food?

I have been dying to give Max some real food. Ok... not that rice cereal should be or will ever be considered real food by anyone except a 3 month old but you know what I mean. I am not rushing her growing up and I don't actually want her to get much bigger but as a serious foodie myself I feel like she must be so bored on her liquid diet. I have read (probably) way too much about when you are supposed to start rice cereal and what is the best kind and how to feed it to a baby and all of that happy stuff. After reading it all and watching Max watch us eat and pull her head up and only sort of bobble in her Bumbo seat...I decided she just needed to try a bite or two. I'll be honest it was not nearly as successful as her taking a bottle for the first time or even breast feeding for the first time but she didn't scream and I think that is a "bite" in the right direction. After mixing up the powdery flakes that were once rice pieces into a few drops of boobie milk we gave it a go. I have to be honest the mixture looked a lot less than appealing - sort of like a gooey homemade play dough, actually, more like paper mache paste (I am 99% sure that is not the spelling of mache). The smell wasn't the most enticing smell either but I guess we have to start somewhere. I am pretty sure if I started with the mushy bananas or apples that the little one would never go back to the rice cereal thing. I mean who would choose glue when they could have tasty mashed fruits? Not this Mommy. Our first few bites may not have been the most successful taste wise but her faces were hysterical and she knows that a spoon is supposed to go into her mouth...Which made keeping the ooey gooey cereal on the spoon a bit easier. I think this whole cereal thing is something we will have to come back and visit again in a few days, maybe a week. I am sure with a little more neck strength and being able to forget the taste of the cereal will make round two a bit more of a success.