UITextView in a UITableViewCell: first responder problem

I have a UITextView in a UITableViewCell which grows together with it.Using

[myTableView beginUpdates];[myTableView endUpdates];

in textViewDidChange and setting the height of the cell properly, I'm getting close to the solution.But I've a problem tied to the first responder.I set the textview in my custom cell to become the first responder ('cause I want to start with the open keyboard) on the view loading, but the textview is nil in viewDidLoad, viewWillAppear, viewDidAppear, only when I write a char I can see it's not nil.

I connected the textview in the IB custom cell with an IBOutlet in my viewcontroller.