Introducing solid foods

When I went last week for Isabella's 4 months check up the pediatrician recommended to start solid foods. Isabella has been eating like crazy and sucking those bottles away in no time and almost every 1-1/2 to 2 hours. I am still breastfeeding and the pediatrician thinks that she needs more calories which she does not get from the breast milk. Isabella is meanwhile 24-3/4 inches tall and weighs 13 pounds and 6 ounces. It is incredible, she has jumped in height up to the 90 percentile and is seen as a tall baby. Unbelievable, since she was so tiny when she was born.

We started this week to give Isabella rice cereal. This is the most common one to start with and most likely not to develop allergies from. We started very soupy since Isabella needs to learn to eat from a spoon, experience the flavor and the texture. The first couple times were not very successful, but yesterday and today went pretty well. Still most of the cereal ended up on the chin and bip but it is a start and she did not cry as much as she did the first couple times.

We will keep you posted how we are progressing.