We decided that we were going to start feeding Michaela “solids” at around 6 months. Then when she started sitting up by herself we decided that when she had perfected sitting enough to sit in the highchair we would start. So, this past week we have been testing out the highchair. Every night at dinner she sat in her highchair at the table with us. We loaded her up with toys and she sat in there all through dinner just playing and talking. It was great dinner entertainment!! 
Last night was the big one. She had her first taste of rice cereal. She seemed to like it and got the hang of the “eating” pretty quickly. She saw the spoon coming and would open wide. She was pretty messy by the end of dinner, as she got it all over, but hey, that is part of the experience.
These pictures are of her very first bit and the reaction afterwards.
These are some after dinner pictures. Notice in the first picture that she has rice cereal all over her hands and yep, her foot too!!!
