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Guess who started eating solids! In January, just hours after getting the okay from Ammon's pediatrician, we started feeding him solid food (even though the rice cereal was more soupy and solid.) He sure liked it! Look at the boy--he loves food! All the weight he's gaining now is from all those solids. He still likes mommy's milk but he also loves anything you give him from the spoon. January and February was all about introducing him to new solids like rice, barley, oatmeal, apples, bananas, peas, carrots, squash, blah, blah, blah. I diligently pumped every day so I had milk to mix in with the grains. Now fast forward to March and April, and I've practically given up pumping. It was just too much work to pump two ounces...every...single...day. I'd rather save that milk up to nurse him like an hour later. I don't think he's noticed or cares that much-just as long as he gets food! I nurse him through out the day and he gets his one meal in the evening: some type of grain mixed with some veggie/fruit. He likes veggies more than fruit, especially when it comes to juice. I give him a little bottle of baby juice in the afternoon. He loves the carrot juice (with some mixed in fruits like a V8-Splash) over just plain fruit juice. And it's good juice for him with hardly any sugar so he's not buzzed or anything. I look forward to every afternoon when I give him his bottle. He just lays in the middle of floor quietly and happily sucking away and I get at least fifteen minutes of quiet time for myself. I'm so thankful that Ammon has been doing so well with foods and he has no allergies...that we know of. This is a blessing that I am grateful for each day that I can nurse my baby and give him yummy solid foods.

4 months old...January 2011