Owen's First Solid Food

Over the past two weeks, Owen has been eating more and more and waking up earlier throughout the night wanting to eat. There is nothing like a tired Mommy to motivate the starting of solid food. So last night, I decided to give him some rice cereal from a spoon hoping it would help him stay full all night.

He loved it!!! He ate quite a bit for his first go round!! And I remembered very quickly why I hated rice...it's gets everywhere and dries crusty on everything!!! Yuck!

As for my night of sleep, not so great. I made Savannah nap yesterday because she was so foul so she was wide awake until after 10 pm. At 2 am, I wanted to check and make sure Owen was breathing. So I went to put my hand on his back but accidentally touched his head which scared him and woke him up. So from 2 am to 3 am he grunted and fussed and tried to get comfortable. Finally at 3 am I brought him in the bed with me. At 4 am he really starting fussing so I went to make him a bottle. I laid him right in my spot propped up a little on my pillow. When I returned, he was fast asleep- in my spot!!!! So I moved to the recliner and slept until 5 am when he woke up again hungry. After feeding him I got into bed at 5:30 only to be awakened by a bright eyed Savannah at 6:30!!! She normally sleeps until 7:30 at least! Moral of the story - don't nap a child who normally doesn't and just trust that your baby is breathing!!! Hoping for a better night of sleep tonight!