Day 33 - 4 month appt and rice cereal

Nico had his 4-month appt. today. It was a few weeks late because when I quit my job to be a SAHM we had to find new insurance for him rather than use COBRA. I am still on COBRA so we get the maternity coverage, but DH and Nico went on their own plan. Everything went well, and I really like our new pediatrician. He was much nicer than the one we went to before. Nico is 15 lbs. 5 oz and 24.5 inches. Developmentally the doc said he's right where he should be if not a little advanced. Two vaccine pokes today - he didn't cry after the first, but the second must have hurt because he screamed :( Lots of kisses and cuddles and he was fine.

I had planned to wait until 6 months to start the rice cereal, but Nico has been waking up earlier than usual to eat, and he's very interested in our food. I bought some O Organics brown rice cereal and we tried it this afternoon. This is how it went:

He made this face after each spoonful.



He did like his Sophie the Giraffe spoon...




He grabbed for it to guide it to his mouth...




... but most of it then wound up all over


After each spoonful he brought the bib to his mouth, lol - he cleaned himself up...



I also started investigating cloth diapers today. All of you are very into fluff and it's made me curious. We have a place here that sells them called Wildflower Diapers, and they are scheduled to get more of the organic BumGenius in next week. What other kinds are good and why do you like one vs. another?

Meeting DH for Mexican food soon, so until tomorrow...