Izzy ate solids!

Or at least I think she did. With the amount of creamy cereal spewing out of that cute little mouth, I doubt any made it's way to her belly. But watching her experience a spoon with food on it was quite the spectacle. We have video, and my husband and I share some giggles, but it was hard to tell if she really loved it.
First a complaint. I don't love the Graco highchair we have for her. It's difficult to set up with one hand. And if you're a parent, you know that 80% of the time, you only get to use one.
Once we got her strapped in we put a new bib on her. (The front of it reads "My mom is hotter than your mom," courtesy of my sister Sarah.) I had been putting her in the highchair for a few minutes at a time each day for the past week. I didn't want the whole experience to be a shock. She relaxed after a minute or two and I pulled out the plastic bowl and spoon. Her eyebrows went up and mouth opened super wide in excitement. She even did her little excited dance, her dance reminds me of Willow's happy dance where her tail wags her whole body.
Since the cereal was mixed with breastmilk it really didn't taste all that different to her. It was more of a texture thing combined with a new untensil. She had to figure out how to get the food down without the aid of a bottle. And she didn't get much. After about 10 minutes of experiencing the novelty of the spoon she started to get really frustrated. I would too if I was tasting something great, but started to have hunger pains.
Even though we started the process before it was mealtime we could tell she was super hungry. So we quickly wiped the excess cereal from her nose, cheese, and forehead and I took her out of the chair to feed her the normal way.
It was pretty amazing to see her experience a new way to eat. I can't wait to try out different foods and capture each smirk and spittle.