After seeing that video, I realized what a HUGE first spoonful I gave Annabel. It's as if I wanted it to end up all over her face! Also, it's funny to me to watch how much I struggled to keep Annabel from eating the bowl, her fingers and toes as side dishes along with the rice cereal. Some friends advised me this week to just let her play with the bowl and spoon and make a big ole' mess so that she can "get it out of her system." I did that after her meal tonight to some pretty cute results, which you'll see on Foto Friday.
I also think it's funny how Chris directed me to wipe down her seat, making sure I got every last bit... less than two minutes into the meal! As I'm sure you can imagine, there was a LOT of wiping during this meal. For those of you who don't know us quite as well, Chris is the neat freak between the two of us. I am so lucky because I married a husband who likes to clean!! Woo hoo!! Anyway, I diverge...
All in all, I think Bellie really enjoyed herself. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I got HappyBellies organic brown rice cereal for her. YUM! I made it pretty liquidy (I know that's not a word but I like it) that first time, but I've since made it less so. She seems to swallow better when her cereal is a little more solid. With the more liquid consistency, it kind of pools in her mouth. Here are some photos...
One of the early bites, as evidenced by the fact that it's not all over her face yet. See how her feet are all curled up? I love that.
Annabel savors the flavor and aroma of organic brown rice. Mmmmmmmm...
By jove, I think she likes it!
Annabel says, "The papparazzi again? How is it that they're always around?"
Mommy makes several futile attempts to keep Annabel reasonably clean (mostly at the request of Daddy, as the video showed).
"I'm eating seefood! SEE? FOOD!"
Early in the experience, Annabel thinks this is fun. Mommy makes silly noises and faces, Annabel gets to be sticky and there's always something in her mouth... what's not to love? However...
As the feeding proceeds and the stickiness does not seem to be going away, and she realizes that more and more of the stuff is being spooned into her mouth... Annabel is not so sure about this. Enjoy this video of her making faces.How cute is she? Also, I don't know if you could tell, but I was giving Chris the evil Mommy stare when he suggested we add sugar to her rice cereal (as a joke, of course). Haha... I'm bossy! And of course, I had to end the video with one of her sneezes. I'm such a mom, being completely won over by a simple little sneeze.
As we neared completion of the 1T of rice cereal, Annabel started to get the hang of it again. So we ended on a positive note.
ALL DONE! After her last bite, we put the bowl down and I do the sign for "all done." Starting this past Sunday, at the beginning of the meal, I also do the sign for "eat." I've only remembered it a couple of times so far, though, because I'm usually so eager to get her in her chair and feed her. I'm not sure if she's getting it, but she likes to watch my hands when I do the signs, so hopefully it'll eventually be meaningful to her.So I think we've had a successful introduction to solids! Our next challenge... constipation! But we'll save that for another post. And as always, these photos and more can be found in Annabel's online Photobucket album for Oct/Nov/Dec. The password is Annabel.
Cheers!
3 comments:
she definitely likes it! isn't it so much fun to feed them! this is why i fed paige solids as soon as i could - i wanted to have some fun too! where did you get that bib? it looks like a good one and easy to wipe down...i need some better bibs.
the bib is awesome -- and CHEAP! which makes it more awesome :-) they come in sets of 3 from target. i think they have a few different styles and colors.
ummm...that cereal looks so good! i'm glad you are having fun with eating solids, just wait until you get to try all the other stuff. you are going to love it too. hope to see you soon!
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