Ella Eats Cereal!

Ella had her first experience with cereal the other night, and as we expected, she ate it with no problems. A little messy, but with no problems.

We found that if we held her hands down we could have a 2 second head start before she would try and stuff her hands in her mouth, and trust me you need that extra 2 seconds.
 After doing this for a couple nights in a row now, we also noticed that she uses her thumbs to help swallow the food. At least that's what I think she's doing anyways. After the food is in there, she sucks her thumb like she would a bottle to swallow the food. Pretty smart for a 4 month old.
Although with sucking her thumbs, she has a funny little ritual she performs. She sucks a couple times on one thumb, then it's over to the other thumb, back and forth, back and forth, until we have to hold her hands down again to give her more food. I can't help but chuckle watching her eat.

Even with a messy face she is still so darn cute