cole's cracker

cole had his first cracker tonight! he likes to crawl around the kitchen when i'm working there, and a lot of the time, it ends up that he clings to my leg, or if he's feeling particularily voracious, he bites my leg instead. or my toes, whatever is most appealing at the moment. so, since he tried chicken noodle soup with finely crushed saltines yesterday and really enjoyed it, i figured that i would give him a whole cracker and see if he'd take to it. he did. very much- in fact, he ended up eating two.
don't worry, all you fellow mommies out there- i scraped all the salt off first! so, while mommy had her late afternoon snack of left-over chicken noodle soup, cole munched away on his cracker. i was prepping myself for a soggy mess, figuring that he'd just suck on it and most of it would escape via the never-ending trickle of drool that comes with the teething territory, but i was severely mistaken. not 10 seconds after he got his cracker, i hear "crunch crunch..."- he skipped the whole gumming it up first thing and went straight to chewing it. looks are very deceiving when it comes to those tow tiny little teeth... boy do they make quick work of anything edible!
("that was yummy- more please?")

i guess i really don't have to mention that there was very little mess to clean up.... sure, every baby leaves a food trail but he got most of it. i was putting off the cracker thing, because i wasn't sure when the 'right' time for crackers is for little ones, but i guess that his time is now.

he loved it, and i have found a new way to keep him out of trouble- the apartment is silent when he's munching away!