babyfood bonanza...

Today I made Jacob's first batch of babyfood, I started doing this with Isaac and I remember this time last year (or was it two years ago?) Isaac was just starting his too, and going to the produce market for his *sigh, they grow too fast* I guess we started late, since Jacob is going on 7.5mths but up until recently he was not showing any interest so I had the thought, why mess up what we had going? A few weeks ago I started him on whole grain cereal with breastmilk and the past two weeks started adding fruits in it and he is finally showing interest in it, he will eat his entire breakfast bowl:)

So today I baked 4 sweet potatoes to freeze. And steamed, butternut squash; carrots; zucchini; green beans; & butter peas. It doesn't look like alot typed out but really it is! I've been busy in the kitchen, thank God for Mark entertaining the boys today!! After steaming them, I add alittle water if needed and puree it in the blender. Pour into ice cub trays, let the trays cool off. Put them in the freezer, and when froze pop out the cubs into freezer bags. Label, and date.

I will start making him intermediate foods after he eats this batch up, starting to mix fruits and foods around together. But I will add on, cabbage; cauliflower; broccoli; different beans & rice.

I strongly believe in making homemade babyfoods, it is important to me for our babies to have healthy foods from the start and also establish good eating habits early on. I have read, and we all know, that infants grow more rapidly than they will at any other period in their lives, and so, nutrition is very important. Alot of babies are being fed food from boxes or jars..over processed foods contain chemicals, preservatives, pesticide residue and genetically engineered ingredients. This was the biggest deciding factor for me, on top of this looking back we used jarred foods with Brayden not giving him a lot of variety he is a very picky eater now. On the otherhand, we went homemade route with Isaac and he eats it all. Not even scared to taste test Jacobs foods today!:)


On another note, I'm starting back to work tomorrow at my old job. I haven't worked since Nov. of last year. Every year to keep up our license we have to have a certain amount of hours, and CEU's. On top of this, we could use the extra money and I could use some out of the house time!:) I will be working every other weekend, 7-3p on a Rehab hall. Which is working with rehabilitation patients, giving them there therapy, treatments and meds. I really enjoy it! My biggest concern was how this would interfere with my nursing Jacob. But I think these hours will work well for us, since he is a late sleeper. So I will nurse him good before leaving and from there he can have his table foods and breastmilk from the freezer. If Mark has too, he can always bring him to me, and give me a alittle break:) I'm excited about it, but tomorrow when I get home I might tell you something different. LOL