Hailey's First Attempt at Solid Food

The day started out as any other day. We got up after a long night of NOT SLEEPING. Hailey and I did some playing and practiced our sitting!
She is getting so much better at staying balanced. She can now sit upright for several minutes before tipping over and she usually tips because she can't reach her toys or her toes.

We played all day long and when Daddy got home, we decided to get the highchair from storage and give eating a try. We finally broke down and decided to start rice cereal with Hailey. Maybe this will be our miracle at getting Hailey to sleep longer than 2 hours at a time. Cereal has no nutritional value and I'm pretty sure it will do nothing to help the sleeping, but what does it hurt, right? We've felt like Hailey has been ready for sometime; She loves to watch Mommy and Daddy eat and drink.

This is a picture of Kevin and Hailey right before the big event!
Look at me.....I am SOOOOOO BIG."

We have heard that it's best to start with a bit of cereal on your finger. That was our first attempt and Hailey attacked my finger. That was our first sign that she was going to love this!

We started out with the cereal pretty runny...not much different than her milk. She was having no trouble....the majority of the cereal was staying in her mouth and she wasn't spitting it out. So, we decided to thicken it up and make it a solid! She did amazing. She ate it all and loved it. In fact, we even had to make a little extra.

Hailey was pretty funny. Every time I pulled the spoon away she would reach desperately for it, trying to get it back. She had no problem opening her mouth to get the food in either, but then again, when has she had trouble putting things in her mouth!

Hailey taking her last bites of food! Yummy....I'm loving this!

After eating her cereal, Hailey took a bath and got ready for bed. Hailey's hair is growing and she's finally starting to get some length on top. This was our first attempt at a new
hairstyle...mohawk! It is hard to see in the picture, but it was there!

After bath time Hailey was ready for a book and then off to bed....and hopefully a full night of sleep! What a busy day of firsts for Miss Hailey.

Drum roll.......did she sleep?
No! She was up 5 times last night! Oh well, we will try again tonight!