This is probably the first of a few posts from when Mollie and I fed Meredith her first solid food. We took a lot of pictures (139 after deleting a few that weren't in focus) and posted them to a new photo album at Meredith's Picasa web site. The event started out with a cranky Meredith, but after a little bit of holding and rocking her, she calmed down for quite a good feeding. She even ate all of the food we had made, even though some places Mollie had read said she may only eat a few bites.
Meredith has been showing interest in solid food for a while now. While we were in Michigan for Christmas, she would sit on Mollie or my lap as we ate. Most of the time (as long as she wasn't throwing a fit) she was trying to get a hold of the plate and the food on it. She has also often watched us closely as we eat at home. Now that she's nearly five months old (really 4 months and three weeks), we thought we should be fine. I believe Mollie had said our pediatrician was fine with us feeding her solid foods at four months.
Anyway, it all went off without much of a problem. Meredith had the time of her life and enjoyed eating up every last morsel that she could. She didn't even make that much of a mess (granted there was food all over her face). One thing that I wanted to point out from my perspective (Mollie fed her tonight) during the feeding was how most every time after eating a bite she would look back at me. The look was priceless -- something like, "Dad, this is GREAT! Why did I have to wait so long?" See the picture on this post if you don't believe me...
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