Breakfast.. hot cross buns! and mini wheats! Lunch... rusks with cream cheese (Farex mixed in) and pineapple.
Can you tell we are having a lazy Easter weekend? Both meals Ollie ate well - sucking the cream cheese of the rusks, and off a spork! Again, loving the pineapple!
Dinner.. lamb kofta cooked by my darling husband (baked not fried) with steamed cauliflower and carrot. Ollie had a great meal, ate lots. More vege than kofta as the meat took a wee while to cool down. At the end of the meal we used the laptop to skype Ollie's grandparents in Nelson so we could show off his eating! He was obviously distracted, but did continue to eat a bit while the laptop was on. It was cool for the grandies to see him munching away!
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Thursday 14th April 2011
Whoops. Missed a few days again. Where do the days go?? This is why I need an iphone! I can't even remember what we had for breakfast or lunch today!
Dinner was meatloaf with steamed veges - kumara, broccoli, and carrot. Ollie seemed to eat quite a bit. As usual, loved the broccoli. Veges were really soft so he was easily able to eat heaps. Meatloaf was quite crumbly so it was hard to see how much went down, but there was a heck of a mess to clean up afterward!
One of our current challenges is Ollie "losing" his food down the side of his highchair. We used to lock him in with rolled up towels, but there isn't a need anymore, but his seat gets covered in food. (and so does his clothes!) He likes to put his sippy cup next to him on the seat - that's how much room there is! Not sure how we are going to solve this one.
Dinner was meatloaf with steamed veges - kumara, broccoli, and carrot. Ollie seemed to eat quite a bit. As usual, loved the broccoli. Veges were really soft so he was easily able to eat heaps. Meatloaf was quite crumbly so it was hard to see how much went down, but there was a heck of a mess to clean up afterward!
One of our current challenges is Ollie "losing" his food down the side of his highchair. We used to lock him in with rolled up towels, but there isn't a need anymore, but his seat gets covered in food. (and so does his clothes!) He likes to put his sippy cup next to him on the seat - that's how much room there is! Not sure how we are going to solve this one.
Sunday 10th April 2011
Great food day today! Daddy did breakfast (mummy had a sleep in!) which was mini wheats and pear. According to David, Oliver ate at least half a mini wheat and a bit of pear (which sounds like nothing, but in the early days of BLW that is pretty good I think!)
Lunch we had at a cafe with his beautiful aunties Kate & Scone. Cheese toastie, rusk with cream cheese, and banana. Banana went pretty much straight on the floor (and I wasn't giving it back). Cream cheese was sucked off rusk (as usual). Toastie was interesting.. I cut it into short soliders and he sucked on them for most of the time we were eating. White bread, so hard to chew up, but bits definitely went down with all the sucking!
Dinner was Lamb Kofta (recipe provided by university study resources). And wow, it was a hit. Kofta straight to mouth, lots of chewing and sucking. Also had steamed kumara, carrot, and broccoli which he really got into, it was nice and mushy so easy for him to pass around his mouth. Definitely got kofta and veges down. He was really funny, cracking up towards the end of the meal, with a beautiful smile on his face.
I've decided to post any pics over on our main blog and just use this as a food diary. Saves posting them twice, and I figure no one actually reads this anyway (except maybe mum). Main blog here .
Lunch we had at a cafe with his beautiful aunties Kate & Scone. Cheese toastie, rusk with cream cheese, and banana. Banana went pretty much straight on the floor (and I wasn't giving it back). Cream cheese was sucked off rusk (as usual). Toastie was interesting.. I cut it into short soliders and he sucked on them for most of the time we were eating. White bread, so hard to chew up, but bits definitely went down with all the sucking!
Dinner was Lamb Kofta (recipe provided by university study resources). And wow, it was a hit. Kofta straight to mouth, lots of chewing and sucking. Also had steamed kumara, carrot, and broccoli which he really got into, it was nice and mushy so easy for him to pass around his mouth. Definitely got kofta and veges down. He was really funny, cracking up towards the end of the meal, with a beautiful smile on his face.
I've decided to post any pics over on our main blog and just use this as a food diary. Saves posting them twice, and I figure no one actually reads this anyway (except maybe mum). Main blog here .
Saturday 9th April 2011
Breakfast.. mini wheats and pear! Of course! I'm working on more varied breakfasts!
Lunch was at Nana & Poppa's so we took some french toast and avocado (mixed with baby rice for iron) to have on rusks). Oliver wasn't too distracted (it was just the two of us at the table) but he made quite a mess! Ate lots of avocado and some french toast!
