First Solid Food

I REALLY wanted to wait until he was 6 months old to try solid food. At first this started happening:
At first we attributed it to him just reaching for things in general. Then he started sucking on the glasses we would drink out of. Then finally he started grabbing food out of our hands. So i pulled out the book i had been reading about what and how to feed baby Baby Super Food by Ruth Yaron. http://www.amazon.com/Super-Baby-Food-Ruth-Yaron/dp/0965260313/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229902032&sr=8-1
I would have liked to make my own rice cereal, but apparently until 6 months old he isn't ready for that. so, reluctantly at 4.5 months we tried some commercial rice cereal. He couldn't get enough of it!

Day two i pushed the envelope and made it too thick and it just wasn't happy for anyone. Two more days of cereal and we get to move on to either sweet potatoes, avocado, or bananas. hmmm.....decisions!