Metal Mama: "B" is for bananas; B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

"B" is for bananas; B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

I could not help myself from ripping such a silly line from a Gwen Stefani song. How not metal of me! Hah, it is quite appropriate for this post however;

We started Erik with bananas today! I've stated before that we plan to make our own baby food, and we still do; we have a wonderful book for a reference and a really, really nice baby food grinder. I think though I am going to modify my baby food plan slightly. Seeing how it is slightly time consuming, and with infants you need to feed them a food for a week before adding anything else new to their diet to watch for an allergic reaction we're going to do the 7 days with baby food (Gerber Organics) and then if there is no allergic reaction, and Erik seems to like that food, then we are going to make our own. I had some coupons a few weeks ago for Gerber Organics and then we were able to pick some up last night as well. I was pretty STOKED (hah, I love that word. What a stoner word).

Anyways, back to Erik and his bananas!!! I think he really, really liked them. Skot and I both tasted them; as we do with everything we give him. It was... Different. Not bad, but different than you would think cream-ified bananas would taste. I told him what they were and to his delight got a much different taste of breakfast; compared to his apple sauce. He does well with the apple sauce, but the consistency seems to be working against him. He does best with a thicker food, than soup. It is almost as if a soupier mix confuses him, takes much longer to eat, and ends up EVERYWHERE. Granted, I know babies are going to make a mess, and that its best to just let them eat and not freak about the mess; this is a whole new process to them as well, but it just seems like more of a mess with apple soup.

We are planning on going out and going apple picking shortly. Really, I am greatly looking forward to this. We haven't gone yet this year, but we've; SKOT, has already been a mad baker this season. Apple pic, sauce, YUM! Perhaps we will make a crisp tonight. I want to make some apple sauce for Erik and freeze it though. Frozen baby food can keep for 2 months. I think I am going to try the steaming method... I don't want to boil anything I make for him as it will lose a lot of the key nutrients once boiled. We also have some sweet potatoes I am going to have to scrub, peel, steam, and freeze. I think once we get the bananas in the safe zone (past the 7 day trial period) I'd like to incorporate a vegetable into Erik's diet.

The one thing that has been majorly holding me back from incorporating veggies into his diet is partly because I see this as an evening, if not dinner food and need to find a good time to have a PM feeding. The reason I am having a hard time coming up with a PM eating schedule is because our PM routines vary; depending if I work or not. Skot and I usually eat dinner whenever the need arises, horrible, I know. Erik's schedule varies by maybe 2 hours or so, depending upon the day. If I work he naps later into the evening, and longer (I think) vs. having the day off he eats whenever and naps whenever, but usually for a shorter period of time.

The book we have been following is called, "Feed Me, I'm Yours," by Vicki Lanski.
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Well, I think Little E and I are going to go and get ready for our apple picking adventure.

Later I will post our apple sauce recipe!!!!

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