After 6 to 8 months, you are feeding your baby more solid foods. Your baby needs less formula or breast milk as he or she gets more nutrients and calories from other foods. This is the beginning of weaning.Offer your baby fruit juice and formula from a small cup, with meals and between meals. Babies develop their motor skills by learning to drink from the cup. It may be messy as they learn, but you can use an infant cup with a lid and sipper spout to cut down on the accidents.A one-year-old baby is usually able to get all the liquid he or she needs from a cup. By one year of age, most babies are ready to drink whole milk instead of formula. Make the switch from formula to whole milk gradually. Feed your baby a mixture of formula and whole milk for a few weeks, then start giving just whole milk. Your doctor may also recommend a transitional formula for older babies.Helpful hints for weaning include the following:Gradually decrease the number of times your child gets breast milk or formula each day. Be consistent. For example, if you have stopped giving your child a bottle at noon, do not give-in on a bad day. Give a fussy baby extra attention and a drink from a cup instead of a bottle or the breast. Tell other people who care for your child about your plan for weaning so they can support you. Do not begin weaning when your child is sick or upset.Tom and Jerry are an animated cat (Tom) and mouse (Jerry) team who formed the basis of a successful series of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer theatrical short subjects created, written and directed by animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (later of Hanna-Barbera fame). One hundred and fourteen Tom and Jerry cartoons were produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in Hollywood from 1940 until 1957, when the animation unit was closed down. These shorts are notable for having won seven Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Cartoons), tying it with Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies as the most-awarded theatrical animated series.In 1960, MGM outsourced the production of Tom and Jerry to Rembrandt Films (led by Gene Deitch) in Eastern Europe. Three years later, production of Tom and Jerry shorts returned to Hollywood with Chuck Jones' Sib-Tower 12 Productions; this series lasted until 1967. Tom and Jerry later resurfaced in TV cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera.Tom is a bluish-grey housecat, depending on the short (Tom's fur color is close to that of the Russian Blue breed of cats), who lives a pampered life, while Jerry is a small brown mouse who always lives in close proximity to him. Tom is very quick-tempered and thin-skinned, while Jerry is independent and opportunistic. Despite being very energetic and determined, Tom is no match for Jerry's brains and wits. By the iris-out of each cartoon, Jerry usually emerges triumphant, while Tom is shown as the loser. However, other results may be reached; on rare occasions, Tom triumphs. Sometimes, usually ironically, they both lose or they both end up being friends. Both characters display sadistic tendencies, in that they are equally likely to take pleasure in tormenting each other. However, depending on the cartoon, whenever one character appears to be in mortal danger (in a dangerous situation or by an enemy), the other will develop a conscience and save him. Sometimes they bond over a mutual sentiment towards an unpleasant experience.Although many supporting and minor characters speak, Tom and Jerry rarely do so. Tom, most famously, sings while wooing female cats; for example, Tom sings Louis Jordan's "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" in the 1946 short Solid Serenade. Co-director William Hanna provided most of the squeaks, gasps, and other vocal effects for the pair, including the most famous sound effect from the series, Tom's leather-lunged scream (created by recording Hanna's scream and eliminating the beginning and ending of the recording, leaving only the strongest part of the scream on the soundtrack).

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