Today was a big day for us! We introduced Lacy to solids! It is funny what you get excited about as a parent, but I know I was looking forward to this all week. Our pediatrician had told us to start Lacy (when we were ready) on solids and make it more of a play time activity at first. So, this morning we fed her a bottle and about an hour later we were ready. The first introduction, according to our pediatrician, should be a really thin mix of formula and the rice cereal. That in and of itself was a bit difficult to decide what was 'too thin' and 'too thick.' Regardless, we prepped her and made a big deal out of how fun it was going to be (believe it or not she seemed excited!). She was not quite sure what to make of it at first, but didn't seem too confused or terrified over the experience. As we continued she started to get the hang of opening her mouth for the spoon when it came towards her. She pushed most of the cereal out with her tongue, but seemed to get a few good bites of it down. I think it will just take a bit of practice. She is going to get one more chance tonight and we will keep at it until we can drop at least one bottle feeding. I am so excited, our little girl is growing up!!!
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