This is the eighth and final installment in my Introduction
to Solids series. I am journaling about
our experience with baby feeding since we have the unique opportunity to share
this with our students and readers as we start the process of weaning our
youngest child. This is not medical
advice, nor is it a schedule to be followed.
It is simply our choice for our baby and the first time we have done
what is gaining popularity as “baby-led weaning”. Click here for a link to the stain fighting tips shared by
my facebook friends. Can you add more
the list? Please do so in the comments and I will move them into the body of the post as time allows. This past week we introduced our first “official” protein – pinto
beans. We started out by giving the baby
the broth from the cooked beans. She
gobbled it up! The very first day I gave
her one bean to see how she would eat it – it went straight into the mouth and
she ate it without choking. The next day, I tried to give her some broth and baby shook
her head with an emphatic no! I gave her
some beans from my plate and that is exactly what she wanted. Now we have another pinto bean fan in the
house! We are going to stick with pinto
beans for another week, and then we will introduce black beans. Another new food: I gave the baby lightly toasted
bread. Up to now, I would give her the
hard crust on Italian bread or a hard dinner roll to gnaw on. Since she has done so well with eating and
not choking, I decided to experiment with a piece of toast. After toasting, I sliced it up into
finger-width slices. All four pieces got
eaten – rice bread was a yes this week! I also had another baking day. I used farmer’s market zucchini and replaced
the eggs in the recipe with flax seed.
Baby continues to devour this bread!
Interestingly, she doesn’t like the crust on this and sucks out the soft
center. She spits out the crust when she
has eaten out the center. We also confirmed that baby likes riper bananas. If the skin is still yellow, she will suck on the pieces and then spit them out. When the skin is starting to get brown spots on it, she will actually consume (read: devour) the banana. There are no pieces left on the tray or on the chair when the banana is ripe. One adjustment we made was feeding her slices or pieces of
fruit again, instead of whole fruit. She
seemed to lose interest in eating a half an apple, or the whole peaches and
plums she was eating with supervision.
Since I couldn’t imagine that she lost her sweet tooth, I started
cutting the fruit up into small pieces again – that did the trick! She enjoyed the fruit again. I wish we could understand what was going on
in their little minds that affect their preferences! Our surprise this week was that the baby grabbed a piece of
chicken off of one of our other kiddo’s plate.
We took it away, and she reached for it again! I let her keep it to see what she would do
with it. I don’t know that she ate it,
because there were lots of little chicken pieces to pick up. Her interest seemed to be ripping the food
apart with her two little teeth! I will close out this series of posts with the following thoughts:
Lastly, sometimes a child will reject foods that they used
to like. This can be normal. Consider a look at these factors to decide if
your baby needs to be seen by their care provider: Are they running a fever? How is their energy level? How are they sleeping? Are there any other signs that they are
“off”? If you decide that something is
amiss, then maybe that warrants a little more exploration. In our experience, we found that the foods our son Bruss
was rejecting were the foods that he ended up being allergic to. I was so grateful for trusting my instincts
that he was eating other things so he was okay and we did not need to “force
feed” him. I continue to trust his instincts about what he can and cannot eat, and he continues to grow and thrive so he is definitely eating the foods that are right for him. This does not mean that we are permissive - we have healthy food choices available for them to pick from. Treats are a separate issue and they know they can have them after they have eaten a good meal. I will be continuing our food journal for my own records
since we have a history of interesting food allergies in our family. We will keep introducing other fruits and
vegetables until October since I like to keep our children vegetarian until
they are a year old. After that, we will
start introducing some fish and meats, as well as eggs and dairy. If you are curious about when other foods
are introduced, we can correspond via email: krystyna@sweetpeabirths.com
Food Journal Tuesday, July 10 Breakfast: Banana Snack: Apple slices Lunch: Plum, sweet potato, yams Dinner: Patty Pan (squash)
Wednesday, July 11 Breakfast: ½ Banana, 1 strawberry Snack: Veggie straws Lunch: Patty Pan (squash), Pinto Bean broth Dinner: Plum, peas
Thursday, July 12 Breakfast: Banana Snack: Veggie straws Lunch: Steamed carrots, ½ plum Dinner: Peas, bread crust
Friday, July 13 Breakfast: Peach & plum pieces Lunch: Peas, patty pan slices Dinner: Zucchini bread
Saturday, July 14 Breakfast: Banana, Peach pieces Lunch: Peas Dinner: nursed only
Sunday, July 15 Breakfast: Pancake, Banana, 3 bites of oatmeal Lunch: Zucchini bread Dinner: nursed only
Monday, July 16 Breakfast: Banana, Rice bread Lunch: Veggie straws, waffle potato fries, 1 grilled chicken
nugget(!!) Dinner: Avocado
Link List: Appetite regulation: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170240/ Disclaimer:  The
material included on this site is for informational purposes only.
It is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical
advice. The reader should always consult her or his healthcare provider to
determine the appropriateness of the information for their own situation. Krystyna and Bruss Bowman and Bowman House,
LLC accept no liability for the content of this site, or for the consequences
of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. This blog contains
information about our classes available in Chandler, AZ and Payson, AZ and is
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