Dinner was pork chops. I was hoping he could hold onto the chop and chew, but the chops I got were the wrong shape for that! Still, he loved the pork, he had a stray bit in his mouth that we was chewing en route to shower. We now have a cheek checkpoint in the shower every night!
We've got proper (but short still) little teeth through now, the two bottom ones. It will be interesting to see how that affects our mealtimes!
Lunch was at Nana & Poppa's so we took some french toast and avocado (mixed with baby rice for iron) to have on rusks). Oliver wasn't too distracted (it was just the two of us at the table) but he made quite a mess! Ate lots of avocado and some french toast!
Dinner was pork chops. I was hoping he could hold onto the chop and chew, but the chops I got were the wrong shape for that! Still, he loved the pork, he had a stray bit in his mouth that we was chewing en route to shower. We now have a cheek checkpoint in the shower every night!
We've got proper (but short still) little teeth through now, the two bottom ones. It will be interesting to see how that affects our mealtimes!
Thursday 7th April 2011
Still recovering from our colds here!!
Breakfast, mini wheats and pear. Ollie really getting into pear lately! He loooves it. Its hard to think a few weeks ago it was too slippery to hold!
Lunch... pita pocket with cream cheese (and baby rice mixed in), cucumber. Cucumber is another favourite at the moment (I think it helps with the teeth too!)
Dinner.. Chicken drumsticks, with steamed carrot and broccoli, mashed potato. The chicken was cooked in the crockpot, so really fell off the bone. Ollie had quite a good go, except the mash... He was very very tired.
My super amazing meal plan didn't go so well this week.. our oven (brand new) has stopped working. Thank god the stove still works. hopefully gets fixed next week!
Breakfast, mini wheats and pear. Ollie really getting into pear lately! He loooves it. Its hard to think a few weeks ago it was too slippery to hold!
Lunch... pita pocket with cream cheese (and baby rice mixed in), cucumber. Cucumber is another favourite at the moment (I think it helps with the teeth too!)
Dinner.. Chicken drumsticks, with steamed carrot and broccoli, mashed potato. The chicken was cooked in the crockpot, so really fell off the bone. Ollie had quite a good go, except the mash... He was very very tired.
My super amazing meal plan didn't go so well this week.. our oven (brand new) has stopped working. Thank god the stove still works. hopefully gets fixed next week!
Friday 1st April 2011
Lunch... cream cheese with baby rice, using capsicum, carrot -raw, cucumber, pita pocket as dippers.
Dinner ... cottage pie with steamed kumara and carrot. Didn't get into the cottage pie - a bit difficult I think. If we keep offering eventually he'll be able to pick it up! :) Or use cutlery!
Ollie had a few days where he didn't eat so much.. but we have a tooth coming! It has started to cut, which has made for a very unhappy boy. I need to remind myself it isn't about the volume and is quite normal to have a few off days! I've done a meal plan that loosely includes lunch and breakfast to try and make me more organised so we don't have toast everyday! I've got lots of muffin recipes so we'll see how it goes.
He has definitely come along with his fine motor skills! Not quite managing the pincer grip, but getting there - using two fingers and thumb to pick up smaller bits of food.
Dinner ... cottage pie with steamed kumara and carrot. Didn't get into the cottage pie - a bit difficult I think. If we keep offering eventually he'll be able to pick it up! :) Or use cutlery!
Ollie had a few days where he didn't eat so much.. but we have a tooth coming! It has started to cut, which has made for a very unhappy boy. I need to remind myself it isn't about the volume and is quite normal to have a few off days! I've done a meal plan that loosely includes lunch and breakfast to try and make me more organised so we don't have toast everyday! I've got lots of muffin recipes so we'll see how it goes.
He has definitely come along with his fine motor skills! Not quite managing the pincer grip, but getting there - using two fingers and thumb to pick up smaller bits of food.
Wednesday 23rd March 2011
No lunch!
Dinner.. stirfry! I wasn't my organised alter ego today so didn't have dinner ready to eat! This stirfry was yummy for us... but a bit too crunchy for Ollie - didn't let it cook for long enough. I think I'll try steaming his stirfry pieces while ours is in the wok - that way we can have crunchy and he can have squishable!
Dinner.. stirfry! I wasn't my organised alter ego today so didn't have dinner ready to eat! This stirfry was yummy for us... but a bit too crunchy for Ollie - didn't let it cook for long enough. I think I'll try steaming his stirfry pieces while ours is in the wok - that way we can have crunchy and he can have squishable!
Wednesday 16th March
Lunch... carrot muffin, pate on toast, banana. Ollie still loves pate! He seemed to eat a good chunk today, yet it was different to last time he had it. Before it seemed almost an accident if he swallowed some, but today he was purposefully moving it around his mouth and swallowing!. Banana seemed quite slippery for him today, it was a bit green still I think.
