Bring on the solids!

Well it's been a couple of days since Caleb started carrots. He seems to be doing ok. In fact Wednesday was the first day and i don't think he even made a face. I guess his non-pickiness about eating comes from his dad and I. We're not picky eaters...well, Ernest is - a tiny bit. Ernest had the honor of feeding him the carrots. We put him in his bouncy chair, where of course he tried to escape from and cried for a bit cuz we strapped him in, and then Ernest fed him. It truly was a moment of realization about how far we've come with him. Going through that C-section together is bonding enough and now we're creating routines and feeding schedules and it's a little astounding. Absolutely, raising a child can be hard on a relationship but i think we get through it and our goal is always Caleb's security and happiness and so... we get through it! Since his new favorite activity is making bubbles and spitting noises, feeding him now is somewhat of a messy adventure. He had carrots from his forehead down his face and all around his mouth. Hilarious! He looked adorable. Of course i took pictures because i must document every tiny little thing he does. So he likes the carrots. We've also started giving him cereal in the morning. So here it is: Cereal in the morning, some water between bottles, his bottle, then my mother arrives and feeds him carrots between his next bottles, then we arrive before his 7pm bottle, give it to him, in bed by 8:30. Since his next bottle would be around midnight, we change him and put cereal in his bottle (i know, i know. I didn't want to put the cereal in his bottle either but we tried to feed him from a bowl and it was a disaster. The night cereal feeding is not so great for him. He screams and squirms, and arches his back and doesn't want it so we put it in the bottle), then he's back to sleep till about 5am. I must mention that the morning cereal is from a bowl cuz he's much happier then. At that point i feed him and try every which way i can to get him back to sleep for at least another hour. It's difficult but at some point he just gives up and falls asleep. I'm hoping that now that he's got a fuller belly he'll sleep through the night. We do enjoy that he goes to bed at 8:30 but if we don't wake him up between 11:30 and 12am to feed him he'll wake up on his own around midnight. So my wish for us is that he'll go to sleep at 8:30 and wake up at 4am or even 3am, That's doable. I can't wait till he goes to bed at 8:30 and doesn't wake up till 7am. Soon. Soon. Next week we try green peas. We'll see how that goes. I forgot to mention, the diapers are becoming quite interesting as well. I think Ernest might become the king of changing diapers in our house as Caleb starts to eat more solids-hehehe. Oh wait! So this morning Caleb and I were trying to stay in bed and he was laying next to me on his back and i turned away to stretch and when i turned back i came face to face with his beautiful little eyes and that gorgeous smile-he had rolled over on his stomach. Now that's the best way to wake up in the morning. Enjoy the pictures.