It just gets better from here kid...

Well, it's official. Matteo has started solids. It didn't go exactly the way I had planned, but he's done it, and it went pretty well. We got back from getting Mom & Dad's christmas gift to themselves (a 42" LCD TV) a LOT later than I had planned, so the rice cereal was more like a late night snack rather than dinner, but Matteo didn't really mind.



We completely did it backwards too. First a bath, then dinner (like I said, didn't go exactly like I planned). Oh well. We don't have a high chair yet, so we did the Bouncy seat on the kitchen floor, which was fine, until he started kicking. He has great aim for the bowl!

We gave him about a tbsp of rice cereal with 2 oz of formula mixed in, so that splashed around really well. Truthfully though, he really didn't make that much of a mess, and ate about half of it. Not bad for the first time out.





It's been a few days now, and the rice cereal has gotten thicker, but he's really getting the hang of it now. When he makes those "Mom this has no taste" faces, I just keep telling him...kid...it just gets better from here...


Our next step...veggies...