First Foods

Laila had her first foods this week! We started with prunes because the little miss has been...well, let's say backed up...for a while, so we thought they might help. They didn't, but she sure enjoyed them! The next day we did some more prunes and tried some brown rice cereal. She made some faces when trying this, but continued opening her mouth for more and finished 2 tablespoons. She took very quickly to eating and we were really impressed. Many babies at her age will push the food out with their tongue, but she opened right up and did pretty well keeping the food in! One really funny thing though, after every bite of food she sticks her thumb in her mouth...maybe it helps her swallow? She also really wanted to grab the spoon and feed herself, so we had to hold down her hands as we fed her. We tried letting her use the spoon but she kind of jammed it down her throat so I think we'll handle the spoon for a while!

 gotta love the "morning hair"

 
prunes

 rice cereal