tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3411570645486866541.post3022682690375458158..comments2023-11-03T03:59:24.575-05:00Comments on Creative Madness that Makes Me Myself: Baby Food Adventures: The BeginningCherryBlossomMJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18440914569835398109noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3411570645486866541.post-58580237803196010352010-01-18T16:30:59.622-06:002010-01-18T16:30:59.622-06:00My kids always loved the cereals but were not big ...My kids always loved the cereals but were not big fans of the veggies. I started mixing a little bit of veggies in with some rice cereal (or barley, or oatmeal) to get them more used to the taste and eventually they came to like the veggies more.<br /><br />Gosh, it seems like ages ago that they were babies now. My youngest is turning 3 tomorrow. :)Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176612881975170987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3411570645486866541.post-85747804573910051632010-01-18T15:56:54.500-06:002010-01-18T15:56:54.500-06:00Rel - It seems so bizarre here the way that the me...Rel - It seems so bizarre here the way that the media portrays it that almost everyone does commercially prepared foods. When/if we are using any of it... it is for convenience and I will only get the Organic or All Natural stuff. I am determined that cooking for her will make me in the end better in the kitchen. I am always short on ideas with a budget. Hopefully as well get more and more into it... I will make it all homemade and buy less prepackaged stuff. <br /><br />Lindsey - I remember your rice post. I will have to go back and look at that. The picture of her grabbing at his drink was perfect. I happened to be standing there with the camera. She had been watching us eat and drink, but this was the first time that she literally went for it. It was hilarious!CherryBlossomMJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440914569835398109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3411570645486866541.post-14546736368973002042010-01-17T22:53:59.770-06:002010-01-17T22:53:59.770-06:00I loved hearing about your adventures! :-) I fed...I loved hearing about your adventures! :-) I fed Emma rice cereal so much, usually from a box. And I just added water. LOL I hated expressing, too... so I breastfed her and gave her the rice cereal to supplement. I wouldn't do that again, though. I learned later how to make my own rice cereal by grinding the rice up (I used a coffee grinder, haha) and then cooking it (similar to the way you cook oatmeal). Check out the photo recipe on my blog if you want!<br /><br />Oh, and I LOVE that photo of her trying to take daddy's cup! So funny! My daughter is so like that. :-)Jaedynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182768230864374602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3411570645486866541.post-35215841402878664962010-01-17T00:57:43.307-06:002010-01-17T00:57:43.307-06:00LOL! Starting solids was always my worst nightmar...LOL! Starting solids was always my worst nightmare ;-) Breastfeeding is so much easier. I read with interest your post about preprepared baby food - it is nowhere near as big here as in the States. I used the occasional jar when going out but rarely at home. A good majority of Aussie mums would do the same. After starting with rice cereal, I moved to vegies, simply cooking and mashing each vegetable, trying it for three days and if no reaction, away we went! Doing a big batch, I froze is in ice cube trays which are a perfect size that can be easily defrosted. I usually did vegies in the following order - potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, carrots, peas and so on. I introduced fruit (cooked and mashed in the same way, no additions) once the vegies were going well. Babies will often get a sweet tooth if fruit is introduced early and then baulk at going back to vegies. I have blabbed on, I'm afraid!<br /><br />I now have two good eaters (12 & 9)and one terrible eater (6), my youngest - so tried and true methods which work for one don't always work with another! She doesn't like vegies or meat and fruit, although going well now, was off the list, too! I take comfort that she doesn't like take away (no hot chips (french fries), chicken nuggets or the like!!)<br /><br />Enough from me ;-)Relhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857426893482706263noreply@blogger.com