At Brody's 4-month appointment, the doctor said he was fine to start on some rice cereal....maybe once or twice a day. I looked at the doctor and laughed. My first thought was "have you SEEN how chubby this child is?" He told me it didn't matter and that as he grows, he will need more in order to keep sleeping through the night. The doctor said that once he is good on the cereal for a few weeks, I can start introducing the fruits and veggies. I definitely didn't start him on the cereal as I thought he was perfectly fine...but sure enough...2 weeks later...he started waking up between 1 and 2 AM to eat! I was not about to let that start all over again.
So at about 4 and 1/2 months, I gave in and bought the rice cereal. I had NO idea what to do. The first few times I kept adding formula, then cereal, then formula, then cereal...until the bowl was almost full! I knew he couldn't eat that much, but I only ended up giving him a few spoon fulls and then throwing it out. It was terrible. Poor Brody had NO IDEA what to do with that spoon! Possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen. He would stick his tongue out immediately and giggle. He thought it was a game. I did end up sticking to it, but only after calling the doctor's office and asking how much to give him. Now I give him about 2 tbspns mixed with pear juice (constipation is terrible after the cereal!) and a little formula. Brody likes the cereal thicker and he eats it better that way. However...this is how it goes: Spoon in, thumb in, spoon in, thumb in. He sucks his thumb after every bite...and he ends up looking like....well...see above:) One side effect of the cereal, he's getting so chubby! Yes, I know he was chubby before, but he needs to start crawling soon to burn off some of those calories! hahaha
He sure is cute:)
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