Adventures in Cereal Eating

Grandma bought us a new chair! Today Moey and I tested it out. Its nice because it reclines and then converts into a booster seat, so the seat grows with her! We has a lot of fun eating cereal today; she wanted to feed herself!

Strong Baby!

Moey has always been super strong. Since birth she has always bared weight on her legs. Recently she has been doing "baby sit-ups"; she grunts, tucks her chin in and tries to sit up when laying down! When we prop her up to sit all she wants to do it sit all the way up! It's kinda dangerous though; she usually topples over! Thank goodness for her Bumbo chair! Who knows, she might just be an early walker like her Momma. She will go at her own pace I'm sure!

Tummy time has become a lot more fun now that she can pick up her head almost 90 degrees. We still let her "cheat" with the Boppy and make sure a lot of fun toys are around for her to look at.

Playing with our friends.

Time to flip over for some tummy time!

 Strong baby!

Getting a little tired...that was hard work!

Cereal Experiment

I've been doing some research on starting solid foods. All of the 'experts' say 4-6 months; when your baby is ready.

According to BabyCenter:

Your baby will give you clear signs when he's ready to move beyond liquid-only nourishment. Cues to look for include:

• Head control. Your baby needs to be able to keep his head in a steady, upright position.
• Losing the "extrusion reflex." To keep solid food in his mouth and then swallow it, your baby needs to stop using his tongue to push food out of his mouth.
• Sitting well when supported. Even if he's not quite ready for a highchair, your baby needs to be able to sit upright to swallow well.
• Chewing motions. Your baby's mouth and tongue develop in sync with his digestive system. To start solids, he should be able to move food to the back of his mouth and swallow. As he learns to swallow efficiently, you may notice less drooling – though if your baby's teething, you might still see a lot of drool.
• Significant weight gain. Most babies are ready to eat solids when they've doubled their birth weight (or weigh about 15 pounds) and are at least 4 months old.
• Growing appetite. He seems hungry – even with eight to ten feedings of breast milk or formula a day.
• Curiosity about what you're eating. Your baby may begin eyeing your bowl of rice or reaching for a forkful of fettuccine as it travels from your plate to your mouth.

Moey is showing all of these signs. She technically is already 4 months old, even though I do not count the next month until we hit the 3rd of each month. :) Her 4 month appointment isn't until next Wednesday. With all of this info I decided to try some cereal with her tonight. SHE LOVED IT!

She was squealing in between bites, and she learned quite fast to open her mouth when the spoon got close. She also didn't gag or choke; two things I was worried about.  I want to introduce solid food very slowly, so I'm thinking we will do cereal every other day until her appointment next week so we can talk to her doctor more about it. At this age all of her nourishment should come from just her formula.  I think it is clear though, she is ready to eat more than just her bottle! 

Sideways Sleeping!

I went in to get Moey after her nap today and this is what I found....

She was very proud of herself!

Cape Cod

This past week was a HUGE week for Moey. It was her first big car trip, first time in Connecticut, first time meeting a lot of family members, her first trip to the Cape...the list goes on!!

Mo did awesome in the car ride to Connecticut. She slept most of the way, just waking up for something to eat and a diaper change. We had lots of new toys to keep us entertained! When we got to CT we went right to Gram's house and had a wonderful dinner. We had some visitors; Auntie Carebear came, Auntie Dana, and the whole Seaman family and then it was time for bed!

The next morning we made a lot of stops visiting great-grandparents and Auntie Michelle and Cousins Jorden and Evan. It was a lot of fun visiting!

 Great-Grandee (GG) and Pop Pop!!

 Great Auntie Carrie!

 GiGi

 Cousins Evan and Jorden

Jorden helping Moey with her paci. 

After we had the marathon of visits, we drove up to the cape to see Grandma and Grandpa! We spent the week going to the beach, visiting a lot of towns: Orleans, Chatam, and Provincetown! Moey put her toes in the ocean for the first time, slept on the beach and hung out with cousin Addy. It was a great vacation; cant wait to do it again next year!

Some photos from our week:

A poop explosion on the drive home to end our vacation :)