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! 

J's Progress - Week 2

  This week has progressed a little more slowly than I anticipated, but thank goodness 'food before one is just for fun!'  I did start putting a little bit of cream cheese on J's toast.  It made the toast stick to her fingers, so when she was done with a piece and opened her hand to grab another, she would fling it off the tray, making things a bit comical!

  J ate lots of bananas this week, and I think we can safely say she likes her bananas like her daddy.  To combat the effects of so many bananas, we decided to go ahead on the peaches ('P' fruits help with pooping).  While she kept putting them in her mouth, there were definitely times when she seemed not quite sure about the taste.  To me they were a little tart, so maybe that is what caused all the hilarious faces!

We did not try carrots or broccoli, but we have been eating leftover sweet potato.  There have also been several meals this week that we skipped for her because either she was asleep, or needed to be asleep quickly. Even though she seems to eat a lot (most of what we give her!), when we miss a meal it never seems to bother her.  She still sleeps 12 hours at night without a problem.  Thank goodness!

This Week's Buys and Tries

  Today was grocery day, I bought new stuff for J to try, and I can't even remember what I got.  That is why I desperately need this documentation.  I know I bought cream cheese for something else to put on her toast. 

  I should mention that she had avocado and sweet potato tonight for dinner, and she ate just about all of it.  After months of finding M's food either in his scoop bib or next to him in the high chair, I am still amazed at how much J actually consumes. 

  Ah, here's my grocery list.  Peaches were on sale, although they are still a little hard.  Maybe later next week we can start those.  Despite the fallout of cantaloupe last summer, we bought one.  I expect I will cut it up this weekend and let it get softer before I give it to J.  We will be trying carrots this week, and broccoli.  I have not decided whether I will roast these or boil them, but I will let you know!