Bananas and carrots and cereal...oh my

Feeding Joy solid food has been hilarious! She likes rice cereal (made with breast milk) quite a bit and likes anything that has LOTS of breast milk in it...can't blame her since that has been her exclusive diet for the past 6 months. We have tried carrots and they went down easier when I mixed them with rice cereal and breast milk (thanks for the idea mom) and we have tried bananas. This morning she shuddered on every bite of bananas and milk but if she "helped" and held the spoon she was more willing to eat. Looks like we have an independent little girl on our hands :-)

 This picture is for Kalina who wanted to know why Joy wasn't wearing her hippo bib (Kalina's 3.5 year old son has one that matches)....well a) it is huge on her, b) I have forgotten how to snap it, so I may need a tutorial from her and c) Joy just wants to eat the bib :-)

 Rudy is becoming more of a fan of Joy now that solid food has been introduced. Inevitably Joy swings her hand and some gets on the floor so Rudy is learning to stay close. He tries to lick her fingers and bib when I turn away! Yesterday a whole spoonful of carrots, breast milk and cereal flew to the ground and Rudy couldn't have been more delighted. Maybe Rudy, this new hairless puppy isn't so bad after all.

We need to buy a high chair since the bouncy seat is a little too reclined and Joy wriggles out of the bumbo too easily (it was recalled for that very reason!). I think Joy might be left handed like her Grandpa Paul and Grandma Lorna, it definitely seems to be her more dominant hand.