Isaac vs. Cheerios

Clayton's pediatrician gave him the OK to start Cheerios, which by extension means that Isaac is legal to eat Cheerios also, being three weeks older than Clayton. Last night we bought a big ol' box, and tonight gave it the go-ahead. The Baby Bible (aka What to Expect the First Year) recommended, when beginning finger foods, to put four or five pieces of food in front of baby at a time so as to intrigue, but not overwhelm. The "intrigue" part worked very well -- Isaac was obsessed with trying to rake them into his hand. But the eating part, eh, not so well -- he couldn't extract them out of his fat little fist. In the end, I helped him get a few into his mouth (one at a time), and he made a face at me to show me how weird a Cheerio tastes before either pushing it out with his tongue or mashing it around in his mouth and coughing on it because it's so dry.

Obviously, this was not a huge success, but it was tons of fun to watch him try to figure out how to get the wee little Cheerio in his big pie-hole.