All I want for Christmas is my first tooth!

Ok look really close, do you see it on the bottom? That's right, Elliot's first tooth is growing out! Clearly he thinks he's over 6 months not just in size but in all developments in general so I should just get over the fact that there's two months of babyness that is lost to the wind.
Well at least that explains all the drooling, and he's drooling more than ever now, and loving his teethers. It's a sharp one too, if you let him nibble on your finger you'll definitely feel it. Luckily the bottom teeth come in first and his tongue goes over them in the sucking motion so I'm not quite feeling the sharpness when I'm feeding him yet although I have been feeling a little more general pain, as if he's just sucking harder, more aggressively, but I'm watching out for any biting so I can teach him not to do it before it becomes a habit.

Also, since he's been showing an interest in what the big people eat we've decided to start trying out real food. We started with plain ol' potato mush, mixed with some breastmilk. It'll take a little getting used to this whole new struggle with little hands reaching out, his tongue reflex spitting out the mush, and generally the game of getting food into the belly. But actually it's a little fun just because it's new for now and he seems to really be interested and taking to it well. We're going to give him the potato mush for one feeding every day for a week, then we'll try rice cereal every day for the following week, then move on to veggies. The idea is to introduce foods one at a time to see if he has a weird reaction to anything and I think this also helps his palette to develop. It's not wise to start with fruit because supposedly babies can get hooked on the sweet stuff and then not like to eat veggies so we'll save the fruits for dessert when he's used to the other foods.

 In other news, Elliot had a lovely first Christmas in New Hampshire where he was the main attraction of course and Josh and I got to relax a little what with plenty of other hands to keep the little guy happy and occupied. We enjoyed fun activities like finishing our meals, reading books, napping, and generally relaxing. Oh how we miss those extra hands since we've gotten back home!