The Bumbo Chair and Cereal

For those of you not familiar with them, the Bumbo chair is this wonderful invention that helps babies work on their truncal strength and stay in a sitting position. We got one for Claire a couple of weeks ago and she likes it... for the most part. What it has been most useful for, however, is feeding her cereal. Yep, that's right our girl is a big cereal eater now. After watching her smack her lips for weeks while we ate at the dinner table, the pediatrician in me said, "it's time to start some solids." Our doc had recommended waiting because she is a preemie but I promised Ari that if she gave any sign that she wasn't ready we would stop and wait awhile. Did she show any signs of not being ready? Nope, she ate it like a champ. She loves her cereal and smiles and coos during her evening feeds. The other super bonus: it totally knocks her out and she will sleep about six hours after she finishes! Way to go big girl cereal eater!!