Mmmmm.....That Was Yummy!

Yesterday Aspen embarked on a new phase in her short lived life....eating food! Well I'm not sure if most of us would call it "food"; it was whole grain rice cereal mixed with breast milk. However, it was a big step and eventually she will get to the good stuff (all in good time).



I started out by breastfeeding her a little bit (what I like to call an appetizer), so that she wouldn't be completely famished while trying this new activity. I thought this would keep her from being overly cranky about the whole thing and it worked great.

As you can see majority of the food ended up on her face or on the bib.



At first Aspen wasn't sure what was going on--did she like this--what's this thing going into my mouth--it taste pretty good, I think? But then she really got into it and when I would bring the spoon close to her mouth she would open wide. I was so proud of her.



She even started to grab for the spoon and was sucking on it herself. Although a couple times she missed her mouth. I love her expression in this picture, she looks so peaceful.



After the meal, Bella was trying to get some leftovers. Unfortunately for her, Aspen ate most of it--but I couldn't resist taking a snap shoot of this. I think Bella is going to start enjoying Aspen eating food as much as we do!



Here is some video footage I took of the whole event. I realized after watching it that it wasn't the best angle, but you get the idea.



We have a had a great week with Aspen. The past three nights she has slept from about 8pm til 6:30am. It's been amazing for me to actually get a good chunk of sleep without having to get up at all. She also started falling asleep on her on at night. For the past month we would put her in her crib when she was about half asleep and let her fall asleep on her own. The past three nights she was tired, but still wide awake. So, we just put her in the crib and she fell asleep after minimal noise--I was really surprised! Also, last night I heard her wake up around 2am, but instead of going to her right away, I waited to see if she would actually start crying (she was just making little grunts/coos) and after about 10 minutes I didn't hear anything. I'm so happy that she is learning to self-soothe at night.