First Taste of Food

Today Lila had her first taste of cereal. For the record I am totally not into feeding 4 month olds (much less Lila, who has 10 more days until 4 months). I've done lots of research on feeding babies, and the plan was to wait until she was 6 months and then start with veggies and fruits, skipping cereal altogether. But, her reflux is just so bad and we have tried everything possible except a little rice cereal. In theory, the rice cereal will weight down the formula in her stomach and make her less likely to throw it back up. So today I decided to try it. She was awesome. She downed 2 bowls and would have eaten more if I would have let her. Then she ate her bottle and only spit up a tiny drop or two. It's too soon to know if it's coincidence or not, but I'm going to give it a couple of days. Part of me doesn't want it to work b/c I really don't like giving her cereal so young and it's a pain in the butt. But, the other part of me would do anything to help stop her reflux and make her feel better.


She took about 3 bites to warm up to it and then was opening her mouth like a little bird for more.

My sweet little baby is getting so big (as in old, not as in size, b/c we all know she is still an itty-bitty girl). It's hard to see her change and grow, but really exciting too. We just love our little Catey so much.