Yummo! Solids!

At 4 1/2 months old Gabe decided he was ready to try something new. He loves his formula but his little tummy was asking for something more. So we decided to give oatmeal a try. And while I would have loved to buy oats and grind them myself, I decided to go the easy route and buy Earths Best Organic Oatmeal. Never fear, his baby food will be homemade though... it's so much healthier and way more cheaper for us to do anything else.

Gabe is ready for some cereal. Really he's

just smiling for the camera, he has no clue about what's to come.

The first bite.....

Gabe's look after the first bite... Not sure what he's thinking but I don't think he

was too excited about the bland, gritty, weird smelling mush I spooned in his mouth.

But by the end of the bowl, Gabe was loving it!

Gabe quickly learned to love his oatmeal; going from one really small bowl once a day to two slightly-bigger-than-small bowls twice a day. He's all smiles from the moment he sees the spoon until we finish feeding him. And then when he's done, well he's not that happy. But he really is a silly boy because he'll be so full that he spits out the oatmeal but still wants to keep eating. Crazy kid :)

Along with the oatmeal we've started giving him 1/2 an ounce of apple juice combined with 1 1/2 onces of water once a day too. He loves it and well it sort of aids in the digestion of all this oatmeal, hehe!

Love & Blessings, Meredith