With six months considered the magic timespan a baby needs before it starts eating solids, we’ve now met that requirement and are on track to teach Calista to eat our food as quickly as possible.

We’ve started with rice cereal — bland but safe, and I’ll introduce more foods over the coming months.

Calista, 6 months old, September 2008
After months of watching us eat, Calista has finally gotten to see what all the fuss was about.

Calista, 6 months old, September 2008
Food is obviously over-rated.