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Saturday, January 23, 2010

1/23/10

This child just POUNDED down about a good 8 ounces of baby food.
He eats better than I do!!!
He had Sweet Potatoes & Turkey, and Vegetable Risotto with Cheese. Then some Banana/Plun/Grape dessert.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

I should totally be in bed.

I should totally be in bed.

It's almost 1am. But Matt let me sleep REALLY late today (I went to bed pretty late Sat night though). So now I can't sleep.
I don't have the energy for a full update, but I definitely can write all about my SUPER annoying visit to the pediatrician's on Friday when I do get the energy.
Logan is 20 lbs. 3 ounces, and 28 inches long :-)

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Lazy Sunday. yet again.

Well not really.
I didn't get up until after 11, but before it was even 2pm, I had fed the baby, bathed the baby, cleaned out the fridge, done the dishes, put the baby down for a nap, made tonight's dinner, and started tomm night's dinner.
Now i've been sitting around doing nothing since like 3pm. But whatever.

Logan is doing fabulously with his 2nd foods still. He conquered Chicken, then Beef, and now is on to Turkey. He's also tried and loved an array of mixed vegetables and fruits and desserts. So yay for that.
Tomm is half birthday (AKA 6 months old!).
His Dr. appt. is on Friday.
I said I wasn't going to go all out and go to Portrait Innovations again and do 6 month pictures...
Since I spent a ton on 3 month pictures....
But I might have lied.
lol
I didn't tell my mom or my husband yet, but I might blow another $90 on pictures again in the next few weeks. I just can't help myself.
They do that $9.95 package that has TONS of sheets of one photo, but then to get other images and the cd, you have to choose a few more photos which costs more. But for like $90 last time we got like 4 poses, and a bonus 8x10 or 10x13 or something, and 6 free cards, and the cd which i love. So you can have all those proofs they take.
I don't think I could go and pick out JUST ONE proof to do the $9.95 deal, you know?
We'll see.
My sister's friend Amber wants me to go to this Kiddie Candids place. She needs to get certified on infant photography or something, but I'm not sure how expensive they are. So yeah, idk.

Well, the baby will be up soon, and I need to finish dinner and set the table, so I have to run, but will be back on Friday (if not before then) to update everyone on the lil man!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

I'm very cranky today

I think I woke up on the wrong side of the bed...I don't know.
EVERYTHING has been making me irritated or frustrated. Blah.
Maybe it's anticipation of my diet starting tomm. yuck.

Well, I've heard many parents say that when their baby started foods, to watch out when it came to the meats, because their kids hated them, or played around and didn't eat them...
Friday Logan started the chicken for dinner with some apple-blueberry and carrots. Grandma said he ate it really good (mommy and daddy were out on a date)

Well, Saturday Logan had:
Strawberry/Pear/Granola for breakfast.
Apple-Blueberry/Prunes/Carrots for lunch.
Peaches/Green Beans/Chicken for dinner. And then Dutch Apple Dessert.
He LOVED the chicken!
He had almost the same thing for all meals today and ate it so good!

So lucky us, so far he is eating his meats and everything else very well!

Friday, January 1, 2010

1-1-10

So I was going to wait until today, Friday 1-1-10 to start Logan's 2nd Foods, but I couldn't wait, and gave him some "dessert" yesterday after dinner. Dutch Apple Dessert. He loved it.
Then I found out later that grandma gave him some fruit thingy thats a 2nd foods on accident yesterday while I was at work cause she didn't realize I was waiting until today. Oh well!!
He starts his full real day of 2nd foods today.

