Solids!

Now that Elena Rose is 6 months old, she is eating solids. So far she's had rice cereal, oatmeal, banana, avocado, sweet potato, peas, and apple. She's doing pretty good, and she's getting better at opening her mouth when she sees the spoon approaching. She has basically the same reaction to all the foods and doesn't appear to have a favorite. The good thing is that she doesn't seem to have one that she strongly dislikes! It started out pretty messy, but it's getting better now that she's getting the hang of it. It's pretty adorable, actually, but at the same time it's a little sad that I'm no longer her only source of nourishment. It's okay, though, because she's still constantly nursing! I go see her during my lunchbreak almost every day from work and nurse her, and she really only snacks when I'm not there. She makes up for it at night. She goes to sleep between 8 and 9, then wakes up around 3 am, 5:30 am, and 8 am. Once she wakes up, we just bring her to our room and keep her in the bed between us. Say what you want, we love our cuddle time! And it makes nursing her way easier on both of us. And in the morning if she wakes up before us she makes noises until we wake up, and when I look at her she's staring at me and she just smiles.