Eating

Ryan started solids! Well they call them solids but truth be told- it is watery mush. His first feeding was Wednesday, so he is 4 months and about 7 days. We started him on this lovely food early because he was out of control hungry. He eats 40+ ounces a day- over 7 ounces at a time and within 3.5 hours he was hungry again. (I think doctors recommend between 32-38 ounces a day). Sure there were times he could sleep for 6 hours, but most of the time he was waking up in the middle of the night 2 times to eat because he was just so hungry. This is not to say we are raising a porker- he is exactly the average weight and height- apparently he has Don’s metabolism.
The doctors warned us that when we started feeding him cereal (rice cereal), he might give us dirty looks, spit it out, cry etc… This was not the case. The only crying happened because I wasn’t feeding him fast enough. He grabbed the spoon and was trying to make it get to his mouth faster. When introducing solids you are supposed to introduce something new no more then every 4 days (in case there is an allergic reaction you can tell what caused it). I am thinking I might make baby food… I’ll let you know how it goes, I’m sure I will make a mess but that is part of the fun of cooking right?