5 Months: Let's Eat!

The big news at the Cox home is that little Bennett has ventured into the world of eating! It's hard to believe that he's old enough to start solids, but he has been telling us he's ready for quite some time. And when I say "telling us he's ready" I mean he impatiently watches food go into our mouths at mealtime and yells at us or tries to grab it away from us. The kid is hungry!

Thus far, he's eaten rice cereal, carrots, sweet potatoes and peas. He seems to like it all, so I can't tell if he has a preference. Aside from the rice cereal, I have committed to making my own baby food. I've never done that before, but I've been trying to limit the processed foods the rest of us eat, so I figured the baby shouldn't be exempt from this effort. We'll see how long it lasts! What I remember from the other kids, though, is that the baby-baby food stage doesn't last that long so I feel like I can manage to keep him eating cleanly until the next transition to small finger foods.

Hungry boy! 

So excited to be sitting at the "big table."