All aboard the solids train!

I have made the decision to start Jack on solids next weekend, when he turns 5 months old. All week long he has been waking up more at night and for longer stretches. I assumed it was because of his stuffy nose (which is almost gone by the way). Sunday and Monday nights were bad, but he did great on Tuesday. He was back to his old schedule, only waking up once at 4am. Then on Wednesday, he seemed to want to eat more at daycare and he ate the extra 2 ounces of frozen milk I had previously given them. He also went back to waking up more at night. Yesterday I increased his bottles from 4 3/4 ounces to 5 ounces and sent another 2 ounces of frozen milk just in case. He did fine with his bottles, but wanted to eat sooner than usual. Today he ate the three 5-ounce bottles AND the extra frozen milk I had sent in!!! Woah! It's possible he's going through a growth spurt, but my guess is that he's just getting bigger and needing more.

I'm not sure that I can keep up with his demands, but I'm certainly going to do my best. I'm going to try sending him with 5 1/2-ounce bottles and see how that works out. I'm probably going to have to start pumping once before I go to bed, which I am not looking forward to but am more than willing to do. It's becoming more and more obvious that he needs more. Now I just need a high chair!

I bought a food processor last summer from Pottery Barn Kids online. It was on sale and I knew I wanted to make Jack's baby food, so I went ahead and got it. I took it out tonight to see how it works, and there isn't an instruction booklet!! There are no buttons, speeds, knobs, nothing. I have absolutely no idea how to work this thing. It's possible I opened it when I got it, took out the instructions to look at later, and now have no idea where they are. I don't know, but luckily my dad has a good looking food processor that I can use. I bought a butternut squash to test out; I hope it turns out better than the sweet potato did! Luckily I still have another month to perfect my veggie making skills. I'm actually excited though and I can't wait to make cereal for Jack next weekend! I'll let you know how it goes.

A couple pics from earlier today:

Jack likes to show off how big of a boy he is by propelling himself forward and proving he can sit up without help. 

Just don't grow up too fast, big guy!