Solids = FAIL

After much debate and reading, we decided to go ahead and try Ethan on solids a week before he turns 6 months since he certainly seemed ready (sitting well unassisted, attempting to grab and eat our food, allowing a spoon to be put into his mouth). I'd made brown rice cereal last weekend and sweet potato puree yesterday morning so yesterday afternoon after his feeding, we put him in the Bumbo and got ready. He was immediately enticed by the new bib:


When I approached him with the plate and spoon, he was very excited and immediately reached out to grab them. In fact, he grabbed the puree off the spoon before I could even get it to his mouth. Thus the messiness began:



Overall, he was not a fan. He enjoyed playing with the food, but very little actually made it into his mouth:


He was quite happy when the whole ordeal was over and it was time for his bath:




Today, we tried again. I thinned down the rice cereal some more and had more success getting him to open his mouth and take it off the spoon. Then he gagged. This isn't too unusual for him since he'll gag on a bottle from time to time, too. However, this was the first time he gagged to the point of vomiting, and up came a couple of ounces of formula and breastmilk. At that point, I called it quits, and I think we're going to take a break from the solids attempts for a little while. At least making the baby food is fun, even if attempting to feed it to him isn't yet.