In other news, Ezra has made some major breakthroughs on the solid foods front. The first epiphany was Cheerios. He can't get enough of them!* And that's exciting because we'd been trying in vain for weeks to get him to eat rice cereal or oatmeal. The doc told us he needs to have the cereal or oatmeal so he'll get enough iron. But lo and behold, Cheerios also have iron. (Excuse the General Mills plug.) And he is just a lot more interested in being in charge of what he's eating and he seems to like the challenge of practicing his "fine pincer grasp."
And the other solid food he seems to like is - surprisingly - prunes. They make a COLOSSAL mess. But at this point, I (Ash) do not care in the slightest as long as some winds up in his tummy. He's still pretty puny compared to the bruisers in his playgroup, so I've morphed into the caricature of a Jewish mother, shoving food into him every time he halfway opens his mouth. Next I'll try to guilt him into eating. :-)
Stay tuned for the next installment, when Gabe will hopefully post some footage of the Great Cheerios Experiment of 2009.
Love,
Ash, Gabe and Ez
* Post-Cheerios Poop Report: Delayed two days, then massive, brown, stinky and quite adult-seeming. The diaper-changing required two parents.
2 comments:
Remember his name!! FAME! Woot, looks like fun!
I agree with Ezra--prunes are awesome. Haven't tried em with Emelia yet, but I sure like munching on some. Dates are also a joy, E likes those too.
You're not a parent until your minivan has that aroma of Cheerios ground into the carpet.
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