rice cereal- the gateway food

they (you know, the ambiguous "they" people) say that one of the signs that your child is ready for solids is their interest in food. today tripp actually held on to my soda can every time i put it to my mouth. yesterday i was in the grocery store getting cookies out of the bulk cookie section and he practically lept out of my arms as he tried to grab onto them and pretty much every time we are eating, he will watch eat bite go from the plate to our mouths, his eyes glued on the fork, mouth drooling, just waiting for the time when it will be his turn to partake in the adventure. so tonight was finally his chance- we gave him some rice cereal. he seemed to really like it so we will keep it up for a little while before moving on to "harder" foods (a.k.a veggies).


getting ready


first bite


doing well


getting it off the spoon


finishing the bite