Back to the Baby

  By focusing on what I am feeding the whole family, it has been really easy to incorporate healthy foods for J and not stress about her nutrition. Part of the appeal of BLW is that your baby has meals with the rest of the family, eats what the family eats (within reason), and this makes life so much easier!  So instead of having to keep track of all the foods J has tried, I just add foods in for all of us that she can eat!  I suppose this is made simpler by the fact that she has yet to refuse anything I've put in front of her! 

  The two foods that she is not too sure about are peaches and watermelon.  For some reason the watermelon was giving her some trouble and she gagged on it a few times.  I think maybe the consistency allows her to squish it into a harder piece, and then she has trouble swallowing it.  She will still eat both the watermelon and peaches, though.  She just doesn't seem as eager about them as some other foods, like banana and avocado.  Avocados were on sale last week, so we have had avocado every day, and banana is certainly an every day food.  We tried carrots finally; I was cooking this recipe, which we all loved, and I just boiled J's carrots a little longer and she seemed to enjoy them!  Strangely, though, when I reheated some in the microwave a few days later, they caught fire.  What is it about carrots that make them spark in the microwave, can anyone tell me? 

  J has had the pleasure of trying graham crackers, and she did superb with them.  She is really good now about knowing what is ready to be swallowed and what needs to be gummed a bit more.  This allows me to relax a little more at mealtimes!