I never realized how convenient formula from a bottle was until we tried to feed our 5-month old solid food for the first time. I've seen plenty of pictures of babies with food all over their faces but I figured those parents just weren't proficient enough to hit the mouth the first time. I was wrong. Even if you get the food to the mouth, they blow it back out, they drool, and they turn their heads to look at the dog, the clock or the paint on the wall. They just don't cooperate. Conor liked his sweet potatoes just fine, but the next morning things weren't good. I smelled something strange when I walked by the crib first thing in the morning. It didn't smell like anything that ever came from his crib before. I took a second look and decided to give Conor a good morning hug. That's when the wheels came off. The smell was awful. He looked up at me and smiled and I noticed a little wetness on his shirt. I lifted the shirt and it wasn't pretty. Let's just say it took me and my wife to undress him, hose him off, and get him back to respectable. Surprisingly, he wasn't interested in his bottle for half the day. He would drink about an ounce and take a nap. A little concerned, we called the pediatrician and she asked us a few questions. She thought he might have a stomach bug and that the solid food wasn't the culprit. But we weren't so sure. At about 4pm, he started drinking his formula again and has been a model citizen ever since. I told my wife to get rid of those sweet potatoes and let's try apple sauce. It's got to smell better coming out the other end. She begs to differ.