Mommy and Daddy's Catering Service for Owen

We've been trying to move Owen on to some more solid food, and to eat a little more independently. So, we've been having him drink his formula from a sippy cup and trying to get him to hold his spoon with us while we're feeding him. He's been doing pretty well with that, but feeding time's been much messier and slower. And towards the end of the formula, he still wants Mommy to hold it up for him!

Owen has 1/4 of one tooth through, and 3 others about to come through. The doctor said that we should be trying more solids foods with him, so we tried a few things out today. Kathleen gave him a piece of cheese earlier, which he gagged on as soon as it was in his mouth. But he did eat little of the the leftover manicotti from last night (which Kathleen now considers his first solid food meal). Later on, we tried some Cheerios, which he also gagged on, but those grew on him a little more quickly. He liked it when Mommy and Daddy were also eating the Cheerios and making munchy noises.

Finally, we tried out some stage-3 foods (that are more chunky) for dinner. He was trying really hard to eat them - but gagged quite a bit and even brought a lot of it back up for us. So, we just gave him his fully-pureed fruits that he really loves - and a little cuddle bottle before he went to bed!