Cheers!

So, Baby Ben has started trying a few foods.  We have already showed you his first rice cereal experience.  He's still not too fond of it, but that might be because it tastes a little like library paste!  He's also had a few days of sweet potatoes.  Those are a little better, but he still spends most of his feedings sticking his tongue out or trying to put his hands in his mouth, not optimal for getting the sweet potatoes down.  Hopefully pears will go down better when we start them in the next few days.

While most of Ben's new culinary adventures are not meeting with much success, there is one food which he absolutely loves...Cheerios!  We set him down in the high chair and put some on his tray.  He will rake them up into his hands, but can't quite figure out how to get then in his mouth yet.  So, I have been helping him out and sticking a few in after he's been trying hard to get them.  He always opens his mouth eagerly.  He can't wait until he can actually get the Cheerios in on his own!

(Man, these Cheerios are hard to grab...)

 

(But boy, they taste good!)