Rocco's Dinner Party

Rocco was born hungry.
Eric and I named him 'Hungry, Hungry Rocco' after the game 'Hungry, Hungry Hippo's'.

That poor baby was big and mama's boobies were not.  His first taste of formula was in the hospital.  It was given to him by one of the nurses while I slept.  Eric gave them permission out of desperation.  Rocco sucked that stuff down and slept.

Rocco latched on right away.

Upon returning home the feeding issues continued.  He was cranky.  I was frustrated.  Daddy was exhausted.  After a week or two we figured out a system that worked for all of us.  I nursed Rocco and we supplemented with formula.

Two weeks old sucking down formula.

I was told by several of my mommy friends that they gave their kids cereal in order to get them to sleep through the night.  Every parenting book and internet site said otherwise.  There is no proof that giving babies cereal would help them sleep.  However, in a desperate attempt to get a full nights rest I caved and gave it a try.  We discovered that it is indeed an old wives tale.  Rocco still got up the same number of times only he seemed to be more gassy because his little digestive system didn't know what to do with that cereal.

I spent alot of time with babe on boob/dog on lap

At Rocco's four month well visit the pediatrician suggested we start trying solids.  She said cereal and vegetables are her preferred first foods.
We tried cereal again.  We had attempted to give Rocco cereal with a spoon before and he didn't know what to do with it.  But lately he has been watching us put food in our mouths and will eye us while we chew.  He ended up with more of it on his body than in his belly.  After a few days he caught on and started to swallow.  But we still think he ended up wearing more than he was eating.

Enjoying his cereal.

Babies R Us was having a sale on organic baby food a few weeks ago.  I headed there to stock up on some jars for travel because Eric and I plan on making Rocco's food from fresh vegetables.  We did not really plan on feeding it to him right away but he was gobbling up that cereal so fast we thought we would give it a try.
He loves them.  He reaches for the bowl.  He grabs my hand holding the spoon and pulls it to his lips.  He munches away on as much as we will allow.

Sweet potato madness

While I am not happy that my little baby is getting bigger, this phase of his development is fun.  I can't wait to see his reaction to peas.  I'm looking forward to giving him his first fruit.  But all of that means he will one day eat ONLY solid food and no longer nurse.  And  I don't want that to end.  I have really grown to love it and the time he and I spend together.

But for now we will continue with what we are doing.
The Menu-
Breast milk
Formula
Rice cereal
Oatmeal cereal
Sweet potatoes
Squash
Welcome to Rocco's Dinner Party.