"solids"

so the sunday of labor day weekend marked casey's first day in the world of solid foods.......well if you can consider this lovely 1 to 5 ratio of rice cereal to breastmilk as solid......she loved eating with a spoon......leaned forward with her mouth wide open ready to eat whatever was on the spoon......then as soon as the food got in there, 90% of it squirted right back out......she had no idea what to do with it......we've probably given it to her about 7 or so times by now, and she's gotten better at keeping it in......although it never fails every time the spoon goes into her mouth, she gets this disgusted look on her face as if it's the worst tasting stuff on earth.......

it certainly doesn't look appetizing......i don't quite know what i was expecting the cereal to look like - i guess like rice crispies or something......well it's more like instant mashed potato flakes.....and funny story here......i was telling steve that it must be really bland tasting because it's what "the books" tell you to start with, so i'm thinking it can't have much flavor, and steve said, well taste it......so of course i do......and it's sweet......sweeter than i would've thought anyway......so steve tries it.......about a day later i realize we both just ate some of my breastmilk......something about that just seems very wrong......

i'm looking forward to giving her some vegetables or fruits, but know we need to wait until she's used to the rice cereal......it's weird, this attraction to wanting to do the next step, but at the same time not wanting her to grow up too fast.......