Adventures in Eating

As Scott approaches the 9 month mark later this month, I can't believe how good of an eater he is. Sometimes I have to remind myself that he is not even a year old yet. He eats so well! There's a popular book called Baby Lead Weaning and basically describes letting your baby not only self feed from an early age but offering what you cook & eat as a family for his meals. The premise is giving your baby food beyond the typical baby food and that most babies who eat table food early on turn out to be better eaters. I was intrigued and knew that Scott had to become a better eater than our picky Henry. So we started out experimenting with different table foods mostly whatever I cooked for dinner and he ate it. Its really simple and "old school" way of feeding babies long before there was Gerber. And to this day, there is nothing he doesn't like. He never spits it out and seems to enjoy most of the foods we offer him. Some meals are easier than others. I am learning to find foods that he enjoys for breakfast and lunch since those are the meals we typically do not eat as a whole family. Scott usually gets a few items for each meals.. most of them are finger foods (things he can feed himself) and then one spoon fed item such as yogurt, mashed potatoes, applesauce, etc. Sometimes I will mix a baby food item with plain, regular yogurt and give that to him. All in all, he mostly prefers the table foods. He eats really well for them at Hourly Care as well. I always tell them to feed him what ever is offered for lunch and see how he does prior to just giving him baby food; and so far, he always eats the table food. He eats what we eat so much that he now prefers those flavors over baby food. We've also introduced a sippy cup within the past week or so. Sometimes he just gnaws on it and other times he actually drinks out of it. But its a process just like anything else and I know in time he will adapt to it. We just might have to try a few different types of sippy cups before we get the "right" one.

our favorite brand of baby food. these are great for on the go. 

we recently tried these and he loves them.

stuffing his face, ha!

sippy cup time.

always smiling.