Dinner.. random chicken casserole that I threw together very quickly... with chicken, apricot, broccoli, cauliflower and carrot. Ollie not so into it - had a munch on some carrot and broccoli but only after I pointed them out. (Which I try not to do in the spirit of not intervening...) Until then, he just blew raspberries at David and giggled. hah! Totally ignored the chicken, though I have to admit, far from my best work!
Dinner.. random chicken casserole that I threw together very quickly... with chicken, apricot, broccoli, cauliflower and carrot. Ollie not so into it - had a munch on some carrot and broccoli but only after I pointed them out. (Which I try not to do in the spirit of not intervening...) Until then, he just blew raspberries at David and giggled. hah! Totally ignored the chicken, though I have to admit, far from my best work!
Monday 14th March
Lunch was last night's roast dinner! Chicken and roast veges. Ollie wasn't really interested in the chicken at all, but really enjoyed the kumara - munching and swallowing quite a bit! It was amazing to watch him move the food around his mouth and then intentionally swallow it. Pretty cool!
Dinner was pork steak with steamed green beans and broccoli, and mashed potato. Ollie wasn't too interested, but he had a really good go at the pork - actually biting chunks off, chewing and swallowing. Definitely a meat eater, our boy.
We are still having the problem of Ollie throwing himself backwards during food time, which is unsafe, and can cause him to gag. I'm not sure how to solve the problem!
Timing is also a challenge, though I think this is probably less of a BabyLed issue, and more about introducing food of any kind. It is definitely harder when David is home (hopefully he doesn't get offended by that... though I don't thinks he even reads this... or anyone for that matter) because during the week, Ollie and I have a different rhythm.
Dinner was pork steak with steamed green beans and broccoli, and mashed potato. Ollie wasn't too interested, but he had a really good go at the pork - actually biting chunks off, chewing and swallowing. Definitely a meat eater, our boy.
We are still having the problem of Ollie throwing himself backwards during food time, which is unsafe, and can cause him to gag. I'm not sure how to solve the problem!
Timing is also a challenge, though I think this is probably less of a BabyLed issue, and more about introducing food of any kind. It is definitely harder when David is home (hopefully he doesn't get offended by that... though I don't thinks he even reads this... or anyone for that matter) because during the week, Ollie and I have a different rhythm.
Wednesday 9th March
Lunch was at the park today with our coffee group. It was a bit distracting for Ollie, but he did have a munch on his baby corn, and a wee bit on his banana. He is getting better with his sippy cup, (which I only introduced yesterday!) though I'm not sure he is too keen on water just yet! He always looks a bit surprised when it comes out! Ollie had a wee gag while we at the park, and it was interesting watching a couple of people's faces! Nothing like the almost-scary gags we get at home!
Dinner was beef casserole cooked in the crockpot with steamed green beans. Ollie was pretty tired, but still had a good chew on his beef and also the broccoli! He has taken to chewing the stalk end of broccoli, which is strange given he used to always suck on the floret bit. He got a bit screamy in his highchair tonight, but I think that was a combination of tired/teeth because he did get back to his eating....
Dinner was beef casserole cooked in the crockpot with steamed green beans. Ollie was pretty tired, but still had a good chew on his beef and also the broccoli! He has taken to chewing the stalk end of broccoli, which is strange given he used to always suck on the floret bit. He got a bit screamy in his highchair tonight, but I think that was a combination of tired/teeth because he did get back to his eating....
Monday 7th March
We officially have a teethy grumpy monster in our house!
Lunch - raw carrot, pate, nectarine. He sucked the pate of the carrot, and seemed to really enjoy it, but that was about it - we didn't even get to the pear and cucumber!
Dinner - spicy lamb patties, steamed broccoli and carrot. Ollie had a good go at the broccoli, but wasn't too interested in the pattie! Disappointing! It was really good to see him pick up a smallish bit of broccoli - with no stalk and put that in his mouth though. He couldn't have done that two weeks ago. The patties were from the Baby Led Weaning Cookbook, which has some great recipe ideas in it.
We've had a rough few days, I think mainly due to Ollie's teeth and our lack of good timing. It seems he has almost regressed in his interest in food, but I think that is partly the "harder" foods we are giving. I will make sure we have at least one easy finger food every meal, but also add on an interesting new part too.
*repeat to myself - it is not about how much he eats. It is fine if he isn't too interested some days*
Lunch - raw carrot, pate, nectarine. He sucked the pate of the carrot, and seemed to really enjoy it, but that was about it - we didn't even get to the pear and cucumber!
