We had a good Christmas. Logan has a ton of toys and more clothes/jammies.
He can fully grasp and hold objects now, and is getting really good motor skills. It's so much fun now that he can actively play.
A lot of his toys do music and talking and all, and you can tell he really likes them.
Also, at his last appt. he was just shy of 20 lbs.!!
We are also getting ready to start second foods. He is almost 6 months old now already!
I started looking up the different brands and what they carry for vegetables, and fruits, meats, etc. I wrote them all down. It sounds crazy I know, but my family is some picky eaters, and we want to start him at an early age eating well. I want him to eat a lot better than I do. So I am going to make sure that he tries all flavors of everything. There's a good amount of veg/fruit dishes, but man was I surprised at how many meat/dinners there are in 2nd foods. I guess you just don't realize all the options until you get ready to buy them!!
I'm not TOO particular on brand. We have been eating a lot of the Nature's Goodness stuff for the first foods, because all the Gerber around here is mainly in the plastic containers which are like twice the price. So I started on the Nature's Goodness website, and wrote down by category each flavor. Now I'm working on the Beech Nut website and writing down any flavors on there that Nature's Goodness doesn't have.
I had stopped my calendar system of writing down what he was eating each day when we started baby food. I was writing down each day what he had for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Once he had tried all of the 1st foods with no problems I ended up stopping writing them down.
BUTTTTT with so many different people feeding him (me, matt, grandma, grandpa, etc.), and SO many flavor choices, I am going to get a separate calendar just for his meals. I want to make sure we have him try it all, and also make sure he has no allergies. I sound ridiculous, I know.
But whatever. It's fun, and I like being able to track his progress.
Nature's Goodness carries
2nd Foods Veggies:
Carrots
Green Beans
Sweet Peas
Sweet Potatoes
Squash
Corn & Sweet Potatoes
Mixed Vegetables
Pumpkin & Pears
2nd Food Fruits:
Applesauce
Bananas
Peaches
Pears
Apricots w/ Pears and Apples
Apples/Strawberries/Bananas
Bananas/Apples/Pears
Banana w/ Mixed Berries
Prunes w/ Pears
Plums w/ Apples
2nd Food Meats/Dinners:
Apples & Ham
Apples & Chicken
Beef & Beef Gravy
Broccoli & Chicken
Chicken & Chicken Gravy
Chicken Noodle Dinner
Green Beans & Turkey
Macaroni & Tomato Beef Dinner
Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
Sweet Potato & Turkey
Turkey & Turkey Gravy
Turkey Rice Dinner
Vegetable Beef Dinner
Vegetable Chicken Dinner
Vegetable Beef Dumpling Dinner
Vegetable Ham Dinner
2nd Food Cereals:
Mixed cereal Apple/Banana
Oatmeal cereal Apple/Banana
Rice cereal Apple
Oatmeal cereal Cinnamon
Oatmeal cereal Apple/Pear
Rice cereal Peaches/Banana
Oatmeal cereal Peaches & Cream
2nd Foods desserts:
Tutti Frutti Dessert
Banana Pudding
Fruit Dessert
Dutch Apple Dessert
Vanilla Custard Pudding
Beech Nut carries
2nd Foods Fruits:
Apple/Banana
Apple/Blueberries
Apple/Cherries
Apple/Mango/Kiwi
Apple/Pear/Banana
Applesauce
Apricots w/ Pears/Apples
Banana/Apple Yogurt
Chiquita Bananas
Chiquita Bananas/Strawberries
Mango
Peaches
Pears
Pears/Pineapples
Pears/Raspberries
2nd Foods Vegetables:
Butternut Squash
Corn/Sweet Potatoes
Country Garden Vegetable
Sweet Corn Casserole
Sweet Potato/Apples
Tender Sweet Peas
Tender Sweet Carrots
Tender Golden Sweet Potatoes
Tender Young Green Beans
2nd Foods 'cereals':
Oatmeal w/ Apples
Rice Cereal/Apples with Cinnamon
2nd Foods Meats/Dinners:
Apples/Chicken
Chicken Rice Dinner
Chicken Noodle Dinner
Creamy Chicken Dinner
Ham/Pineapple/Rice
Hearty Vegetable Stew
Homestyle Chicken Soup
Macaroni Beef w/ Vegetables
Sweet Potato & Turkey
Sweet Potato & Chicken
Turkey Rice Dinner
Turkey Tetrazzini
Vegetable & Beef
Vegetable & Chicken
2nd Foods 'Good Morning Plus Fiber':
Cinnamon Raisin Granola
Country Breakfast
Mixed Cereal w/ Apples
Mixed Fruit Yogurt
Peaches/Oatmeal/Bananas
2nd Foods 'DHA Plus':
Apple Delight
Apple/Pomegranate Juice
Banana Supreme
Butternut Squash/Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Macaroni & Cheese
Pasta Vegetable Medley
Mommies!! Please tell me your stories of what foods you started when. How many varieties of stuff you tried to get for your baby. How you decided what to feed them when. How many feedings did you do rice cereal with it, or how many feedings a day you did meats, etc.!!!!
I want to hear how other people figured out what routines to get their baby into for feeding them!
OH, and I forgot to post Gerber's, but I got lazy and just copied a list I found online.
Dang girl, you're thorough! That's a good thing! We just feed Kamaya whatever haha!
ReplyDeleteHaha, i'm crazy I know.
ReplyDeleteBut we are REALLY picky eaters, and I don't want him to be as bad as us, lol.