Gavin's First Taste of "Real" Food

I know .. I know ... all the Pediatricians say that you aren't supposed to give baby food or cereal to an infant until they are six months old. Well, we started Grant on cereal when he was something crazy like two weeks old to get him to sleep through the night, and ... it worked. We tried the same thing with Gavin and three weeks, and it just seemed to make things worse. So, we discontinued the cereal.

The gals at day care have told us that when another little child in Gavin's room is being fed their baby food, Gavin just stares and starts "chewing". Odd ... so, we decided that since he is going to be six months old in two weeks (unbelievable isn't it??), we would try giving him some baby food -- pears was our first attempt. I wanted to share some photos of it to show how much he enjoyed them!


Here is Gavin patiently awaiting his new meal in our quick and convenient high chair. He knew that something different was going on. He's never been in a high chair before!


Here is Gavin opening up for his new food. He just knew that this was something that he wanted to try!



Mmmm....pears! I think that I really like these things! At first it took him a minute to realize that he was supposed to swallow these things, but once he did ....


Todd couldn't get the spoon to his mouth fast enough! Gavin had to try and get it from him. Maybe he thought that would get it into his mouth faster! But, needless to say, Gavin thoroughly enjoyed his first taste of "real" food and we can't wait to try it again!