Oatmeal

One of my sad moments finally happened.  Another milestone for Blip.  As much as I love watching each little thing he learns, I really hate how quickly it's all happening.  I don't think I understood that Blip may truly be my only baby until he started getting so big so fast. Holy crap!  I want more babies!  I don't feel like our little family is complete yet.  It hurts my heart to know that it isn't our choice.  Not that I'm ready right now....don't get crazy.

At Blip's 4-month well check, Dr. J told me I could start feeding Blip rice cereal or oatmeal between 4-6 months.  She asked if he watches us eat...our schedule is CRAZY (and opposite of each other), so we rarely eat like normal people at a table at normal meal times.  I'm not sure he's had a lot of opportunity to watch us put food in our mouths.

He does know exactly what the bottle is...and where it goes.  When he sees a bottle at meal time...he looks at it and won't take his eyes off of it until it's in his mouth.  When the bottle gets closer and closer....he opens his mouth for it....and waits and waits.  It's so funny.

I have been putting off all of this eating business.  I wanted to wait as long as possible.  He can eat the rest of his life!!  Ugh...he's barely four months old!!  I have done too much reading...again.  I really wanted Blip to be closer to six months old before we started solids.  Oh well.

After numerous days of not sleeping through the night, I decided I would rather feed him solids and get my sleep...instead of waiting and be even more tired than I already am.

So I took Blip to Target this week to pick up some food.  I spent way too much time frustrating myself.  Debating between rice cereal and oatmeal.  I had already read too much about it...and still felt clueless, so I picked Oatmeal.  That's what Mike wanted, so what the hell...that's what we went with.

Then I wanted to grab a vegetable for next week.  I debated between peas and green beans...then I debated between regular or organic.  When I read the labels, I went for the regular.  Regular peas was made from peas and water.  The organic had a paragraph...and most of it I couldn't pronounce.  Which confused me, so I went with the regular peas.  Next we'll do green beans.  Then carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, avocado...blah blah blah.

By the time we left Target, I had a headache and Blip was hungry (read: fussy).


I decided that tonight was the night.  He was happy, so I just went for it.  I mixed the oatmeal, sat down with him and fed my baby boy. He did better than I thought.  He didn't cry or fuss.  He made some faces, but I think it was mostly confusion.

He let me put the oatmeal in his mouth...and I could see him tasting it and swallowing it.  He pushed a little bit out, but swallowed most of it.  He didn't eat much, but I just wanted to introduce him to it...so we will keep working on it.