SEVEN MONTHS TODAY!!! YAY!!! Yes, Paul I and I told our son numerous times how old he was today. And we did pick up a sipper cup and zweibach toast for him. Though I had to get the toast at the German grocery store when we picked up the goose. Fortunately Zweibach is the same in both languages. Heck, it's probably German to begin with, the way it sounds.

The sipper cup was almost a failure for today. We'll try again tomorrow. When I first tried it, I had already tried other new things, so I think overstimulation caused him to cry. I swear he sounded like we beat him. Later, after he calmed down and ate a bit, I tried again. he did okay until I took the cup out of his mouth to get a better grip. Then he wouldn't let me put it back in again. I did change his bottle nipples to fast flow though, so he could get used to the quicker flow of formula.

It's weird how we can only give him formula and not milk. 25 years ago, when I was a baby, I had milk by now. So did my sister 16 years ago. But now it's a big NO-NO! to give babies milk before they're a year old. Even though the formula is milk based, just tweaked a little. Go figure.

The Zweibach on the other hand was a short-term success. I can't help it, but I laugh hysterically when he tries new foods and makes such aweful faces. Paul II didn't know to put the toast to his mouth after he grabbed it, so I helped him. About the first three or four times, he gave such a look of disgust, but kept opening his mouth when I put the food in it. After a few more times he started to realize this was something he should like and eat. But he's not used to gumming foods yet, so it took a while for the toast to get soft and he kept trying to eat it like when I feed him his veggies.

He opened his mouth for a taste, then pushed the toast out to swallow, even though there weren't crumbs yet to swallow. We did this about 10-15 more times. That's when I made the fatal mistake of trying the sipper cup at the same time. When I switched off, he got very upset. He was probably just getting used to the cup. Also, I wasted time emptying out the camera, so I could take some video footage. I waited nearly five minutes. Very bad move. I'll have the camera ready before I try tomorrow. That way I can get footage for the family and make him happy at the same time.

I'm so proud though that he tried both of these new things and was okay for a little bit. I realize it will take time, but he's learning and trying new things. What a good boy.