Given the choice of all the foods in the world, Moriarty's first solid food was bacon. Let me back up. The recommendations for when to start solids include a pincer grasp (pointer to thumb), sitting mostly unassisted, interest in food, and losing the tongue thrust reflex. As our pictures and videos will attest, he is mostly able to sit! For 5 whole seconds at a time, occasionally even longer. He can't get himself into this position yet, but we're making progress. So now that he can sit, it's time for SOLIDS!

We had a mostly free day today so we planned to have our solids adventure at lunch. Pip made some delicious bacon. We also had organic heirloom watermelon from our Farmer's Market. 2 perfect starter foods. I was very apprehensive about bacon as a first food. It has sharp edges that might get stuck or scratch his throat. I was OK with the ceremonial idea of bacon as a first food, but very cautious about how we let him handle it. If you have some time to spare, there's a 9 minute video of the First Solids event. We started a little rough but he got the hang of it by the end. We'll have some more watermelon tomorrow.

We also got some good video of Moriarty practicing sitting up, and practicing falling down.

He's going through an extreme brain development phase, likely due to the rapid progress in sitting and other stuff. His sleep is less stable. He has a harder time going down and wakes more frequently. He was actually crying in his sleep today when I came to pick him up so I just let him sleep on me for another hour. At home I can give him that kind of attention but he can't get it at school. Having him in daycare is still hard for me. I know he's getting his needs met, but he's not getting as much attention as he was before or by me. We'll stick with it for now but it gives me mommy angst. Honestly...lots of things give me mommy angst. I guess that's how it'll be forever!