The Wonderful World of Food

No new pictures for this post. Sorry about that. We will get to taking some new pictures very soon.

Cadel's adventures in eating continue. So far he has tasted bananas, sweet potatoes, sweet peas, carrots, apples and pears. I think he had pears.... oh well. Let's just say he did. The favorites by far seem to be apples and carrots. He made short work of his first jar of carrots. The apple sauce was no match for his little appetite either. The sweet potatoes fall to the bottom of the list. Peas are probably a close second to last. The funniest thing about Cadel eating is when he is done. He goes from eating like a little monster to completely ignoring the food between bites. Sometime is it after three or four spoonfuls. Sometimes it isn't until he has reached the bottom of the jar. This would be a great video. Watch for that soon.

Everything Cadel is easting so far is sugar free and organic just the way mom and dad want it. We try to eat as little processed/preservative laden food as possible so Cadel gets the same. The apple sauce was even a local product we picked up at the Marin Farmers Market (see previous post for information on this). We are such Marinites.

I don't know what happened to that couple who used to eat 'Super Burritos' from Zona Rosa in SF at midnight then wake up at 10 the next day and walk over to the Pork Store on upper Haight St for a 2,000 calorie breakfast. Ahhhhh the memories....

Sorry for being a couple days late on the follow up post I promised earlier this week. But without further ado here we go.

Cadel had his four month check up last week. He is healthy as can be and was classified by his doctor as an "easy baby." Yay! Mom and dad are happy about that diagnosis. The doctor was impressed with Cadel's head control and attentiveness. She was also very pleased to here he is rolling over from back to stomach and stomach to back. She was also a little surprised to here he is in the early stages of crawling. Currently Mr. Cadel is 'army' crawling on his belly. As soon as he figures out how to push himself up on his arms he will be crawling all over the house.

But back to the check up. Cadel weighed in at 13 lbs 2oz. A little slim on the weight side of things. That is only the 15th percentile. Being that dad was never above the 30th percentile in weight I don't expect he would ever get too high. His head size was in the 35th percentile. Not bad. Who wants a big head? But the best news was that he was in the 56th percentile in height. That's what I'm talking about. Maybe Cadel can achieve Dad's goal of being six feet tall. I doubt it but we can dream.

Not to end on a bad note but there were also a couple shots involved in the check up. He didn't seem to be bothered that much until the second shot. He got over the shots pretty quick. Way to be a tough cookie kid.

Yum Yum Yum

Cadel has started to eat regular food! He started with a little simple rice cereal. After a few days of that he moved on to fruits and vegetables. So far Cadel has tried bananas, pears and sweet potatoes. Pears appear to be his favorite but bananas are a close second. I think the sweet potatoes are last. After four of five bites he is finished. But if you take out the pears he will usually eat half the jar. Mom and Dad also tried the food. I have to agree the pears are the best. Once we start making the food ourselves I'm sure bananas will make a run at first place.

Just as a side note from Dad. Cadel's hair appears very red in this picture. It isn't that red. More of a brunet/auburn color. Not that there is anything wrong with red hair. I'm still pulling for a switch to dark brown/black. We'll see which color prevails as years go past.

Look for another post tomorrow about Cadel's four month check up.