Stella Tries Cereal!

Stella had a great week at home with daddy despite the warm temperatures.  On Thursday we visited our pediatrician's office for the first time.  Dr. Benerdot is absolutely wonderful.  He was in contact with the doctors in Burlington since the very beginning, and we had spoken on the phone a few times over the past several months but this was the first time we met in person.  Stella is a bit small for her birth age which is to be expected, and she is doing great.  She weighs 13 lbs. 13 oz!  Since we were given conflicting advice in Burlington regarding when to start giving Stella solid foods we decided to let her pediatrician at home decide and he said we could start trying cereal.  Stella doesn't know what to think of it!  It has only been three days though so she's still getting used to it.

This week Stella had another first - she went in a swimming pool to cool off.  She even went under for just a second (and didn't seem to mind too much!).  Thank you to Christa, Jim, Katie, and Maggie Carroll for hosting us for an afternoon of fun in the sun, or shade rather!  We only had Stella in the sunshine for about 10 minutes but it was a real treat for her - she hates the warmth and really enjoyed the cool water!