This is FOOD?!

Abby's last check up, the doctor also let us know that we could start trying solid foods.  I believe his words were, "She's obviously not in need of supplemental nutrition and I doubt she's hungry at night time, so you don't need to use it as an additional meal just yet."  In other words, "Your baby's so fat, the back of her neck looks like a pack of hot dogs."  Well despite the snaps from our resident comedian, we picked a day to mix up some rice cereal and breast milk to see if Abby would dig the solids.  Here she is taking her first bite:

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And here she is shortly after tossing her first bowl of food across the dining room:

You can see Roxy licking up the remnants on the floor behind her and some spots reaching all the way back to my sandals.  It was actually my fault for leaving it on her highchair tray within her reach.  She did OK eating, but she was not the natural eater that we thought she would be given her appetite.  Eli had a pretty natural instinct to bite, chew and swallow, but Abby just tends to gnaw on the spoon.  Maybe she will get better with practice.