Homemade Cereal Day 4 & 5

Below is a summary of days 4 & 5 of introducing oatmeal cereal:

• Offered up to 4 tablespoons of oatmeal cereal
• Offered it twice a day AFTER a full nursing period.
  
• Addison ate anywhere from 2-4 tablespoons each time it was offered
• She has started to grab for the spoon and put her hands in her mouth during mealtime, but when she does I pull the spoon away and say "no, where do your hands go?" and either I place her hands in front of her on the tray OR (get this) she places them in the appropriate spot.
• I believe the oatmeal is giving her gas, I expected this. The gas doesn't seem to bother her but it is an observation worth noting.
• Sometimes she loses interest in eating and starts jabbering. She is very easily distracted.

So here is what our day looks like:

8:00 AM: Wake to Nurse, offer up to 4 tablespoons cereal
8:45 AM: Play time
10:00AM: Nap
12:00 PM: Wake to Nurse
12:15 PM: Play time
2:15 PM: Nap
4:00 PM: Wake to Nurse, offer up to 4 tablespoons cereal
6:15 PM: Cat nap (anywhere from 45 min to 1.25 hours)
8:00 PM: Nurse and BEDTIME
10:00 PM: 7 oz dreamfeed bottle (she does not wake herself up for this but is still mostly asleep for this feeding)

Next Steps over the next two-three weeks:

• Introduce cereal at all three meals (starting tomorrow).
• Introduce rice cereal.
• Introduce a yellow veggie at the end of the 2-3 weeks (probably carrots, again homemade--YAY!)

Once I introduce a vegetable, I will update the blog again.