Solid Food Tales

I have to start by asking how baby cereal started being called solid food, as it is anything but solid. In fact, even if you mix it so it’s fairly thick, the long you leave it sitting, the thinner it becomes.

Anyway, a good friend was among the sources to suggest that starting Elizabeth on cereal would help her sleep through the night. Of course as parents of an infant, sleeping through the night is one of our most fervent desires these days. I used to assume most babies were breast-fed, but now I know it’s actually quite rare. I’m now pretty sure one of the reasons is that breast milk doesn’t fill a baby’s tummy up like cereal, so they’re likely to get hungry sooner.

Sleep patterns and their relation to diet are an interesting topic to me lately, but today I focus on diaper contents.

Since we introduced her to cereal, little Elizabeth has had several monumental diapers. Diapers which smell and soil so badly they demand immediate attention. I haven’t worked up the courage to take a picture of one of these diapers or her clothes after she fills one of these diapers, but she did have one yesterday that was very convenient for getting a look at her mobile changing table, i.e. the trunk of Andrea’s car.

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