Anyway, around the third week of April, I looked at the calendar and realized that maybe I should start thinking about giving Julia some solid food since she was coming up on 5 1/2 months old. With Caroline, we were so excited to start solids; I believe she was 4 1/2 months when we started cereal with her and right at 5 months with sweet potatoes. Well, poor Julia, time just flies this time around and I wasn't anticipating it as much this time -- probably now because I know what a mess it makes and I'm not looking forward to cleaning that up! It's so much easier just to sit down and nurse whenever we feel like it. But I can't keep her a little baby forever, so I decided to break out the rice cereal the next week. And man, did she like it! She kept diving for the spoon so much that it was hard to get it in her mouth:
Look at that tongue!
(I love how she's holding her toes in this one)Looks like she's an eater like her mom & dad, but seriously . . . she likes rice cereal? I bet it tastes like cardboard. No, I haven't tasted it. In fact, I have not tasted any of that baby stuff -- no formula, no breastmilk, no baby food has passed or will ever pass these lips. I know lots of moms that do taste the stuff, and hats off to them, but I can't screw up the courage and I figure, if the baby's eating it, that's fine with me -- I don't need to jump in on the action. Curiosity won't kill this cat.
"I like it, Mom!"It was so different from Caroline's experience. Here Caroline is in December 2005 upon her first taste of rice cereal:
Obviously, she was not a fan. We tried it only a few times and then went to the jarred food. I did try another kind of cereal (oat, I think), but she did only marginally better with that. So no more cereal for her! But her baby sister eats a bowl every morning. They are definitely different girls -- Julia so far has been more laid back than Caroline ever was, although Julia isn't exactly a shrinking violet herself (little kids typically like to come talk to her when we're out in public, and they're always amazed at how loudly she can scream)! But I think they'll still be sweet sisters. I know I was (and still am) very different from my younger sister, but I'm blessed to have her and I love her lots. I think my girls feel the same way:
3 comments:
I love that you have pictures of both girls trying the cereal. So funny how different they are!
Julia is so cute eating that cereal and holding her toes. I like that you got Caroline in the picture, too, watching little sis eat her cereal for the first time.
Ruth
Oh my goodness! I had no idea that you blog or that you have another daughter! She is beautiful and I LOVE the name Julia. Congratulations! I'm definitely going to be checking back in to see how the girls are doing!
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