In looking at all the food on baby aisle of Target, the next step up of food requires Ben to be able to chew food with his back gums and feed himself. So this weekend we introduced Ben to Baby Mum Mum crackers to help him start to chew food and feed himself. And it worked! He loves them. They’re these little cracker things that are flash frozen, like astronaut food, so they dissolve easily to avoid choking hazards. They are sticky though and Ben’s been making a mess of himself. But it’s fun regardless.
I didn’t know that after having a baby, bowel movements are very difficult. (That may or may not have been something someone told me while I was pregnant that I ignored – see previous post.) All I’ll say is that for over a month after delivery, going #2 was more painful than childbirth, and I had Ben without drugs!