I've been looking forward to this stage in Eden's life where I get to feed her her first spoonful of rice cereal. It's so surreal that time just flew by and now I'm introducing solids to her. Thanksgiving weekend: Saturday I believe, I sat Eden in the high chair. She sat patiently while I prepared her meal dabbling and playing with the toys I placed in front of her.
PREPARATION-The crazy mom that I am, I laid all my materials out beforehand. I made sure the breastmilk was warm enough to stir in the cereal. I also made sure it was stirred very well so that the texture was right. Not too liquidy and not too mushy.
FEEDING-This girl was very eager. Her eyes just lit up when I was preparing it. She was jumping up and down in her seat with excitement thinking, "What does mama have in her hands?" As I scooped a mouthful of rice cereal on to the spoon, I gave a quick blow to make sure it wasn't too hot. I got it into her mouth and she kind of let it sit in there for a good while....FIVE SECONDS LATER....she made the face all mothers would break down from...the pre-crying face, you know the face...that "give her a second and she'll be in tears" face! Eden was probably thinking, "Ma, what is this? I don't like this!" Before I knew it, she spit it back up and onto her bib. I gave it a couple more tries but that mouth of hers would not swallow. I called it quits. My mom step in to force feed her because I just couldn't do it. With the experience my mom has, she just pushed the cereal back in after she tried to spit it out. Eden ate it in the end.
I'm so happy that I got to give her the first spoon because it will always be something that I remember. It's so special and it signifies so much more. It's a sign that she's ready for real food. My baby girl is growing so fast and with that, she'll be having many more spoonfuls.
