First Taste

Because Cole wasn't gaining as much weight as the doctor would have preferred at his 4 month check-up, they advised against starting solids.  Their thought was that he could fill up on those and then drink even less, and at this early stage, solids are really just for practice more than anything and all nutrition should come from his formula.  So, when we took him in for his 5 month weight check and he hadn't fallen behind on weight, they gave us the all clear to try some solids.

I'm not going to lie, we may have given Cole the tiniest taste of mango sorbet a few weeks back (we went out for froyo and he was eyeing every bite we took).  He seemed startled at first but then kept smacking his lips and watching us eat.  And the other night, Corey gave him a super small piece of his pizza crust.

But tonight was his first official solid tasting (i.e. more than a single tiny bite).  To help involve Jackson, I let him pick out a few jars of food at the store over the weekend.  Then we let him feed Cole his first few bites.  While the jury's still out on whether Cole likes sweet potatoes, Jackson had a blast being the helper.