Wren and the Giant Pretzel

We have had a major breakthrough. For the past several weeks we have been trying to interest Gwendolyn in solid foods. We've offered her gooey rice cereal, all manner of pureed fruits and vegetables; if we get it as far as her mouth, she makes a face like we've just fed her a sour lemon. In a moment of desperation, trying to distract her so we could eat a bit ourselves, we handed her something a little more solid - a Bavarian pretzel. She loved it! She has been eating them practically non-stop since. "Eating" may be the wrong word; sucking on a fist-sized piece for an extremely long period of time is more like it, but she does in fact swallow some of it. And coos with happiness the whole time. Hurray!

This new development does have its downsides, though. Right this moment, my keyboard is covered with bits of gooey pretzel. And Gwendolyn's front side is a pasty mess. But it's great to see her face light up as she sinks her two teeth into some pretzely goodness - maybe Bavarian sausages are next?