He has been REALLY wanting our food for about 2 months now. He also started waking up every hour or two at night around that time too. I wanted to wait until 6 months to start solids (he is almost 5 months), but Jude was quite clear that he wanted food NOW!!
So since we had all Christmas afternoon and evening free, I thought I would see if Jude wanted a special Christmas treat - Rice cereal!!
It was hilarious!!! I put that first spoonful in his mouth and he just froze! He did not swallow, he did not spit it out; his mouth just froze there open like he was trying to figure this stuff out!!
Umm, WHAT is this stuff?!
Let's just say the rice cereal did not go over well. After about the fourth spoonful, he started refusing to open his mouth and actually was turning away and crying. So I stopped. I guess I was expecting Julia's reaction to it. She was 7 months old before I introduced cereal to her. She ate every bit of it with gusto.
I thought I would try it again today. This time I mixed it with warm breastmilk (last night I just mixed it with water, like I always did with Julia). I thought I would try cereal for another night or two, and if he did not like it, try peas or something for about two nights (Just to make sure it was not the flavor he did not like). If those did not go over well, I would just quit trying solids for awhile.
Tonight went MUCH, MUCH better. He started off the same as last night; the frozen face with the first spoonful. But then he quickly started to swallow some of it. It just got better from there. He still probably spit out about half the spoonful each time, but he quickly started to get to the point where he was really wanting it. He ate the several tablespoons I mixed up and fussed when it was all gone.
I'm not sure if it was because of the breastmilk, which made it taste similar to what he had been eating, or if he just decided he liked the stuff after all. Either way, I think I will mix it with breastmilk for awhile at first before slowly switching over to water.
Now lets see if this helps him sleep any better!
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