Gimme Food

My baby is loving food and not of the liquid variety! Craig has taken on feeding him since I explained that I simply don't have time to devote to feeding a quality meal to an infant who is still learning how to keep food in his mouth. It's goes so well, in fact, that Kyle doesn't really like it when I feed him the odd time. I haven't figured out if it's the temperature of the food that isn't quite right or if I make it thicker/thinner than he prefers or if it's where the spoon is placed in his mouth. But I love that Craig enjoys feeding him and the two of them share about 10 minutes one-on-one each day over a bowl of baby food.

So far Kyle has had:

- iron-fortified oat cereal: he absolutely loves it, contrary to the expression his face which was right after his first bite ever; he was pretty surprised
- mashed avocado: not too crazy about it so he only ate it twice
- banana: can't get enough of it
- peaches: loves these, too
- iron-fortified mixed cereal with fruit: enjoys this, too, but not as much as the oat with some fresh fruit mixed in
- unsweetened applesauce: hated it, shuddered and cried!

Since this whole food thing is Craig's baby, I've been trying to keep my nose out of the whole thing. I've committed to making some fresh baby food this coming week that will include peas, sweet potato, carrots, and corn but the feeding part is all in Craig's hands. It's been SO nice being able to have fresh, local produce available for all the baby food! Ian and Shaun were starting food in the middle of winter and it was a challenge to find fresh ingredients so I ended up using a lot of frozen and steaming it straight out of the freezer.

I've reserved First Foods from the library, too. I used it for Ian and was able to find so many recipes that I would have never thought to make. One in particular that I remember had tilapia fillets poached in orange juice and mixed with cheese and pureed carrots. Not only did Ian enjoy it and eat it at every meal for a week, I ate it too! It was THAT good!

I'm in the middle of packing for our trip to the cottage and for whatever reason decided it was imperative I blog right this minute, but I really need to get back to my suitcase.