It's official we have conquered peas!
So about a month ago @ just over 4.5 months we began some real food in Noel's diet, which was the beginning of rice cereal..hooray! We mixed in a little oatmeal somewhere in there & now started our first "food." (Noel will be 6 month on Oct. 13).
We were back & forth, do we start with the yellows & oranges (due to their easier digestion) or do we start with greens (so as to not reject them later). We decided lets..go for the green!
We got the video camera out, ready to catch a great expression of..'wow what is this new thing?' & what did we get?..'oh something new on my spoon, no biggie' But that's my girl ready to take the changes of life head on! ha ha!
We also were back & forth of whether to make or buy our baby food.
So here is how we made that decision:
Right now Noel is only eating about 1tbsp. once a day which means I would either be smooshing all the time or making large amounts and freezing LOTS (since freezing will cause my veggies to lose some of their nutritional value as jarring I figured this was not a way to make a con for jarred food).
We really wanted to stick to organic and pure baby food without preservatives etc.
Which is organic PLUS the only ingredients..peas & water..yippee!
The health & safety standards for baby food makers are very high. And chances are their kitchens have FAR less cross contamination than your kitchen at home. We do keep a pretty clean kitchen, but our counters see a lot of action from raw meat, the days mail, and so on.
The benefits of just popping open a jar and have healthy ingredients and a constant consistency until her palate is use to chunkier textures. This is our plan.
As Noel's amount of food increases as does the texture (and my ambition-HA!) I think I will make some of her baby food...think butternut squash & pumpkin (yummm) that I can't buy in jars. This also will be great when she's ready for some veggies that we're already having for dinner.
We like supporting a good company like "earth's best" [we also use their rice & oatmeal cereals].
We are also saving the jars to use in the future for making baby food & maybe even future craft projects! :)
Another way we are saving a little green is by not purchasing a super expensive high chair.
We did get a lovely pink bumbo seat from one of my showers along with the attaching tray. It is perfect for early eating. Noel is comfy sitting in it as she is not quite but almost sitting up on her own-think leaning tower of pisa. At some point she will outgrown this fun little chair, but maybe by that time I can get a chair that is a bit more toddler sized.
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