Kiersten’s Blog

Ashton’s a big boy now, eating big boy food.  Now if he would only sleep through the night, but that’s a subject for another post.  Anyway, about a week and a half ago (on the 3rd) we started him on solids.  His first food: rice cereal with a scoop of prunes.  He didn’t mind at all.  This boy is an eater!  Since he’s been quite constipated, I’ve been feeding him just prunes lately.  He loves them!  I have learned that the easiest way to feed this messy boy, is to strip him down to just his diaper and be prepared to give him a bath when he’s done.  Since he can’t go more than five seconds without putting his hands in his mouth, he’s always a huge mess after dinner.  He gets those little fingers in his mouth and spreads those prunes all over his face and the rest of his body and chair.  It’s a good thing he likes his baths!