Matthew's First Food

We started Matthew on his first foods tonight! We decided to start with rice cereal as his first food. I am not quite sure he knew what to think. He liked it at first, but got cranky quick and ended the meal by drinking the "cereal" in his bottle. We will make it a little thicker tomorrow night. We will feed his rice cereal for four nights before switching to another food to make sure of any allergies. Plus, once we know he is not allergic to it, we can mix it with any purees I have made.

I made a few homemade purees for Matthew today. I made carrots, pears, apples, and sweet potatoes. It is super easy to make and I like knowing what goes into his food. I have an awesome cookbook with great recipes for the different stages of his food adventures. We will take more pictures in the coming nights, but here are some to get you by.

We also put up many of the Christmas decorations today. We will hopefully get our first real tree next weekend! I am very excited. I hated our old fake tree. The stockings are up above the fireplace and the outside is decorated very tastefully with some wreaths and a lighted garland for our front porch. It is nice to be able to decorate and actually care about your house.

As for other news in Matthew's life. He continues to sleep about 12 hours at night and takes two naps during the day (normally, but not always). Lately he has been getting up about once a night, but quickly falls back asleep without us having to take him out of his crib. We have been adjusting the thermostat and it has been a bit chilly at night (we are used to the house being 55 degrees overnight...we can't do that anymore). We think that is what was bugging him, because once we got it figured out, he hasn't woken up. Those bottom two teeth have just about poked through too. He goes to the pediatrician on Monday for his six month shots and overall check-up. That's all for now. Enjoy the pictures of Matthew's first foods!