Anatomy of Eating Rice Cereal

In an effort to help our pretty girl learn to sleep more than 2-3 hours at night we decided we should see if she would start eating rice cereal. It was quite comical watching her reaction to the different texture of the cereal. She wasn't quite sure of it! So here it goes...the anatomy of eating rice cereal:

Ok Mom, I'm all ready! Such a big girl in my Bumbo!

What is that strange stuff you're mixing up?

Okay, let's give this a try...

Ugh, I'm not sure about this mom!

I think I'd rather just eat my hand! I can probably get the whole thing in there if I try!

Oh, maybe I can just have both my fingers and cereal!!

Ok, let's try this one more time...

Ugh REALLY MOM?!? This stuff is terrible!

Needless to say, it didn't go too well! She didn't like the texture at all. I ended up making it so runny that it was almost just all milk, but she just kept spitting it out!!

This past week I ended up mixing it with a little milk, and applesauce. She seemed to like it a little better. It still got EVERYWHERE, but at least most of it made it in her tummy. I don't know if the cereal has anything to do with it, but she FINALLY slept thru the night for the very first time the night before Thanksgiving!! 9 whole hours! I just wish that Mommy would have slept the whole 9 hours instead of laying in bed fretting about why her baby girl hadn't woke up, and checking on her 3 or 4 times :) Hopefully I can get over that, and she will start sleeping longer!

She did get a taste of sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving, but she did not like that either!! I'm thinking we will be holding off for at least a few weeks before we try with veggies again!

This is one of the only pictures I took of Thanksgiving, but it is adorable! Irelyn with her little cousins!