Dorie (1:15 AM on Mon Aug 4, 2008)

Had to do the math...I could hardly believe it, but she really IS ready for rice cereal! How is she sleeping at night? I was surprised by the bonus pictures when I clicked on the comment button...CEREAL FACE!!!! That's not just a smile, it's a cutie-pie GRIN!

Niki Alvey (5:47 PM on Mon Aug 4, 2008)

At the doctor appt the morning before our trip I told the Doctor that I felt that she wasn't getting enough breast milk because she always seemed hungry and asked if I could start the cereal rather than supplement her with formula. The doctor thought that was a good idea so I gave her cereal a few times and she did ok.

She had another Doctor appointment the other day and the doctor wasn't happy with how little weight she had gained. Granted the appts were three weeks apart instead of the normal 4 weeks apart, but she was falling on the percentile chart as well. So now she wants me to give her cereal daily. She seems to be doing better with her hunger since I have started the daily cereal. So that is good. We'll see how she does next month :).

With Jack I think I started feeding him cereal at 4.5 months and with Tor around 5 months.

She is doing ok at night. She sleeps in the guest bedroom in bed with me and when she fusses I just roll over and give her the other side and we both fall asleep again. But for the past several morning she has gotten up at 6am ravenous after drinking me dry.

She is fussing now, time for cereal (she usually gets it in the am but Brian and I had physicals this am and she did ok without it until now).

I can't believe she is ready either.

Oh and sometimes I have several cute pics that are similar but that I can't decide and I want to include them all so I put them on the second page :). If you ever see the continued button it is most likely more pics :).