Firsts

Well... It looks like tomorrow we will be giving cereal a try with Milo. The best advice I read on the subject said to pay attention to your baby's cues not the calendar. "They" say babies can start anywhere between 4-6 months, sometimes sooner or later. Based on what I've read, I think Milo may very well be ready. I did kind of a test this morning. I expressed some breast milk then tried to feed it to him with a spoon. Boy did he like that. He even started opening his mouth as soon as he would see the spoon. And most of the milk made it down. And he really didn't seem to be trying to push the spoon out of his mouth. Now I know milk is liquid, but the first cereal is going to be super runny also. Milo is over 3 1/2 months... add two weeks considering he was two weeks late and that's 4 months. And so far he has been ahead of the game with everything else. So we're going to give it a shot tomorrow morning. But we plan on taking it slow. We'll start and take our time with the easy first fruits and veggies... and hold off on some of the more complex foods until 6 months. And my plan is to make the majority of the fruit and veggie purees myself... depending on the seasons and availability of quality produce. I also plan on making my own yogurt which apparently is fairly simple... although I'll hold off on the yogurt until 6 months. I'll let you know how Milo's first cereal goes! It will be sad to say good bye to those sweet smelling newborn poops once solids are introduced... woops... did I just say that out loud????

Last night Milo slept in his crib all night with the exception of about an hour when I was just too tired. He did wake up several times, but I'd either nurse him or put his pacifier in or turn him on his side and he'd go back to sleep. We are having a problem though with Nathan's alarms in the morning. I make him turn them off so they don't wake up Milo... but then Nathan ends up over sleeping. So I think this weekend we're going to move Milo's crib to the nursery and I'll sleep on the single bed next time the crib. My mom mentioned he probably doesn't need me to sleep next to the crib, but I still need him close to me. But it'll be good to get him into his nursery now before he really realizes the difference between Mommy's room and Milo's room. And then once he's waking less during the night... I'll go back to our bedroom.

I also tried to Milo in his crib to nap today and that did NOT work. I realized Milo does not associate laying on his back to sleep. That's play. I'm not sure how I'll get him to start napping in his crib, but one major thing at a time!! As long as he fits the swing... I'm OK with him napping in the swing.