Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Yesterday was Matthew's 6-month mark.  For us, that means starting solids.  Yay!!!

Anna started with carrots and I intended to have Matthew start with that, too, but it didn't turn out that way.  I couldn't find the time to cook the carrots, so we settled for a ready-to-go banana.

Matthew wasn't too thrilled about sitting in the highchair at first.  He kept sliding forward and his head would sink down so low I couldn't get the food in his mouth.  After some adjustments, we got going.

He loved the bananas!  Really, what's not to love about bananas?  He would get so excited about the spoon and food coming toward him, that he would grab the spoon and shove it into his own mouth.  He does push some of the food out of his mouth and he gagged twice, but nothing was really bad.  Nothing that would have us put off solids for longer.

I'm really excited about this step.  It means Steve and I may actually get to go somewhere without the kids!  I'm also hoping it helps fill his tummy so he sleeps longer at night.