Wish, Wait, Hope, Pray

Turns out Little Miss was more than ready to try solids.

Despite all the books saying that you have to be patient and the first time they may not even have more than a mouthful she finished the entire amount (1 tbsp of cereal mixed with breastmilk) and when I doubled the amount the next day she finished that as well. She’s still not entirely convinced about the taste – which leads to the most hilarious expressions – but she’s definitely into this food thing. Actually she stunned me today when she grabbed the spoon from my hand and then put it into her own mouth. I was literally speechless. She doesn’t quite have enough dexterity to get it in every time but she wants to so I don’t think it will be too long till she’s feeding herself all the time.

I tried to add a morning feeding but, to be honest, she’s never that hungry in the morning (probably because I desperately shove my boob in her mouth to try and get an extra hour of sleep when she first wakes) and it was just starting to feel rushed so I’m going to stick with just the evening feed for now and see how we go. She’s not overly keen on thicker foods so I’m keeping it pretty liquidy for now but I’m just really glad I listened to my gut and gave it a go.

And I thought you might like to see how it all went:

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