such a "fun" start.

What is this thing?

Mommy, I just don't get it!

Apparently John and I got lucky with Annette, because when we fed her cereal for the first time, it was very natural for her. She understood the fact that there was food on the spoon and that she was to take the food from the spoon into her mouth and swallow it. Carolyn, however, did not understand this concept. I am pretty sure she was searching for a nipple, rather than a spoon. So I resorted to feeding her the bottle first. I thought maybe if her belly was full, then she would be calmer and more accepting of the foreign object.

That's what I was looking for!

After her bottle was empty, she still just cried and cried when I tried to feed her cereal on the spoon. I would give her a little spoon full and she would just continue wailing and basically spit it out. I was about to give up, thinking she just wasn't ready, when she finally came around and realized that the spoon had the same stuff as the bottle. Thank goodness, because I was about at the end of my rope at that moment, especially considering how easy Annette made it for us when she was a baby!

This isn't so bad after all!

Don't worry mom, I can get the hang of this.

In the end, Carolyn made a "happy plate"(this is of course turning a blind eye to the bib soaked with a large portion of her dinner).