I guess it started with ice cream at my dear friend's 80th birthday, when Elias was three mos. old. Followed up by a taste of yogurt, some watermelon, when mama wasn't looking.
But finally, mama had to give up on her ideas that keeping this eating machine from food until 6 months was the best way. He was undeniably ready to eat. Chomping down on those Yoda gums whenever we chomped down food, pizza, whatever!
I thought that sweet potatoe would be the best start, but Grammy bought oatmeal cereal, and, the same night that we had both decided would be his first spoon-fed dinner, he wanted out pizza so badly, that there was no time for boiling and mashing a sweet potatoe. Elias ate with chubby cheeked gusto and his daddy was so proud. Each bite has been preserved on video, so we will have a public screening of the big event soon.
