First Bites

We gave Noelle her first taste of food on Monday night.  As she is delighted to put anything from toys to toes in her mouth I thought she would have fun.  


Wrong.  She was like the woman at the beginning of The Shakiest Gun in the West (all members of my immediate family are all too familiar with that film) that didn't want to get her teeth worked on.  She just kept her mouth as tight as could be.  


I love the expression on her face in this picture--could she look less interested?

We recorded our attempts at getting her to eat some, but it's not really worth putting it up as nothing happened.  After a few attempts we somehow got some of the rice cereal in her mouth, but then she just sat with it half open trying not to taste or swallow it.

 We attempted this again on Wednesday night with a little milk mixed in instead of water, but she still didn't seem interested.  We're not in a rush for her to eat it, but we'll have her try it every few days so she gets more used to it.