So, last night we had our first refusal. Up until now Charlie had gobbled up everything we put in front of him with great eagerness, so we decided to give him his third ‘solid’ meal of the day (after some toast for breakfast and the bananama episode earlier) – baby rice. The day before he had demolised a bowl of the stuff so we were expecting a repeat performance. However, on this occasion Charlie categorically refused to touch any of it – resolutely ignoring the spoon we offered him and pushing it away when it was put nearer him. In fact, he was far more interested in grabbing the bowl than eating its contents – one early lunge resulted in him flicking the baby rice-laden spoon over his head comically splattering himself in the process. There’s probably still some of it on the wall…