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January 8, 2012<\/p>\n

Happy New Year! \u00a0Have you ever heard of the\u00a0BRAT<\/a>\u00a0diet? \u00a0Bananas – Rice – Apples – Toast \u00a0It’s what we were all on over the New Year’s because we had the flu. \u00a0It’s helpful for adults and babies to soothe the digestive system when your under siege by any nasty virus. \u00a0Cassie is almost 9 months now and loves finger food more than the purees. \u00a0It makes mealtime a little easier on me; I don’t have to constantly feed her, I just need to make sure she has enough food on her tray. \u00a0Her favorites are peas, green beans, legumes (lentils, black beans, white beans, etc), broccoli, zucchini, banana and just about anything I’m eating that I haven’t seasoned with salt. I found purple\u00a0cauliflower<\/a>\u00a0at the farmer’s market the other day and she really liked it too! \u00a0It tastes a little milder than regular cauliflower. \u00a0I think we’re changing to more of a\u00a0baby led weaning<\/a>\u00a0diet around here.<\/p>\n


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December 20, 2011<\/p>\n

I feel as if I’m getting better at making baby food and the family meals at the same time.\u00a0 I’ve been keeping hard boiled eggs on hand in the refrigerator and mashing the\u00a0yolks<\/a>\u00a0into Cassie’s food for added cholesterol which aids in mental development.\u00a0 The other day I\u00a0roasted a chicken<\/a>\u00a0in the oven along with an acorn squash and beets.\u00a0 I made\u00a0Roasted Squash Beet Puree<\/a>\u00a0and Cassie loved it!\u00a0 Cori ate some too and loved it as well.\u00a0 I’m also making chicken stock with the chicken carcass.\u00a0 The chicken stock has so many nutrients in it which will help us boost our immunity this busy time of year.\u00a0 My favorite way of making\u00a0chicken stock<\/a>\u00a0is in the slow cooker, I can cook it and not think about it for an entire day.<\/p>\n

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December 12, 2011<\/p>\n

Okay, so it’s been quite a few weeks since I’ve last posted!\u00a0 We’ve moved to another part of the state and into a smaller house…with an 8 month old and 2 1\/2 year old who are now sharing a room…need I say more? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I’ve been trying to feed Cassie fresh food when I have the time, but honestly, she’s been eating a lot of baby food from jars and pouches the past few weeks.\u00a0 She really likes the\u00a0Earth’s Best baby food<\/a>\u00a0in jars and\u00a0Plum Baby baby food<\/a>\u00a0in pouches.\u00a0 The Plum Baby is easy to take with and feed her on the go.\u00a0 She’s actually sucking it out on her own and wanting more most days!<\/p>\n

Today I made\u00a0Easy Sweet Potato Casserole<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0Gluten Free Around the World<\/a>\u00a0site and it was amazing!\u00a0 I left out the almonds and only used egg yolks instead of whole eggs since Cassie is under one year.\u00a0 I also used\u00a0coconut oil<\/a>\u00a0as the oil in the recipe, it makes the taste super creamy and satisfying.\u00a0 This recipe is super easy and good for everyone in the family to eat.<\/p>\n

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November 24, 2011<\/p>\n

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Happy Thanksgiving!\u00a0 I know I should probably write about turkey today, but I’ve been taking things slow with Cassie and haven’t introduced it yet.\u00a0 Her favorite protein is\u00a0egg yolk<\/a>, in fact it’s her favorite food.\u00a0 We have soft boiled eggs quite a few times a week at home, so it’s been easy to give her my yolk. One of my favorite blogs lately is\u00a0Mama and Baby Love<\/a>; she has a wonderful explanation of the benefits of egg yolk for babies.\u00a0 In a nutshell, egg yolk supplies the cholesterol, omega-3 long-chain fatty acids needed for the development of the brain along with other nutrients.\u00a0 It’s one of the best foods you can give your baby!\u00a0 You can always hard boil eggs and mash up the yolk with a little breast milk or formula too.\u00a0 Add\u00a0avocado and\/ or banana to the mash<\/a>\u00a0too.\u00a0 Cassie loves soft boiled egg yolk, check out her video debut.<\/p>\n

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November 13, 2011<\/p>\n

The wonderful thing about\u00a0prunes<\/a>\u00a0is that they are easy to digest and help get rid of common constipation due to the introduction of solid foods for baby.\u00a0 Prunes can be eaten by babies as a first food and have a very low allergy risk.\u00a0 Mix prunes into rice cereal or grains to help rid your baby of\u00a0constipation<\/a>.\u00a0 I’ve made these frozen prune chips really small so I can add it into sweet potatoes, butternut squash, meats, etc.\u00a0 It’s been working really well for both Cassie and Cori!\u00a0 Cori is 2 1\/2 now and loves to eat the frozen ‘prune chips’.<\/p>\n

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November 8, 2011<\/p>\n

Today was the first day that Cassie opened her mouth like a little bird wanting to eat solids from her spoon.\u00a0 After she finished her\u00a0pears<\/a>, grandma gave her smashed carrots and she loved it. I also put a few pieces of cut up carrots onto her tray for finger foods.\u00a0 After almost a month, she’s starting to look forward to mealtimes!<\/p>\n

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November 3, 2011<\/p>\n

I’m not starting Cassie on the traditional rice cereal as one of her first foods.\u00a0 I want her to get more nutrient dense foods in her body rather than fortified food.\u00a0 A six month old baby needs a lot of iron in their diet, that’s why I’ve braved making\u00a0liver pate<\/a>\u00a0and feeding it to her in the past week.\u00a0 It’s an excellent source of iron and easily digested because it’s a whole food.\u00a0 I admit that I get squeamish about cooking any raw meat and raw liver tops my list in the squeam factor. It was actually easy, I even sneaked the extra pate into meatballs I cooked for the family to create a more nutrient dense dinner.<\/p>\n