Dinner - spicy lamb patties, steamed broccoli and carrot. Ollie had a good go at the broccoli, but wasn't too interested in the pattie! Disappointing! It was really good to see him pick up a smallish bit of broccoli - with no stalk and put that in his mouth though. He couldn't have done that two weeks ago. The patties were from the Baby Led Weaning Cookbook, which has some great recipe ideas in it.
We've had a rough few days, I think mainly due to Ollie's teeth and our lack of good timing. It seems he has almost regressed in his interest in food, but I think that is partly the "harder" foods we are giving. I will make sure we have at least one easy finger food every meal, but also add on an interesting new part too.
*repeat to myself - it is not about how much he eats. It is fine if he isn't too interested some days*
Day Twelve - Wed 2nd March
Lunch: Leftover steak, carrot and brocolli. He again enjoyed his steak, but also got into the carrot, brocolli, and courgette today. Chewing on it all! He especially like the broccoli today, biting off a huge hunk and chewing around his mouth for aaages! Also the carrot, he was actually biting off huge chunks and chewing them around his mouth! (I'll be looking out for carrot in upcoming nappies.....!)
Dinner: We are getting more adventurous.... I have Guides on a Wednesday night, so in order for Ollie to have dinner with us, I need to be super organised. Today I made a green curry casserole in the crockpot. Beef steak, green curry paste, coconut milk, tomatoes, tomato puree, courgette, broccoli, carrot... and capsicum. I think thats it! Made in a bit of a hurry as Ollie decided he was STARVING and needed a feed as I was in the middle of it. Ollie seemed to really like it, and had a go at all of it. By the end of the meal, he was covered in curry sauce! Straight into the shower after dinner!
Such a successful day!
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Dinner: We are getting more adventurous.... I have Guides on a Wednesday night, so in order for Ollie to have dinner with us, I need to be super organised. Today I made a green curry casserole in the crockpot. Beef steak, green curry paste, coconut milk, tomatoes, tomato puree, courgette, broccoli, carrot... and capsicum. I think thats it! Made in a bit of a hurry as Ollie decided he was STARVING and needed a feed as I was in the middle of it. Ollie seemed to really like it, and had a go at all of it. By the end of the meal, he was covered in curry sauce! Straight into the shower after dinner!
Such a successful day!
Day Eleven - Tuesday 1st March
Lunch: Banana and Pear. Ollie didn't really ingest anything much today, but I was so impressed with how his food handling skills have improved! A week or so ago, he couldn't hold onto banana and eat it, even in the skin. It got too slippery, or the unpeeled end fell off. Similar with pear - very slippery! Today, he picked up his banana and put in in his mouth! We are also starting to see more chewing action, as well as the sucking! He also picked up his pear and sucked on that quite competently! It is amazing, in less than two weeks, just how much more capable he is.
Dinner: STEAK! With steamed broccoli, courgette, and carrot. I thought he did well with the beef strips in the stirfry last night, but wow did he enjoy the steak! We cooked a mini size beef steak to well done, and then cut into Ollie size strips! He really got into it - almost attacking it. Ripping it up, chewing it around his mouth, and sucking out the juices. The poor veges weren't getting a look in!
Dinner: STEAK! With steamed broccoli, courgette, and carrot. I thought he did well with the beef strips in the stirfry last night, but wow did he enjoy the steak! We cooked a mini size beef steak to well done, and then cut into Ollie size strips! He really got into it - almost attacking it. Ripping it up, chewing it around his mouth, and sucking out the juices. The poor veges weren't getting a look in!
Day Ten - Monday 28th February 2011
So I've been reading the "Baby Led Weaning" book by Gill Rapley - and the approach is quite different to the one proposed by the study we're participating. The book suggests including baby in family life from the get go, and including them in every meal. So on that note, we've changed Ollie's bedtime routine, and our dinner time to include him at dinner!
For lunch we had broccoli, kumara, pear, nectarine, cooked carrot, and raw carrot with hummus. The carrot was a good dipping tool, but he wasn't keen on the hummus! I wish I'd captured his face!
At dinner, we had our usual meal of stirfry (will have to vary things up a bit now that Ollie is joining us). Ollie had broccoli, carrot, and strips of beef. He loved being at the dinner table with us, and LOVED the beef! He really got into it, and didn't really given anything else a second chance!
Whoops a bit behind in posting these!
For lunch we had broccoli, kumara, pear, nectarine, cooked carrot, and raw carrot with hummus. The carrot was a good dipping tool, but he wasn't keen on the hummus! I wish I'd captured his face!
Whoops a bit behind in posting these!
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