down the slippery slope

Ok, we did it. Mission accomplished, baby fed! We gave Allison cereal twice today, once in the morning and once in the evening. We used some snazzy Earth's Best rice cereal to alleviate my guilt for not making homemade cereal and mixed it with milk to make it palatable. Allison seemed quite thrilled and even managed to swallow most of the food. Things became messy though when she put her hands in her mouth, and she seems to suck the spoon. The second feeding was surprising because she already seemed to have learned-- she no longer put her hand in her mouth, she kept more of the food in, and she even squealed when we fed her too slowly.