First Solids

Now that Alexander is 5 months old we have started him on solids. On Saturday 22nd October 2016 after Alexander had his morning feed we then popped him into his high chair and made a teaspoon of rice cereal. The seat filler that mum and Dad found in IKEA is fantastic! It really helps him sit up properly. He was pretty happy to be starting solids. 

He did well with opening his mouth when the spoon came towards him but he wasn't too happy with the first mouthful. I love the faces that he pulled with having his first mouthfuls. 

First spoonful

Not too sure

Helping bring my hands to his mouth

A bit happier to be eating

You gave me what?

Scrunch up the nose

Still helping eat

Blah

On the whole he did well. He does have a fair bit of a tongue thrust but eventually the rice cereal went down after scraping it off his face and then putting it in his mouth repeatedly. Here is a video of him eating.

While there were a lot of funny faces he did continue to open his mouth and he did eat it all.

It has now been a week and he is doing a lot better with eating. The tongue thrust has decreased a lot. He is now eating a tablespoon of rice cereal twice a day. He enjoys sitting in the high chair and eating with us breakfast.