23 Jan 2010
5 Month Firsts
The week of December 6th (the week Michael turned 5 months old) we had a couple of firsts.
1. Michael had his very first solid food. As first time solid feedings go, it wasn’t too bad. He couldn’t quite get the swallow motion down, as he tended to thrust it out with his tongue, but luckily Mommy knows a trick to help teach that.
Of course, what would a feeding be without watching Mommy open her mouth, shut it and chew air as she tries to feed the baby?
At some point I believe he started looking to Ryan for an escape. A bottle would be so much easier than this, right? OR, maybe he just wanted Ryan to put the camera away for a little privacy. After all, nobody likes pictures taken of themselves while they’re eating.
As first time messes go, this one really wasn’t too bad. Just a little at the corners of his mouth and on the chin. Maybe we’ve actually - FINALLY - given birth to a non-messy eater. Hey… one can dream, right?
2. Later that week, Michael held his own bottle for the first time. I’m not sure if this was a fluke or not. He doesn’t do this very often or very well. Like his brother before him, he much prefers to sit back and let Mommy do the work.
Don’t you just love his little face? I’m not biased or anything. I just think he’s got one of the most edible baby faces out there. It must have something to do with the fact that he has plenty of cheeks.
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Annelise on January 24th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
holy smokes, i cant believe he holds his own bottle! that’s amazing. o wants nothing to do with that.
michael sure is a cutie pie. he looks soooo much like your side of the family!