Starting Solids...

Reaction to first bite of cereal.

Wilson had his first spoonfuls of cereal on December 2.  There are three thoughts you might have right now.  First, you might think "what is cereal?"  You might even be thinking "I gave my baby cereal when they were --insert age (probably around 2 months)-- and they started sleeping through the night."  Lastly, you might be thinking, "WHAT!! They gave their baby solids before 6 months!!" 

Well, I went middle of the road on this and started cereal at almost 5 months (in between the suggested 4-6 month range) and we did cereal for a couple weeks.  Then, we entered the world of veggies.  So far, Wilson LOVES his peas, green beans, squash and carrots.  We actually haven't found a food yet that he doesn't like--looks like he inherited that trait from both Mom and Dad!

He gets pretty serious about his food.

Just a few days ago, we introduced fruits.  There was some concern on our part (probably uncessarily) that Will hadn't pooped enough recently, so we dove into the prunes first.  Of course, Wilson loved them too, and they gave us the results we had hoped for.  All is well in the Kimmich house!

Sweet potatoes, apples, pears, and bananas will be on the menu in the upcoming days and weeks.  According to my reading, we can introduce meat now if we would like, but I'm not sure that canned meat really sounds all that appealing...we'll see.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, introducing solids has had no effect on Will's sleeping habits...