So I have been very determined that I did not want to start Landrum on rice cereal until around 6 months. I don't want her to grow up so fast, and I know that she is getting every bit of nutrient she needs by nursing. Breastmilk is so amazingly efficient in providing for infants needs that they can technically go their entire first year just nursing.. I was not going to be that hardcore, but I really wanted to wait until 6 months to start anything. That would be in compliance with what the American Pediatric people say anyway... so all that said, we started rice cereal this week and no she is not 6 months yet! I know - I caved. She is 4 1/2 months and I am trying rice cereal for one week. Why you ask? Because I am so tired! She was doing GREAT about sleeping through the night - 9pm-5am at least... but suddenly it all came to a crashing halt! She was getting up 3-4 times a night.. not always to eat but sometimes she was hungry. I have just started working three mornings a week and it is extra hard to be out the door at 7:45 when you have been up 3-4 times during the night! So at many peoples suggestion, including our pediatrician, we are giving rice cereal a try. So the first night was Saturday night. Did it work you ask? absolutely not! She was still up during the night and ate at 4 a.m. So I am going to stick with it for a week and see what it does -if it doesn't help with the sleeping we are going to put the spoons, bowls and cereal away for another month or so. If it does start helping, great. She does seem to really like it though - which is helpful. We don't really have to force it down her throat. I think the only real problem is we don't get it in her mouth fast enough. She gets this from her father. When Jared was a baby his parents could not feed him fast enough so they had to get what is called an infant feeder which is basically a big syringe so they could shoot the food in his mouth... i don't think we will have to go that far with baby girl! Here are a few shots from her first experience with 'solid' food.
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Yuck, sounds like "the 4-month sleep regression." http://moxie.blogs.com/askmoxie/2006/02/qa_what_are_sle.html
Evelyne went from waking twice a night to every single hour during the night when she was about 3-4 months old. There's also a big growth spurt at about 4 months. It sucks, though, I remember. It will get better, that's all I can say. Eventually, it will get better. =)
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