A Life Full of Love: Sip Sip...Chomp Chomp

Well it's time for sippy cups and rice cereal. I can't believe my little Lilly is old enough to drink out of a "big girl cup" and start solid foods. It was just yesterday that I brought this baby into the world...why is it already time for her to make this HUGE milestone???

On Friday, Jordan and I introduced Lilly to the wonderful sippy cup. She hadn't been nursing well (GiGi thinks it's because she's teething) so we thought it would be the perfect time to try a sippy cup...something new. We thought we would put cherry flavored pedialyte in her sippy cup to keep her a little more hydrated (she had never tasted flavored pedialyte before). Lilly thought her sippy cup was a fabulous chew toy. She loved chewing on the handles and banging it on her high chair. Once she finally got the idea of putting it up to her mouth she took a sip and made the grossest face ever! Least to say, she may now think all sippy cups have gross red stuff in them! All in all, the sippy cup was somewhat a success...we'll stick to putting breast milk in it next time! It's still a learning progress, but she'll get the hang of it soon...she's such a fast learner!

I thought that her 5 month birthday would be the big day where we let her try rice cereal, but this mommy got cold feet and we decided to push it back a week. Then we decided we would give it a try yesterday (Saturday) but we had such a busy day that it got pushed back another day. I of course was totally okay with this. I guess it meant that I got one more day with my baby who only needed me to get a full tummy.

So today was the big day. We are now on a journey of rice cereal, sweet potatoes and apple sauce. This morning we gave her 1 tablespoon of rice cereal and 2 tablespoons of breast milk....looked ~~gross~~ delicious! At first it looked like Lilly was ready to gobble down the yellow mush that was on her Bumbo tray...WRONG! I gave her one spoon full and she spit it out! She wanted nothing to do with her rice cereal. Jordan and I took turns trying to feed her. We would put some in her mouth and she would look at us like "What in the world did you just put in my mouth?" After a few tries, she kinda got the hang of it and she even swallowed a few bites. She didn't come close to finishing the bowl and we didn't force her to either...she'll come around on her own time. I think she had more fun playing with the box of cereal, her bowl and her spoon.

P.S. We went to Papa and GiGi's house tonight for dinner and GiGi gave Lilly her first bite of mashed potatoes. Lilly gave her GiGi the same face she gave daddy and I when we tried to give her rice cereal. I thought for sure she would love the mashed potatoes...who wouldn't??? Maybe next time, GiGi!