Cereal & Gymboree Class!

Today was a big day for Jackson. He surpassed a milestone, he ate his first meal from a spoon (rice cereal) and he attended a class at Gymboree where we sang songs and explored textures to help with auditory and tactile stimulation.

The first meal was a bit of a shocker. Am I the only mother out there that actually thought when you sit a 4 month up in a chair (Bumbo) and feed them with a spoon they would instantly get it? When Jackson started immediately spitting out the little bit of food I put in his mouth I was confused...I mean isn't this what he had been waiting for... some substance with his milk?:-) Then it dawned on me...he never drank milk sitting up so why would he know how to swallow anything sitting up. So I held in him in his "bottle feeding" position and interchanged the spoon with his pacifier for him to get the swallowing idea and he caught on.

Gymboree Class was fun for him. He was more engaged with the two little girls to my right and left vs. his mom who was singing and caressing him. The other moms said their babies were the same way on the first class, more interested in what was going on then the woman who birthed them.:-)He was really enjoyed the teacher as if he had to keep an eye on her so that in the future he could tell mommy if she was doing something wrong. The only thing he wasn't too fond on the tummy time on the slide, but tummy time in general is something he is still getting used too. We'll see how next Saturday goes.