First solid food

For a while now, my instincts have told me that Nikhita was ready for solids. Just to make sure, I did some research online and she has about 90% of the indications. So this morning, I milled some rice into powder, mixed in some water and formula - would have used breastmilk except I didn't thaw out any of the hundreds of bags (ok, 10) - and took out one of Lorraine's Obsession Bibs, put it round N's little neck, had water on standby in her sippy cup and put her in her stroller (still too small and 'unstable' for her high chair). I thought we were ready and proceeded to spoon feed her first little taste...

Wish I could say it was a breeze. She kept sticking her tongue out and thus pushing the food out (which I later learned was normal). After about 10 minutes of this, and her consuming maybe an entire teaspoon in total, she got upset and started to cry. So we stopped. And I breastfed her and put her down for her nap. Sigh.

So I went on the internet to research some more and wished I had done that BEFORE attempting to feed her. Well I learned my 'gruel' wasn't watery enough, my demeanor wasn't happy enough and my expectations in general weren't reasonable enough.

So tomorrow we try again.


In other news...

Nikhita is in the preliminary stages of learning to crawl! She gets on her hands and knees and 'rocks' in an attempt to move. Then she plops down and somehow is a couple of inches behind from where she began. She does this a few times consecutively and manages to be a few feet backwards from where she started from :)

On her hands and knees 'rocking'

Down she plops and is in a different spot

Eventually she is off her playmat and on the carpet

Very soon, we will need to put her in a playpen or something.

*my phototaking skills have deteriorated greatly over the years. Plus, it doesn't help that I keep trying to take photos while the baby is moving... :p