MADISON AND BABYFOOD

Madison had food for the first time this weekend. We didn't do the typical rice cereal in a bottle or whatever grain they have out there. I am too paranoid with the 'recalls' on baby formula to trust anything of that nature. Plus all my reading has indicated it really isn't that great. The idea is to get the baby into the actual act of eating not as much so as it's vitally important.

I read that avocados are good to start with because they have the fatty acids babies need for brain function and development so that is where we started. I thinned it with carrot juice. (because I ate carrot avocado soup and know it tastes pretty good)

It was so funny. We watched her try to understand what we were doing. She mostly wanted to touch it with her hands. She didn't understand once she got it in her mouth that she was suppose to swallow it. She will smile and laugh and out it would come. The second time feeding her she learned the generally idea of the smacking sensation but mostly just stuck out her tongue and food came out.

I bought the BABYCOOK machine from William and Sonoma. BEST idea ever! It is a baby food cooker. It is awesome! I love it! I had fun playing with it. This way I do not have to make large batches of baby food and freeze it and worry that all the nutrients will be lost in the freezer. Nope I just make enough as needed and it's fresh. Plus it's so easy to clean. It was expensive ($150.00) especially for the tiny little processor but WORTH it to me at least!

I didn't realize that there are so many rules when it comes to freezing food. Proper jars, proper items, proper thawing rules, never re-freezing foods, freezing mixed with plastics. So I bought the glass freezer safe preserve jars. I am curious how that works. I have directions, but yet to try it out. I think one step at a time. I found that being organic is EXPENSIVE! Going GREEN is even more EXPENSIVE, and being RAW oh just forget it. It is worth it though!