Breakfast today was mini wheats and pear. Ollie didn't eat a huge amount, but had a big milk feed beforehand so probably wasn't too hungry.
Lunch was at childcare, part of the settling process. It was tomatoey pasta (penne) with veges - broccoli and peas. It was VERY distracting for Ollie, with all the other kids eating, but he did OK. Picked up the pasta and broccoli OK, but I don't think much went down. The broccoli was only the small florets, no stalk, so I was pleased he got it OK. He seemed to recognise it, as he loves broccoli. Wasn't cooked til mushy stage, so too crunchy, but he probably got some wee bits. He did chew off at least one piece of pasta though... I saw it in his mouth half an hour later when we were on our way home!! I'll have to ask them to check his cheeks I think...
Dinner was boooring. Chicken with steamed vege. Ollie ignored the chicken, but did eat his vege, mainly the red capsicum and carrot.
Ollie is starting childcare next week. I'm so not ready.
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Saturday 2nd April
We did intend to start breakfast today with Ollie, but that extra 15mins in bed, listening to Ollie chatter to himeself meant it didn't quite happen. Was worth it though! And we went swimming, which was awesome!
The pesky bottom tooth is still working its way through, it doesn't appear to be of any use yet, but is causing our wee boy lots of pain!
Lunch - Blackcurrant mini wheats with a splash of rice milk, carrot muffin, and banana. Was really surprised how well he dealt with the mini wheats! And he hadn't had a carrot muffin for a while (they tend to be messy) and he handled the small pieces really well - and chewed much better than he used to! Impressed. Banana.. well he was a bit over it by that point, but it was fun to throw around!
Dinner... supposed to be meatloaf.. but our timing was out! Saves cooking tomorrow night I guess! So, we ended up with pasta, broccoli, capscium, and carrot. Ollie was on form, depsite being really tired. Had a good go at everything. He bites off chunks of everything, and mulls them around his mouth for a while. Some go down, but most go out!
Stop reading now if you don't want to read about poop. Today's nappy showed that we are definitely eating and "processing"more we are getting changes... and of course still lumps of non-processed food. No longer just breastmilk poop that is for sure!
The pesky bottom tooth is still working its way through, it doesn't appear to be of any use yet, but is causing our wee boy lots of pain!
Lunch - Blackcurrant mini wheats with a splash of rice milk, carrot muffin, and banana. Was really surprised how well he dealt with the mini wheats! And he hadn't had a carrot muffin for a while (they tend to be messy) and he handled the small pieces really well - and chewed much better than he used to! Impressed. Banana.. well he was a bit over it by that point, but it was fun to throw around!
Dinner... supposed to be meatloaf.. but our timing was out! Saves cooking tomorrow night I guess! So, we ended up with pasta, broccoli, capscium, and carrot. Ollie was on form, depsite being really tired. Had a good go at everything. He bites off chunks of everything, and mulls them around his mouth for a while. Some go down, but most go out!
Stop reading now if you don't want to read about poop. Today's nappy showed that we are definitely eating and "processing"more we are getting changes... and of course still lumps of non-processed food. No longer just breastmilk poop that is for sure!
Whoopsie
So it seems I lost a few days! Whoopsie. No surprise really, I tend to get a bit slack. Have tagged some things we've been eating, but not everything. I should probably write stuff down so I remember it if I'm late posting! I think it will be really interesting (for me, if no one else) to look back on this and see how Ollie's eating evolved.
Things are going well, I've had a few moments of "ohmygosh Ollie isn't eating enough". Mainly when I see other babies eating five icecubes (!)worth of food. Then, I remember why we are doing this and I'm all good. Ollie definitely has days where he isn't interested at all, sometimes due to crappy timing. Dinner seems to be his best meal, as I'm a bit disorganised at lunch, or we are out and he is very distracted.
I'm thinking about starting to do breakfast too, and really embrace Ollie eating with me at every meal. We'll see how it goes...
Things are going well, I've had a few moments of "ohmygosh Ollie isn't eating enough". Mainly when I see other babies eating five icecubes (!)worth of food. Then, I remember why we are doing this and I'm all good. Ollie definitely has days where he isn't interested at all, sometimes due to crappy timing. Dinner seems to be his best meal, as I'm a bit disorganised at lunch, or we are out and he is very distracted.
I'm thinking about starting to do breakfast too, and really embrace Ollie eating with me at every meal. We'll see how it goes...
Saturday 26th March 2011
We had a strange day today!
Lunch was steamed veges, pate on rusks, and a wee bit of my fish (Scone and I had fish and chips!). Still not a fan of the fish. Straight into the pate though! Kumara was a bit firm, but he had a good go along with a good munch on the capsicum. Didn't eat that much, (other than pate) but it was pretty exciting having Aunty Scone with us.
