Chow Hound

Maeve stares at us while we eat. Her mouth opens and shuts as if she is eating invisible food. She is ready to eat. So Monday September 22nd 2008 she had her first mouthful of food or something of the sort called baby cereal. She enjoyed it. So much that she would reach out to moms hand holding the spoon and grab at it as if to feed herself. This kid can eat.

We are on day 3 of solid foods. No reactions. No rashes. No puking. No gas. Nothing. Tomorrow night we are going to mix it up a little and add a little "BAM!" to her diet. Yes we think we shall try spicy avocado or exhilerating puree of delicatta squash. Dad votes for the squash.

Is that food for me???

My first bite! Yumm!

Gimme that spoon. I can do it myself!

This eating thing is fun. Messy but fun.

Ohh and the myths that babies sleep better on solid foods, not true. Yes, we are getting greedy hoping that our infant will sleep through the night now that her belly is full. We still have a great sleeper. Going to bed at 7pm. Waking up between 3-4am for a bottle, then asleep until 8am. We really can't complain and are sure some of you readers with children are disgusted by our sleeping angel. While our other child also sleeps great, 7pm to 7am, she is not without issues.

Below is the scene mom walked into after her afternoon nap. I will save you the gory details, but I will say there was poop involved, a whole roll of toilet paper, and a diaper that did not have a child in it.