Yummm....food!

My child is an eater.  She absolutely loves food, and her teachers at daycare think it's so fun to feed her because she literally attacks the spoon.  When I am feeding her in the evenings and I do not reload fast enough, she opens her mouth wide and lunges forward.  If she could talk, I'm pretty sure she would say "hurry up, Mama!"  I guess it should come as no surprise that she likes food given the fact that I am her mother, and I absolutely love to eat.

So far, she has eaten and enjoyed zucchini, sweet potatoes, carrots, applesauce, pears, peaches, apples & bananas & strawberries (a mixture), and we just re-tried avocado last night.  Our first go-round with avocado was a failure, but mixed with a little oatmeal last night, she seemed to like it.  Her favorites are zucchini and sweet potatoes and the fruits. 

 

We are buying the Gerber fruits, but I am making her vegetables.  It's been quite an easy process.  I steam/bake the food then puree it in the food processor.  Once it's a good consistency, I spoon the puree into ice trays and freeze.  Once frozen I bag it.  This makes it super easy to travel, as well as do at home.  I just take out two ice cubes for dinner and thaw them in the microwave for about 45 seconds.  The zucchini is watery, so I thicken it with a little oatmeal. 

Next on our list of veggies to try are green peas and yellow squash.  I know we started the whole solid foods thing a little earlier than the recommended six months, but Charlotte went through a phase where it was a major struggle to get her to drink her milk, and my instincts told me that she needed nutrition in some form, so we started sending her lunch to daycare in addition to the oatmeal she was eating morning and night.  Then we transitioned from oatmeal at night to a vegetable.  It's worked for us, but I am by no means saying that it is right for everyone! 

 

At almost six months, Charlotte is eating oatmeal for breakfast, a fruit for lunch, and two cubes of veggies for dinner.  She is back to taking her bottle better, so she usually eats around 25-30 ounces of milk per day.

Are there any veggies that your children absolutely loved that I should try?

In other news, last week were Charlotte's school pictures.  I was quite skeptical because I thought for sure there was no way they could get an almost six month old to cooperate.  Boy, was I pleasantly surprised.  Below are the proofs.  Sorry for the bad quality, but I took a picture of the sheet they were printed on!