Dinner was supposed to be dahl, but David had some kind of disaster in the kitchen. I'm going to try and revive the dahl as soup tonight. So we ended up having pasta and steamed vege! What a boring dinner! Broccoli got mushed, and nothing really eaten! He didn't eat any pasta, despite loving it the last few times. He did munch on the red capsicum but nothing went down I don't think. Too busy looking at his pretty Aunty Scone I think.
Lunch was steamed veges, pate on rusks, and a wee bit of my fish (Scone and I had fish and chips!). Still not a fan of the fish. Straight into the pate though! Kumara was a bit firm, but he had a good go along with a good munch on the capsicum. Didn't eat that much, (other than pate) but it was pretty exciting having Aunty Scone with us.
Dinner was supposed to be dahl, but David had some kind of disaster in the kitchen. I'm going to try and revive the dahl as soup tonight. So we ended up having pasta and steamed vege! What a boring dinner! Broccoli got mushed, and nothing really eaten! He didn't eat any pasta, despite loving it the last few times. He did munch on the red capsicum but nothing went down I don't think. Too busy looking at his pretty Aunty Scone I think.
Monday 21st March
Pasta with cream cheese for lunch today, along with cucumber wedges cold from the fridge. Cucumber was a hit! Not sure he bit any off, but he really enjoyed sucking on it. I think he has pretty sore teeth!
Dinner was pork steak with steamed cauli, kumara, and capsicum. He had a good go at the pork, and showed the most interest in the capsicum than he ever has - chewing on it for a while. Kumara was a bit over cooked, so very mushy and just got mashed around. He is still biting off huge chunks, like tonight with the pork, and he doesn't have the molars to grind it up in his mouth!
Dinner was pork steak with steamed cauli, kumara, and capsicum. He had a good go at the pork, and showed the most interest in the capsicum than he ever has - chewing on it for a while. Kumara was a bit over cooked, so very mushy and just got mashed around. He is still biting off huge chunks, like tonight with the pork, and he doesn't have the molars to grind it up in his mouth!
Friday 11th March
We had lunch today at a cafe, so quite distracting for Ollie. Carrot muffin and half banana. Didn't eat much but showed off his banana holding skills... and his throw-carrot-muffin everywhere skills!
Dinner was macaroni cheese! Ollie had some, but also some plain pasta so he didn't have too much cheese. He loved it! Took huge mouthfuls of pasta even!
Dinner was macaroni cheese! Ollie had some, but also some plain pasta so he didn't have too much cheese. He loved it! Took huge mouthfuls of pasta even!
Thursday 10th March
Great food day today!! Another beautiful day in Wellington - I'm not looking forward to winter! We had lunch again in the park today with a different coffee group. Ollie had banana and baby corn, and ate a wee bit - had quite a good meal considering there were four other babies and mummies there.
Dinner was a bit random, we thought we were having dinner with a friend but sadly that fell through so we just threw something together. Pasta, steamed kumara, broccoli, capscium, and a carrot muffin! I made the muffins today (sugar free of course) from the Baby Led Weaning cookbook. I definitely recommend the cookbook - great for getting baby led ideas! I think tonight was our most successful dinner yet! Ollie had a really good go at everything! He loved it all! He took a HUGE bite of his muffin and definitely chowed down some kumara. And the pasta was a total hit. I used a mix of small and large spiral pasta (cold) so it kind of clumped together. He had no trouble picking up handfuls! His finger skills have come so far!
We also had an interesting nappy today.... *warning poop conversation follows*
We are definitely consuming food now... today's nappy confirmed Ollie can eat quite a lot! It had been a couple of days since his last nappy and I was dreading it! There was a lot of it - all kinds of chunks, plus some obviously digested food! I think the banana may have blocked him up a bit, but he didn't seem to have too much trouble! I saw definite bit of meat, baby corn, and banana! Go Ollie!
I also have to confess to googling the interesting sight in his nappy which turned out to be related to banana...... *blurgh*
Dinner was a bit random, we thought we were having dinner with a friend but sadly that fell through so we just threw something together. Pasta, steamed kumara, broccoli, capscium, and a carrot muffin! I made the muffins today (sugar free of course) from the Baby Led Weaning cookbook. I definitely recommend the cookbook - great for getting baby led ideas! I think tonight was our most successful dinner yet! Ollie had a really good go at everything! He loved it all! He took a HUGE bite of his muffin and definitely chowed down some kumara. And the pasta was a total hit. I used a mix of small and large spiral pasta (cold) so it kind of clumped together. He had no trouble picking up handfuls! His finger skills have come so far!
We also had an interesting nappy today.... *warning poop conversation follows*
We are definitely consuming food now... today's nappy confirmed Ollie can eat quite a lot! It had been a couple of days since his last nappy and I was dreading it! There was a lot of it - all kinds of chunks, plus some obviously digested food! I think the banana may have blocked him up a bit, but he didn't seem to have too much trouble! I saw definite bit of meat, baby corn, and banana! Go Ollie!
I also have to confess to googling the interesting sight in his nappy which turned out to be related to banana...... *blurgh*
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