So I have been giving Dylan puffs, mum-mums, and cheerios for about a month or so now and he has gotten a lot better. I figured it was time to try more table foods. Over the past week I tried bananas, cut up into half moons (complete failure...got a couple pieces down and then gagged so bad that he threw up all his food), carrots (didn't care for them), and today I thought I'd try some new ones as suggested by Sabrina and Jen had said Brayden tried too...toast! Well, he didn't gag really, but he didn't like it! I even put a little grape jelly on it, what the heck! Next, I tried some mini club crackers (broken into little pieces), and he enjoyed those a little more, but was just interested in his mush. Oh well...we'll keep trying.
I think tomorrow I'm going to try some cottage cheese with him....we'll see!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Just a little addition...
So, I'm definitely not as creative or determined as Carissa and Kristen, but I give it my best. Yesterday I made my second batch of baby food for Brayden. I am still at the premixing stage so they are not that creative. I just went to the store, bought what was on sale, steamed it, blended it and froze it.
Something that I found useful is to freeze the purees in ice cube containers and then, when frozen, place them in a labeled bag. They are then in single servings and ready to defrost and eat. I also like that I have different size ice cub trays so I can have different options depending on how hungry Brayden is.
Another idea that I just had yesterday is to reuse the Gerber food containers for travel food containers. I bought some mini containers from the dollar store but they are beginning to be too small and it is hard to fit the frozen food in them. So the Gerber containers are bigger and then you can also judge how much they are getting, since it seems that the world bases their baby food consumption on one Gerber container. It also is a budget friendly idea! :)
Something that I found useful is to freeze the purees in ice cube containers and then, when frozen, place them in a labeled bag. They are then in single servings and ready to defrost and eat. I also like that I have different size ice cub trays so I can have different options depending on how hungry Brayden is.
Another idea that I just had yesterday is to reuse the Gerber food containers for travel food containers. I bought some mini containers from the dollar store but they are beginning to be too small and it is hard to fit the frozen food in them. So the Gerber containers are bigger and then you can also judge how much they are getting, since it seems that the world bases their baby food consumption on one Gerber container. It also is a budget friendly idea! :)
Here is all of my hard work....guess we are going to have a orange kid in a few weeks!
Carrots, Cauliflower, Peaches, Butternut Squash, Sweet Potatoes
I STILL have yet to find whole milk yogurt. Anyone got any suggestions?
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Some new ones...
Now that Dylan has had most fruits and vegetables that he can have at this age, I have started some combos just to mix it up. Some new ones that I tried...all to his liking...
Avocado and banana yogurt: just mashed them together, mixed in some yogurt and ready to go!
Spinach, banana, apple yogurt: In a blender, put a bag (6oz) of spinach - uncooked, two bananas, 1/4 cup yogurt, 1/2 apple (baked) and pureed it up. It is a bit runny so we've given it to him in the morning with cereal mixed in. He loved it...but it made for some stinky poop!
Carrot, mango, and apple puree: carrots and apples were cooked, mango was not
Sweet potatoes with white potatoes: white potatoes were just a filler really since they don't have much nutritional value.
Banana cereal or yogurt: I don't know why it surprises me so much that he can eat a whole banana! Just mash it up and mix it with cereal or yogurt.
And turns out he likes the chicken! At first he just gagged on it. I waited a few weeks and now he loves with. I have to mix it with quite a bit of veggies otherwise I think it is too dry. But I'll take it! So glad I didn't have to throw it all away.
...those are the latest!
Avocado and banana yogurt: just mashed them together, mixed in some yogurt and ready to go!
Spinach, banana, apple yogurt: In a blender, put a bag (6oz) of spinach - uncooked, two bananas, 1/4 cup yogurt, 1/2 apple (baked) and pureed it up. It is a bit runny so we've given it to him in the morning with cereal mixed in. He loved it...but it made for some stinky poop!
Carrot, mango, and apple puree: carrots and apples were cooked, mango was not
Sweet potatoes with white potatoes: white potatoes were just a filler really since they don't have much nutritional value.
Banana cereal or yogurt: I don't know why it surprises me so much that he can eat a whole banana! Just mash it up and mix it with cereal or yogurt.
And turns out he likes the chicken! At first he just gagged on it. I waited a few weeks and now he loves with. I have to mix it with quite a bit of veggies otherwise I think it is too dry. But I'll take it! So glad I didn't have to throw it all away.
...those are the latest!
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