I'm still trying to grasp this whole baby food introduction thing. They don't tell you much at the drs. office and everything you see out there contradicts itself. So Shane and I've introduced Sullivan to squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, and carrots. We went to walmart tonight to pick up the next vegetable and there were no more in the level 1 foods. The only other foods in level 1 was fruit and our doctor said to introduce that last. The big question we stood there pondering (feeling completly inaqequate as parents) was do we introduce a level 2 vegetable or try a level 2 meat? We made the executive decision to go ahead with the meats. I'm still struggling with wether or not I should've made my own baby food (blended up avocados, beets, etc). That just seems like a lot of work though. It is a lot easier to buy those little jars.
My other question is how many meals do you feed them cereal and how many meals do you feed baby food? Once they're doing good with food do you cut out the cereal? Do you still offer milk after because Sullivan doesn't seem real interested in nursing after he's had a jar of food. When do you add more than one jar of food at a meal? All of these questions are crowding my head and driving me crazy!
Hey Megan!
ReplyDeleteJust found this and thought I'd give a little advice from what I did with the kids. I always gave cereal in the morning about a 1/2 hour to 1 hour after they had a bottle. That way they were hungry, but they'd also gotten milk, which is still important. At seven months, they ate solids at lunch/dinner. So, same type of scenario as breakfast. I would give bottle and then a little later either veggie or fruit.
Also, it's not hard at all to make baby food and I think the transition to table food is much easier (at least it was for Hope). Jake and Taylor had jarred food and Jake was a disaster at getting on table food. Could just be his personality, I guess! Anyway, I just cooked the food, ground it up in my food processor, froze it in ice cube trays and pulled out what I needed. I do have a book too that helps if you want to borrow it. Not trying to force this all on you, but wanted you to know from experience if you want to try it, it's not too hard. :)
Sarah