New Hobby

I think I have found a new hobby! Thanks to my good friends and experienced moms, Marisa and Bianca, I have started making baby food for Karmann from scratch. I tried it the first time with apples, carrots, pears, peas and avocados in my mini Cuisinart chopper. It worked okay, but didn't puree the food completely. I especially had issues with the apples. BUT - Bianca suggested I try the "magic bullet" (which happened to be on sale at Kohls with a senior discount - thanks Dad!) and I got it for half price! It is impressive!! This week I've added sweet potatoes, zucchini, and peaches to the menu. Marisa gave me the resource website www.wholesomebabyfood.com which has great recipes, nutritional info and suggestions. After I puree the food, I freeze it in ice cube trays. Each ice cube is about 1 oz. so you can figure the servings that way. I pull out a few cubes at night and put them in little containers and stick them in the fridge. By the morning they are soft enough to throw into Karmann's bag and then they are ready to eat or put in the fridge at day care. Pretty nifty! Though Karmann still doesn't open her mouth to eat, she's tolerated everything shoved into her mouth except the carrots (maybe that's the one thing she inherited from me). We'll keep trying, though.

Here's a few pictures of her (kind of) eating peas, and then a few pics before her bath tonight - my new favorites!!