Solid Food for a Solid Boy

As mentioned in the previous post, I started Emmett on rice cereal this week, and he is enjoying it so far!  We’re taking it nice and easy and having the cereal once a day, but I think I’ll increase that next week.  Then pretty soon we’ll get more exciting with some fruit and veggies!  That sounds nice and messy!! 

This video is day 3 of “solid” food.  I made it thicker than the first day and he still did really well.  He definitely prefers his bottles and food to be quite warm!

And here is a bonus video.  He thinks we’re crazy when we blow our nose! 

5 Months

 

The last couple of days Emmett has been practicing his D sounds!  We’ve heard sounds like dadadda deedee over and over and it’s adorable.

Emmett is going to have his first mush (or “solid” food) this week.  I have everything prepared – plastic bib, little spoons, rice cereal mix, formula to mix with it…..and of course, a hungry little boy who wants to chomp on everything!  We don’t have a highchair yet, but I think the bumbo seat will do for now.

He’s now an expert at rolling over and when I tried to take a video of it (below), I had to hold him in place so I would have a chance to start the camera before he rolled over!!  He hasn’t actually rolled the other way – front to back – so once on his tummy he gets a little frustrated because he can’t move anywhere from there! 

For a few weeks now he’s been able to pull his dummy out of his mouth (not just spit it out), but the last week or so he can find it again, pick it up, put it in his mouth, and actually leave it there!  What a clever boy.

I love my boys!

 

 

 

 

Edit:  We got to try the rice cereal today.  I followed the instructions on the box for a first time feeding, and the cereal was much runnier than I thought.  I stuck with it, because I knew it wouldn’t hurt, and Emmett got to experience eating (slurping) from a spoon!

All ready to eat!

Meeting the Grandparents

Well, my parents have come and gone and we really enjoyed having them here.  Emmett loved meeting his grandparents, of course!  And he definitely loved having them look after him while I was at work!

I feel like it’s been so long since I posted last because Emmett is just about 5 months now.  December was such a busy month for him!  He learned to roll from his back to his front, he sprouted his 2 bottom teeth, he definitely found his feet and hasn’t lost them since, he loves to grab his toys and put them all straight into his mouth, and he had his first taste of formula (which understandably takes some getting used to).

Here’s some rolling practice with lots of help from me.  He can do it by himself though, I promise!
 

He plays so well in his exersaucer by himself now!  Which means that he’s giving us some breaks every now and then!  He’s also had a few loves already.  First, there was his Octopus on his activity mat – which he would have staring competitions with.  Then he fell in love with his Lion – which he would chew on until the whole toy was drenched (that gave me a surprise when I picked it up one day! I seriously had to hang it out to dry).  And now, his favourite is his plastic squishy book which his Great Grandparents gave him.  He’ll be standing there (in the exersaucer) playing away and then I’ll hold the book close to him and he gets so excited he starts wobbling and opens his mouth and holds out his hands, and then when he grabs it he tries so desperately to put it into his mouth!  It’s quite hilarious and I may even have to try to catch it on video!

Here he is grabbing his toys and getting a hold of his Lion:

I can make Emmett laugh just fine, but he thinks his Dad is absolutely hilarious!  I crack up laughing just hearing Emmett laughing with Chris.  I love it.  It’s such a fun, happy time.

But back to my parents’ visit.  We spent the weekend before Christmas in Tulsa with Chris’s family.  Emmett had both sets of Grandparents there to spoil him.  It was wonderful and I’m not sure when that will happen next.  Then we had the Christmas weekend at our place and it was quite an experience!  Emmett’s first Christmas and first white Christmas.  I’m pretty sure it was also my Mum and Dad’s first white Christmas.  And since Oklahomans are not exactly prepared for the weather we had, we were basically snowed in for a few days!!!  Thankfully we had all we needed (basically I mean we had enough yummy food) that we didn’t need to go out for anything and enjoyed a few relaxing days inside away from the freezing cold.

 

      

 

 

     

Thanks again for coming to visit us, Mum and Dad.  Emmett really did enjoy having you here.  And Chris and I did too!  We love you.  Enjoy the rest of your summer in Oz while we completely FREEZE over here in OK!!!  :)

And to finish off this “Emmett meets his Aussie Grandparents” post, see the video below for a bit of silliness!!  ;)

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