Rice Cereal Victory

Tyler decided this evening that he actually wanted to swallow the rice cereal we were offering. It took him a few spoonfuls to figure out that the normal sucking motion he makes for bottles does not work for food. We were quite excited when he would swallow a spoonful (well, the half that did not dribble out of his mouth) and then open his mouth for more. We got him to start opening his mouth wide by showing him how to make an "Ahhhhh" sound. Let the messy eating begin! Afterwards we had to give him a good wipedown, especially to make sure we got all of the rice cereal out of his neck creases.