Solid foods...

At Benjamin's last Doctors appointment (in july), he was in the 75% for height and head size, but he was in the 25% for weight. Now, lets be honest, his parents aren’t very big people...and his cousins on his daddy side usually fall into that percentile as well, so we really weren’t concerned. However, the doctor said that this kid was underweight. He told us that Benjamin was beyond ready for solids and that we should have started him on solids a long time ago (maybe that would explain why he was getting up every two hours to eat during the night). Everyone told us that 6month was the magic number for solids, so we saw no harm in waiting. Anyway, Benjamin loves, LOVES his solid food. Every time rob and I are munching on something, he lets us know that he thinks he needs some of it as well. Immediately after eating solids for two weeks he had no problems sitting up and pushing himself around. Poor kid must have been starving. After a month of being on solids, he is sleeping better, and he has mastered the art of eating. He is such a good baby, but when that boy is hungry, he means business. He just can't get it into his mouth fast enough.



Hungry Baby