little eats

transitioning from breastfeeding to solid food is a baby stage that i find difficult.  breastfeeding is so easy and convenient. when i introduced solids to liam i was so excited to do it.  i went out and bought a great baby food book that had been recommended to me.  started making purees by the ice cube tray and liam would devour pretty much everything.  then he started refusing some things.  and some things would make him throw up.  breastfeeding was way easier.  this feeding "real" food thing was difficult.  especially when it was time for him to learn to feed himself.  it took me a couple days and many tearful mealtimes, of putting food in his hand and forcing his hand to his mouth before he figured it out.

so at six months i introduced averie to solid food, only to start this process all over again.  at first it was going well.  she would eat all of her rice cereal and try some of the purees that i'd made.  then she started refusing the purees.  so i moved to organic store bought baby food instead of mine.  she did fine with that.  now that she's eight months i'm tired of buying baby purees and it appears she done with them too.  her constant grabs at the spoon and playing with apple sauce have been a clear indication.  so here we are.  all done with traditional baby food and heading straight into finger food territory.  meal time is already much better since i started offering her diced banana, avocado chunks and peas.  she loves to eat play with toast strips covered in mashed up banana.  and that's about all we've done so far.  i've been pinning and searching on the web for baby finger food recipes.  its time to get this girl on "real" food and i plan on trying a bunch of the stuff i've found.  up first: baby cereal pancakes.

it's a fairly straightforward recipe.  nothing out of the ordinary.  i used a peach/banana oatmeal cereal with my rice cereal because that's what i had.  only thing i would recommend is to let them cook a little longer, they seemed a little chewy/rubbery.  averie didn't seem to mind.  she ate an entire pancake right out of the gate.  score one for the pancakes.

up next we're going to try some chicken and apple sausages.

stay tuned.