El Nino's Big Adventure

El nino has hit a couple of milestones recently - one I neglected to mention in the last post and the other happened just this week.

First, I was remiss is mentioning that el nino met his paternal grandfather a couple of weekends ago. They seemed to like each other though grandpa was a little worried el would slip off his lap. So grandma stepped in and took over the holding part. Mommy took pictures and helped gramps remember el's dad by showing him pictures of him on her phone. That seemed to help. We expect our next visit with grandpa will include el nino's dad. Grandpa, in particular, likes el's "dark eyes".

The other milestone has to do with food. El's pediatrician gave us the go ahead to give el some cereal and later fruit. When el's dad told me this, I said, "You know what that means, don't you?... We have to get the highchair out of storage." El's dad gave me a funny look and said, "Mommy, he has to learn to sit up first." "Oh... right," I said. Just got a little overexcited I guess.

So we have been giving el nino rice cereal with formula the last couple of days. He doesn't like it particularly. But we've devised a system whereby he has some formula and then a spoonful of cereal and alternate back and forth. That way he gets into a rhythm and doesn't cry. I hate to start teaching him mealtimes are upsetting by having him cry his way through it. I expect a little fruit added to the mix will help, but we have to go through each food separately first before we can begin combining them.

And other news, we had a delightful Sunday brunch with friends of ours who had a baby girl two weeks before el was born. She is a full 5 pounds bigger than el and is sitting up on her own. We expect el to figure that out in the next few weeks as he is attempting to pull himself up when lying down or lounging. The two really seem to like each other. They were holding hands for a while, and both fell asleep on the couch next to one another while the mommies and daddies ate. So sweet!

That's all for now, I think. We hope you enjoy each and every day with its little surprises as much as we do.