Daily Archives: January 16, 2013
Healthy Eating Happy Baby!
Chicken Soup
One of our goals in parenting is to have a happy healthy baby, and so our goal is to make our own healthy foods for Lily! We’ve started Lily on solids when she was just about 6 months old. We made her some pureed butternut squash! At first she was surprised by the foreign taste in her mouth, and kept pushing the spoon away and refused to eat. So we tried again the next day, and it was a complete 180 and she was loving every bite! She even opened her mouth for more, and leaned her head towards the spoon! It’s so amazing the things she picks up on and so fast too! We then gave her veggies like peas, carrots, leaks, etc, and fruits like pears and peaches and blueberries. We use our super wonderful Ninja Blender to puree her foods to a nice smooth consistency, then we freeze them in ice cube trays, then put them in labelled zip lock bags (thanks Chi Hai for this amazing tip!)
Mini Minestrone
So far the only foods she hasn’t been too fond of is avocados. We will keep trying though! Some of her favorite meals have been the more fancy ones like her chicken soup that had organic chicken breast, sweet potatoes, carrots, leaks, and chicken broth! It does take some time to prepare her food, but you just prepare a bunch at once and the food will last a couple weeks! Last night I made a few more batches of food for Lily, mini minestrone, and a fruit puree of blueberries, peaches, and pears, and it took a bit of time, and I would have loved to just relax on the couch and watch tv, especially after a long day’s work, but Lily’s health is more important to me. I feel accomplished after I prepared all her food, and I feel great that I’m pushing myself to keep this up for Lily’s sake! Also, it’s good practice to make sure Khoa and I eat healthy as well, to set an example for Lily, and to make sure we’re around for a long time to see Lily blossom! Most of all, every time I feed Lily, I know I’m giving her the proper nutrients she needs to grow into a happy strong healthy person. We are also starting Lily on finger foods as well, so she can practice her pincer grasps! She was actually trying really hard to pick up the cut up pieces of banana with her thumb and pointer fingers and she was even able to put a piece in her mouth! We are so proud of our little baby! It’s exciting to see her develop these new milestones, but it’s so sad to see her grow up so fast! *sigh… however, it’s a happy sadness, if that makes sense. Seeing her eat is also super cute as well!!! There’s just something about babies eating that is just so darn cute! Check it out for yourself!
