Baby Food

We fed Alex lunch yesterday. It consisted of some kind of potato/meat mash. Jim says it was like baked potato and brisket put through a blender. Very interesting. He liked it but wasn't crazy about it. We'd heard about babies who just inhale their food, eating faster than you can get the spoon to their mouths, but he ate slowly and pensively. We also gave him a bottle and he downed that in about 4 seconds flat. It had a huge hole in the nipple so rather than having to suck on the bottle most of the milk just goes right down the hatch--no work required on the baby's part.

He is a very smiley and happy baby overall. When he laughs it sounds like "kak kak kak" so half the time we think he is either choking or about to cry. He is also very ticklish, especially under his right arm, down his ribs.