Addie, Breast Milk, and Rice Cereal Round One
What is this mush?
Addie is officially 4 months old, and with this we thought we would give rice cereal a try. When I was at the grocery store yesterday I picked up a box of brown rice cereal and around dinner time when everyone else was enjoying dinner, we gave Addison her first taste of something semi-solid.
I mixed a little bit of the brown rice cereal with breast milk I had pumped so it was more watery than actually chunky and my husband sat down to feed it to her while I snapped away with the camera.
Something pretty typical in our house for these kinds of milestones.
I am a total camera junkie… from first food to first visit with Santa… I always have it ready and available!
Well, I am not sure how to take Addie’s reaction to the cereal. I am sure she was just flat out confused as to what was going on, but she didn’t cry, and seemed very curious by the new found flavor entering her little mouth.
The faces that she made though were just downright priceless.
Of course I had to put all the pictures together into a slideshow for everyone… because it is just what I do!
I hope you enjoy!
Share some of your stories of your little ones trying food for the first time!
What the heck is this? Hmmm... what am I supposed to think of this? Can I just eat my hands instead? I am just going to make a mess And she stole the spoon No thank you... I would rather just play Yeah, I am still cute even though I look like a mess... right? LOL I just love this one!
First Bite
Investigating
Playing
Messsss!
Gimme that spooin!
No thanks!
Cutie
What are you lookin' at?
Open minds to open wide: 6 Ways to Get Your Baby Interested in Solid Foods
The first time I gave Lily peas…we decided to try veggies before fruit…. she dry heaved. I have it on video on my phone and sometimes I still watch it and laugh. Is it mean that I thought it was funny? LOL
How did she sleep that night? My FIL swears that “once his boys started eating they slept like champs”…
@Bre- She slept like she typically does… she got up once around 3am and then again around 6. No change in her sleeping pattern, but then again she didn’t get much of it actually to her stomach. Most of it was on her face and bib.
I’m curious why you’re starting cereal? Most health groups recommend waiting until 6 months…and starting with real food, not processed cereal. It’s not necessary or even healthy. It’s just empty calories that can fill her up and interfere with breastfeeding.
I love the pictures. Reminded us of when our daughter was first starting solids. She was still tongue thrusting at 4 months, so we waited until she was 5 months. Since then, however, she has been quite the champion eater. She, unfortunately, still wakes up at night…something we had hoped solid food would eradicate as it did with our son….but alas, she is a very hungry girl.
And to Rebecca M., I did several searches to back up your claim, and while I found many that pushed the breast-feeding (to a point I found to be an uncomfortable amount of pushing ie..forcing their agenda), I could not find one that said cereal was unhealthy, empty calories, as you claim. Do you eat cereal or allow other family members to eat cereal? Remember….cinnamon toast crunch is just empty calories.