First food! – Our Havenhill

We’re so proud of what a big girl Lillian is becoming! Today is another double milestone day: 26 weeks old and her first taste of food!

CLICK THE PICTURE BELOW TO WATCH A LITTLE ANIMATION OF THE PICS.

Lillian had her first taste of FOOD today! What a milestone! She has been showing us for quite a while that she was ready to eat real food. She would reach for my plates and bowls and forks and spoons. She definitely knows what to do! We wanted to wait until she was 6 months old and this is close enough that we said “Ok, let’s go for it!” Josh built the high chair that Mom and Dad got for us and it’s sitting in the dining room now! Lillian made a happy sound when she saw it!

We bought this food: Earth’s Best Organic Whole Grain Rice Cereal

We mixed it according to directions using 4 tablespoons of freshly pumped room temperature breast milk. Next time we may halve the amount we make and use less milk so it’s a bit more thick. We may also warm the milk first by placing the bottle in a bowl of warm water. She may not have liked the slightly cool temperature of our first attempt.

She was so interested right away! She was so proud and happy to sit in her high chair! She reached for her bowl and her spoon as soon as she saw it! Most of the spoonfuls ended up falling out of her mouth but she did swallow some and want more!

I was so excited for Lillian this morning that I had butterflies in my stomach! I knew she wanted to “eat” food for a while! A small part of me is sad that I’m not her only food source anymore, but I do realize I’m still her main food source. I will be for quite some time and that makes me happy!

“Food for fun until she’s one.” That’s what we’re going to be trying here!

Mom says:

26 November, 2011 at 5:30 PM

I LOVE this one too:):):) She really does look happy and excited to be trying her first solid foods:):):) Sweet beautiful girl:):):)xoxoxo

Rachel says:

27 November, 2011 at 7:34 PM

Thanks Mom! Yay! 🙂 xoxox

Josh says:

26 November, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Thank you for the great post and neat animation on the second link, too, Sweetheart! I’m glad that we have our new iPhones to get to take easy photos like these when we don’t have our Nikon available. She’s so adorable! I’m so glad that you did that and I keep watching it cycle through! 🙂 I sure was excited and had butterflies about today, too. We had been thinking about it and talking about it for so long that it was amazing for Lillian to reach that milestone today.

She sat up so well in her high chair and seemed to have fun just to be in it. I hope that I was feeding her properly but she seemed to know exactly what to do with that spoonful of cereal! She kept easily being able to put it right into her mouth. As you said, a lot of it came out of her mouth but she did get to feel and taste it. I’m so glad that her stomach was just fine afterwards. We’ll have to see what she thinks of making it a bit thicker. Our girl is growing up so quickly!

I know what you mean that it’s also bittersweet to change you being her sole food source but you’re still her main source and her favorite one! She even wanted to nurse right away after trying the cereal today. I like what you said about food for fun until she’s one! That sounds great to me.

Rachel says:

27 November, 2011 at 7:35 PM

You’re so welcome Honey! I’m so glad we have the new iPhones too! 🙂 She sure is adorable!
Of course you fed her perfectly!! And yes, I’m glad too that she still prefers nursing! 🙂