Cereal!

Evan tried cereal for the first time today!!! He did great! Opened his mouth for the spoon, but of course spit quite a bit of it out. I don't think it's that he didn't like it. I just don't think he knew how to keep it in his mouth and swallow it.  He definitely seemed to enjoy the experience as did mommy and daddy. We will be doing this each night for the next couple weeks until we get the hang of it and are ready to move on to veggies!

So you all understand with Evan's MSUD, adding new foods can be scary! I kept putting off giving him food because I am so concerned about monitoring his protein intake. With close monitoring and discussions with his dietician, we will do great! He is eating "normal" rice Gerber rice cereal. It has 1.1 grams of protein in 1/4 of a cup. Since I am only making 1 Tbsp. right now mixed with his MSUD formula, there really isn't much protein being added to his diet from the cereal.  I have to write down what he eats (just like I have been) and we will continue to have weekly blood tests, but right now, it's more of a learning stage for all of us. Once he is eating enough for the food to be .5 g or more of protein and is eating more during the day we will start to decrease his protein formula and instead he will get his protein from his baby foods. 

We take each new experience and challenge as it comes and just continue to monitor and pray that Evan's protein levels stay where they should!