In the past week I’ve introduced banana, coconut oil and liver pate.\u00a0\u00a0 There has been no reaction of any sort with Cassie except a little\u00a0constipation<\/a>\u00a0and a bit of a diaper rash.\u00a0\u00a0 I’m keeping an eye on the diaper rash to make sure it’s not a reaction to food.\u00a0 My gut feeling is that it’s just a normal little rash that babies get when they are starting solids.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Coconut oil<\/a>\u00a0is high in\u00a0lauric acid<\/a>\u00a0which is found abundantly in breastmilk.\u00a0 When a nursing mother eats coconut oil it will increase lauric acid in her milk.\u00a0\u00a0 One days worth of\u00a0homemade formula<\/a>\u00a0 calls for 2 tsp of coconut oil.\u00a0 I’m going to continue to go slow with all of the food introductions and eventually Cassie will get two teaspoons of coconut oil daily.<\/p>\n

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October 25, 2011<\/p>\n

The\u00a0green beans<\/a>\u00a0worked okay for our trial of the\u00a0Baby Led Weaning<\/a>\u00a0style of feeding Cassie, but I felt like she might have a better go of it pureed.\u00a0 So last night I made pureed green beans and pears, cooking while the girls are sleeping is a much quicker task than when they’re awake.\u00a0 Tonight Cassie ate the green bean puree mixed with breast milk and seemed to like it.\u00a0 She was grabbing the spoon and putting it in her mouth anyhow. Green beans were everywhere!\u00a0 There’s been no reaction or change with her for a few days now so I’m adding green beans to the list of things for her to eat.\u00a0 I found this\u00a0food diary<\/a>\u00a0to track what she eats, because I know I’ll forget it if I don’t write it down!<\/p>\n

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October 20, 2011<\/p>\n

Tonight I tried out\u00a0Baby Led Weaning<\/a>, which is feeding your baby basically what you eat, without the added salt or seasonings.\u00a0 I steamed some\u00a0green beans<\/a>\u00a0for the family and left a few in the basket to get really soft for Cassie.\u00a0 She loved grabbing the beans and even tried a few bites.\u00a0 All of the green beans ended up on the floor for our dog Sparky to eat up.\u00a0 I feel like she’s not too crazy about eating solids yet; avocado wasn’t a big hit and she either sucks up the butternut squash or blows it out most of the time!<\/p>\n

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October 16, 2011<\/p>\n

Today was Day Two of\u00a0Butternut Squash<\/a>\u00a0and Cassie really likes it!\u00a0 I mixed a little formula with the roasted and pureed butternut squash to thin it out.\u00a0 I didn’t make the\u00a0homemade formula<\/a>\u00a0because she is really having a hard time taking a bottle, she keeps pushing it out of her mouth!\u00a0 I like\u00a0Earth’s Best Organic Infant Formula\u00a0<\/a>because you can mix it up in seconds, I used it with Cori when I didn’t have a chance to make the homemade formula.<\/p>\n

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October 15, 2011<\/p>\n

Cassie’s 6 month birthday today!\u00a0 Happy Birthday to you!<\/p>\n

Yesterday was day four of avocado and I don’t think she’s a fan.\u00a0 Even when I mixed a little avocado with my breast milk she didn’t like it.\u00a0 Today was day one of\u00a0butternut squash<\/a>\u00a0and she loves it!\u00a0 I mixed about a tablespoon of roasted butternut squash with breast milk so it was very soupy.\u00a0 She kept trying to sucking it off the spoon!\u00a0 Now that I have a family of four, I’m trying to streamline making the baby food with my everyday cooking.\u00a0 I made\u00a0Butternut Squash Soup<\/a>\u00a0and added a can of coconut milk for dinner.\u00a0 Today was the first day Cassie took the bottle in a while, she’s been refusing it for months so today was a great day for Cassie!<\/p>\n

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October 13, 2011<\/p>\n

Day Three – Avocado<\/p>\n

I mixed quite a bit more breast milk with the avocado today thinking Cassie would gobble it up.\u00a0 It was a no go, she kept blowing it out of her mouth!\u00a0 Maybe I should just add a little avocado to my milk and see if she likes that?<\/p>\n

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October 12, 2011<\/p>\n

Day Two<\/p>\n

I think Cassie did better on her first day of solids!\u00a0 Today she wasn’t interested in doing much with the avocado except pushing it out of her mouth.\u00a0 We’ll see what tomorrow brings…<\/p>\n

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October 11, 2011<\/p>\n

On April 15, 2011 Corianna became a big sister to Cassandra Mae. Cori is 2 1\/2 now, Cassie is almost six months and I never imagined being as busy as I am now as a mom of two!\u00a0 Cassie has been very closely watching us eat our food at every meal, occasionally grabbing a spoon or anything else she can at the table. I’ve been thinking about what to give her first, I know she’s truly ready but am I?!\u00a0 We always have avocado’s on hand, so I thought why not try it out tonight.\u00a0 I like the California Avocado’s best, they’re creamy and seem to ripen better than avocado’s from other areas of the world.\u00a0 I cut it up into pieces which promptly fell all over the place. I mashed a bit into a bowl and spooned it into her mouth, she seemed to like it!\u00a0 I’ll stick to this for 3-4 days and then introduce something new.<\/p>\n

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