apple sauce and bananas

That's right, we started Elijah on solid foods. We are not really trying to get more food into him, it was just an experiment to see what he'd do. Books say it's good to start slow, give the baby a spoonful or two just to get him used to different textures. We thought we'd get him used to various tastes now before he actually needs them, so that when he is ready for larger quantities it would be an easier transition. We gave him a little bit of apple sauce from our own big jar (not baby food) a couple days ago. He didn't seem to mind it very much. Yesterday he ate some baby food bananas, and seemed to like it. The jar said to refrigerate it after opening for two to three days. I made a mental note to throw out whatever is left on Sunday night.

This evening we pulled the jar of bananas out and sat Elijah in his high chair. He appeared to want the food. A spoonful after spoonful went into his mouth, and he kept opening his mouth. Just yesterday it looked like he wasn't quite connecting opening his mouth with food ending up on his tongue, but today he knew what he needed to do. After half the jar was gone, I told Ryan that I thought babies were only going to take a spoonful or two at first. Ryan's reply was, "That was yesterday!" Today our boy is ready to eat it all! He probably would have if we let him. I don't expect there to be anything left for me to throw out on Sunday night.

When we were feeding Elijah bananas tonight, he started to lean over to his side. We would try to pull him up, and he would lean over again, so that his head would touch the arm rest of his chair. It was so cute and so funny! It's like he is used to eating lying on his side, and he just couldn't fathom doing it any other way. I grabbed the camera to take a picture, but (Murphy's law) the battery was out juice. By the time I put in new batteries, Ryan had the child already straightened out. However, here's another video that was taken a day or two earlier.