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Showing posts with label solid food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solid food. Show all posts
Monday, March 19, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Food :) Sleep :(
Sorry I haven't posted in almost a month. I'm super busy trying to finish my class and taking care of K. K didn't gain much (4 oz) between 7 and 9 months, but she is eating solids well now so we aren't overly worried. We now just feed her whatever we are having for dinner. She really likes meat, and ate the mild curry that I made really well.
She is still nursing a lot, although I'm not sure how my supply is. She's often just nurse for a minute or switching back and forth.
Although food is going really well, sleep is not. K now naps in her crib, which is good. When we traveled at Christmastime, she was only sleeping in the carseat driving or on walks, so once we got back I started putting her in the crib. For a few weeks, she was napping in the morning for about 1 1/2 hours, but the last week or so it's been only 30-45 minutes. Wednesday night she was up from about 4 am to after 5:30. She is nowhere near sleeping through the night. Often she's waking every 2-3 hours to nurse. She is still in our room, and we are doing a mix of her sleeping in her crib and cosleeping. She goes down for the night in her crib, and I try to put her back in after feedings or if she is tossing around a lot. However, she seems to have a hard time settling without us getting her if we are in the room (I'm pretty sure it's that she sees us and wants us to get her). We may need to either move her to her own room or put up a curtain to block her view of us. We need to discuss it.
K will be 10 months on Wednesday, so I'll try to post again then.
She is still nursing a lot, although I'm not sure how my supply is. She's often just nurse for a minute or switching back and forth.
Although food is going really well, sleep is not. K now naps in her crib, which is good. When we traveled at Christmastime, she was only sleeping in the carseat driving or on walks, so once we got back I started putting her in the crib. For a few weeks, she was napping in the morning for about 1 1/2 hours, but the last week or so it's been only 30-45 minutes. Wednesday night she was up from about 4 am to after 5:30. She is nowhere near sleeping through the night. Often she's waking every 2-3 hours to nurse. She is still in our room, and we are doing a mix of her sleeping in her crib and cosleeping. She goes down for the night in her crib, and I try to put her back in after feedings or if she is tossing around a lot. However, she seems to have a hard time settling without us getting her if we are in the room (I'm pretty sure it's that she sees us and wants us to get her). We may need to either move her to her own room or put up a curtain to block her view of us. We need to discuss it.
K will be 10 months on Wednesday, so I'll try to post again then.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Meal ideas?
I need some meal ideas for K (now 9 months old). She loves to feed herself, although she will let me feed help her feed herself soup or applesauce type things.
Here what I have been giving her:
Breakfast: A slice of peach or steamed apple, applesauce, part of a no sugar fruit muffin made with whole wheat and oats.
Lunch: Sometimes I give her soup, a green bean or two, possibly some sweet potato, part the vegetable version of the muffin from breakfast.
Dinner: Similar to lunch, possibly with the addition of a meatball.
I need ideas that she can mostly feed to herself. She has only 1 tooth so I cook/steam her most of her foods including fruits and vegetables. She has had cheese and yogurt as well. TIA.
Here what I have been giving her:
Breakfast: A slice of peach or steamed apple, applesauce, part of a no sugar fruit muffin made with whole wheat and oats.
Lunch: Sometimes I give her soup, a green bean or two, possibly some sweet potato, part the vegetable version of the muffin from breakfast.
Dinner: Similar to lunch, possibly with the addition of a meatball.
I need ideas that she can mostly feed to herself. She has only 1 tooth so I cook/steam her most of her foods including fruits and vegetables. She has had cheese and yogurt as well. TIA.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Baby Led Solids
K has been fighting me a lot on eating solids. Most days I'm lucky to get her to even take one bite (which is my goal). She does like to hold the spoon and put it in her own mouth when she eats. I have been making her food, steamed and then fork mashed. So far she has had:
-avocado (likes)
-banana (doesn't like)
-sweet potato (ok)
-chicken pureed with sweet potato (likes)
-yogurt (likes)
-apples (likes)
-peas (ok)
-oatmeal/oat bread (likes the bread)
I'm starting to doing baby-led solids (also known as baby-led weaning) like I had originally had plan instead since she is able to decide if she wants to eat. Spoon-feeding does not seem to be working for us. It's not that she doesn't like the flavors because she will eat occasionally. Today I put her different purees that I had already made on a piece of toast and she fed herself and loved it. I'm going to steam up some more apple and sweet potato, but I'm going to cut them into stick/wedges (long and somewhat) that she can hold and gum. I'm going to continue to do the chicken pureed and spread it on bread since she won't be able to chew chicken for a while. Next up food-wise: carrots, green beans and peaches. I'm going to steam her fruits and vegetables and occasionally mash them to spread on bread. I'm trying to figure out about freezing things after I steam them since I'm not going to be pureeing/mashing them.
-avocado (likes)
-banana (doesn't like)
-sweet potato (ok)
-chicken pureed with sweet potato (likes)
-yogurt (likes)
-apples (likes)
-peas (ok)
-oatmeal/oat bread (likes the bread)
I'm starting to doing baby-led solids (also known as baby-led weaning) like I had originally had plan instead since she is able to decide if she wants to eat. Spoon-feeding does not seem to be working for us. It's not that she doesn't like the flavors because she will eat occasionally. Today I put her different purees that I had already made on a piece of toast and she fed herself and loved it. I'm going to steam up some more apple and sweet potato, but I'm going to cut them into stick/wedges (long and somewhat) that she can hold and gum. I'm going to continue to do the chicken pureed and spread it on bread since she won't be able to chew chicken for a while. Next up food-wise: carrots, green beans and peaches. I'm going to steam her fruits and vegetables and occasionally mash them to spread on bread. I'm trying to figure out about freezing things after I steam them since I'm not going to be pureeing/mashing them.
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