Look What I Can Do!

I have just started to feed Lily with a bottle myself, for one of her feeds a day. I am weaning her gradually over the next month or so. She has been fed by her Daddy of course when I am at work but I don't usually witness her bottle feeds. So I was feeding her with a bottle and was so amazed at how she was taking the bottle with her hands, and trying to hold it up and feed herself. I told Max later when he came home all about it, and was so excited and proud as if I had discovered something new. He just very casually informed me that she has been doing that for a while and he taught it to her! Old news it seems!

Super Baby Food

I decided that I would make Lily's food myself, so I got the Super Baby Food book and all the fruit and veg from the farmers market and spent the morning steaming, baking and pureeing yesterday.

I started her with some food from jars, just to see if she like certain foods before I made huge batches of them. Since she takes after her parents and will seemingly eat anything, whether she likes it or not, we've all seen the peas video, I decided to forge ahead.

So we are stocked for the next while with apples, pears, avocado, butternut squash, zucchini, sweet potato, and of course carrots. I was wondering whether I would regret making this decision to make my own food but once I got going it was so quick and easy I am now happy with this whole situation. The more you hear about the scary preservatives etc they put in food the more I think this is the way to go. I'm sure that Lily will have some food from some jars when we are away from home but if most of her food is prepared from fresh fruit and vegetables it can't be bad!

Water??!!

With all the excitement of the solid foods, it never occurred to me that there would be an issue with a little drink of water after the meal. It is like I am trying to poison her when I try to give her it! I will keep trying, she is going to have to drink water at some point after all, but I am not sure she agrees with me on this one.

Yuk Peas

Well following the success of the carrots, I thought peas would be another yummy food for her, but it didn't go exactly as planned...note she still ate them all though.