Thursday, April 21, 2011
Adventures in Baby-Feeding
So we have had some changes in the little one's diet. My milk supply was drying up (only enough for about 2 feedings a day) so I started supplementing with formula. I was pumping every 2 to 3 hours to try to increase my supply, but it wasn't working. I decided it was a losing battle so I switched to formula only, no more mommy milk. I was a little sad about the situation, but what could I do? My son then had his 4 month check-up at the doctor, and while there the doctor was asking me if I started solids yet. No. Well, he wanted me to try introducing some veggies for the next few weeks. Off to the store to get baby food. I don't have a baby food maker yet so I just bought the jars of baby food for now. I am open to suggestions on a good baby food maker. We started with carrots. Now I was expecting a little gagging or funny faces or something. What I got was "mmmmmmmm" and a lot of excited licking of the spoon. He loved the veggies! I then tried sweet potatoes and got much of the same again, pleasure. You don't know how excited I am that he likes his veggies. I am just hoping he gets the hang of eating off the spoon real soon because this licking stunt is very messy.
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Hey SunShoe-
ReplyDeleteI just use a cuisinart food processor. It works great for pureeing steamed veggies and fruits or for grinding oats, barley, and rice for cereal. I had a friend that had the Baeba Babycook all in one baby food maker and she said she could have used her food processor just fine. The food processor is also nice for making grown up food: grating cheese, slicing carrots, blending dough, you name it. My opinion is that a food processor is more bang for your buck than a specialized baby food maker.
If you want to check out what's involved in making baby food look at the 'Get Lit' page for the baby food cookbook I recommend. My sis picked it up from Williams-Sonoma and I LOVE IT.
Have fun with spoon licking....