Sweet Potato and Zucchini

Was okay, not his favourite, but he ate all 6oz! I was very surprised as I made 2 parts sweet potato to one part zucchini. But it was really, really runny, so it may be why he ate all of it, it's probably 75% water. Hopefully the fibre will help with his pooing.

Today's menu:
Breakfast - Homemade applesauce with oatmeal
Lunch - Banana
Dinner - 2 parts sweet potato to one part zucchini

Burnt

So I'd managed to burn the sweet potato I was trying to make for BabyL. So not impressed with myself. I also almost burnt the pot it was steaming in. Lucky for me I didn't burn the pot, but the house smells burnt. I'm in the process of airing it out right now. Also lucky that Hubby isn't too attached to the pot that I almost burnt.

So I still managed to make some applesauce and zucchini. The sweet potato was supposed to be mixed in the the zucchini, 2:1 ratio. That also didn't happen, because, well, I burnt the sweet potato. Apparently I didn't need to keep the heat on max after the water was boiling. But I did, and water boiled away. So hate cooking. Prep sucks.

Today's meal plan:

• Breakfast: Pears - jarred
• Lunch: Banana - mashed
• Dinner: Leftover Carrots and Rice Cereal - carrots mashed and heated
  

Oatmeal

I tried baby organic oatmeal today with BabyL. This morning I mixed it with leftover apple sauce and for dinner, homemade sweet potato. He ate both, so it was a hit!.

The oatmeal was Healthy Times Oatmeal Baby Cereal.

Zucchini

I made some zucchini a little while ago, and gave it to him to eat. I had to use the hand blender to puree the zucchini further as I had left the seeds in when I mashed it. It didn't go to well the first time when I tried feeding BabyL half-sweet potato, half-zucchini, both home made. I had decided instead to do a 2:1 ratio of sweet potato/carrot (jar) to zucchini, and he liked it better.

The hand blender is pretty sweet to use, I find destroying food satisfying, but the feed solids to a partially reluctant baby who isn't always wiling to eat stressful.

Mango and Carrots

BabyL had mangos for three days now (apples and mangos to be exact), and his eczema has flared up big time. I've noticed some small hives as well, so mango is a no go for now. Booo!

My mom had steamed some organic carrots and we'd mushed it up and mixed it with rice cereal. I think we made the carrots too thick because he didn't like the texture too much. Must puree more.

Real Food!

I bought a tray of Baby Cubes in an attempt as making and freezing my own baby food. I am worried that BabyL will get too used to the watery consistency of jarred baby food and not want to eat lumpier food. It has been known to happen.

So the other day I'd bought organic zucchini and organic sweet potato. I steamed both separately and mashed them up with a fork to a very mushy consistency. Now I don't know if I had mushed the food enough.

I had some leftover sweet potato and decided to use that as BabyL's dinner. Well, you should have seen the look on his face, you would have thought that he was suffering every time he swallowed! I think it was like trying to swallow really lumpy gravy, for him anyways. I think I was feeding him a little too fast because he eventually ended up gagging and throwing up everything that I'd fed to him. I was frustrated and wanted to cry at this point. Oh, did I tell you that the food prep took about 1.5 hours, and I was ready to throw in the towel then and there. This also made me hate cooking more!

The Dude has to learn to chew his food, otherwise, he won't get past the stage of eating more than watered down pureed food. Anyways, my mom came by and she fed him the rest of it. He eventually ate the rest of it without mishap. While I was eating my dinner, I was purposely showing him how to chew his food. I don't know if he got the concept or not, but I suppose he needs to practice.

I'm hoping that the next time we try this, it will be better.

Apples and Apricots

Tried Apples and Apricots today, and he seemed to have liked it. Definitely no reaction which is good. However, it took a while to feed it to him, and while he ate the whole jar, I don't think he was too thrilled with it.

So far....

The reason why I haven't been blogging much is because we've been on vacation for 19 days, then when we got home, I've been sick. However, while I haven't been blogging, BabyL still has been eating solids. Here's a list of what he's tried so far:

Likes

• Apples
• Bananas
• Carrots
  
• Pear - well, he's meh about them, I think they may be too tart for his tastes
  
• Peaches
• Rice Cereal
  
• Sweet Potatoes
  

Dislikes, but still has to eat:

• Green Peas
• Green Beans
  

Had a reaction to:

• Squash - not certain what kind, but he loved it (too bad)
• Prunes - he was meh about them, but he broke out in hives, and is still recovering from them, sigh.

Banana is a lovely fruit that he can eat without having to steam it first, it can be prepared with a fork and plate, and pretty much eaten anywhere. I love banana, it's easy to port around, BabyL loves it, and it's pretty much an easy no-brainer.

However, I had a question of how much I should be feeding BabyL. Apparently, breast milk/formula should still be his main source of nutrition, up until about 11-12 months, with the solids making up about 1/3 of his nutritional intake for the day. I have noticed in just the last couple of weeks alone, BabyL is eating way more breast milk, but I don't know how much more, so I don't know how much more I should be feeding him.

I'm now trying to mix some of the foods together so that he has a bit of variety. For instance, today he had Apple and Banana for breakfast, Banana for lunch and Sweet Potatoes/Green Beans/Carrots for dinner, and yes, he ate the whole thing.

I'm still using jarred food, but it has become clear to me that he will benefit from some real food with a bit more texture. Right now, the only "real" food he gets is banana. To that end, I've bought a baby foods recipe book. I bought it mainly so I can get some guidance of the amounts he needs to eat, but also to get ideas of what to feed him.

This is all so confusing!