Today he had
Breakfast- Rice Cereal/Green Beans/Peaches (Daddy is silly and didn't understand he didn't have to give him veggies for breakfast lol. We have to give him a break, he hasn't ever fed babies.)
Lunch-Green Beans/Apple-Blueberry/Prunes.
Dinner is going to be Chicken-Chicken Gravy stuff/Dutch Apple Dessert

We have decided he's going to have rice cereal and fruit for breakfast (or, on lazy days, just the already prepared baby food and fruit mixed-like i bought a few of the like pear strawberry granola ones and stuff). For Lunch he is going to have a fruit and a veggie AND prunes. And for Dinner he will have one of the meats/meals and a dessert. We have no problem gaining weight or anything, so we're going to work on it and start with just doing his cereal only for breakfast. If he has a hard time transitioning and still seems very hungry on just baby food alone, then we will do cereal for breakfast and lunch maybe. We go to the Dr. on the 19th I think, so we will fool with his feeding schedule, then consult with the Dr. on any changes to make at our appointment.
I'm really excited for him to try everything. I know I already said that, but I want him to be an awesome eater. I'm gung-ho on shopping for my baby food at more than one store in order to try and find all the flavors for the brands and all.
Giant Eagle had a sale, so I went yesterday. I was able to find a lot of the flavors I was looking for in the Nature's Goodness Brand. The sale was the 4 ounce jars, 10/$4. So I was buying a couple of a ton of different flavors. I am not sure if they don't make it in the 4 ounce jars, but I could only find the single meats, the chicken, beef, and turkey in the 2.5 ounce jars. So I don't know if they were out/don't carry the meats in the 4oz. jars, or does Nature's Goodness not make the meats in the 4 oz?
Well, anyway, I got 2 of the chicken in gravy, 2 of the beef in gravy, and 2 of the turkey in gravy of the 2.5 ounce jars. Those should each last him 4 days. I'm only giving him the meats for dinner, and that's like 1/2 a jar each night. So yeah. But after we get the single meats out of the way, I will probably not buy them anymore once we see that he has no allergy problems. I will just buy the meat mixed ones and dinners.
So I got those, then also got Chicken & Apples, Ham & Apples, Broccoli & Chicken, Chicken Noodle, Green Beans & Turkey, Mac n Cheese, Veg Beef Dumpling, Veg Chicken for his dinners/meats.
Then I got Tutti Frutti, Dutch Apple Dessert, for his desserts but that's about all Nature's Goodness had for desserts!! So I also got a few Gerber desserts, Hawaiian Delight, Peach Cobbler, and Vanilla Custard with Bananas. Which I didn't mind doing, but I was hoping to get everything on sale, but GE didn't seem to have/carry some of the NG flavors I was looking for like, Banana Pudding, Vanilla Custard, Fruit Dessert.
Then I got a lot of prunes too. Since the cereal seems to bind Logan up a little we are going to do a little bit of prunes with lunch everyday. He loves them so it's cool.
So yeah.
I already had several of just the regular single fruits and single veggies so I didn't have to buy any just yet.

ANDDDDDDDDDDD
another exciting announcement. He's been trying so darn hard for weeks, but today, 1-1-10 at 1:01pm, Logan rolled over all on his own! So proud of him. He's been sitting up pretty well for weeks now, but just hadn't quite gotten then hang of the rolling. So now we're on a roll!!

And tonight is mommy/daddy date night.
So I have to go get ready.
We are doing Olive Garden and a movie. It's been a while. A long while. So that should be nice.

Happy New Year!!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

3rd foods lists for later

Nature's Goodness
3rd Foods

Cereals-
Oatmeal Cereal with Apples & Cinnamon
Rice Cereal with Apples & Bananas

Vegetables-
Sweet Potatoes

Meats/Dinners-
Green Beans & Rice
Macaroni & Cheese
Chicken Noodle Dinner
Spaghetti w/ Meat Sauce
Turkey Rice Dinner

Desserts-
Bananas & Strawberries w/ Tapioca
Bananas w/ Tapioca

Beech Nut
3rd Foods

Fruit
Apples/Bananas
Chiquita Bananas
Homestyle Apples/Cherries/Plums
Homestyle Cinnamon Raisin/Pears
Homestyle Peaches/Apples/Bananas
Homestyle Pears/Blueberries

Vegetable
Green Beans/Corn/Rice
Sweet Potatoes

Cereal
Cinnamon Raisin Granola
DHA Whole Grain Cereal w/ Raspberries
Good Morning Rolled Oats w/ Apples
Oatmeal & Pears w/ Cinnamon
Rice Cereal & Pears

Dinners
Country Vegetable & Chicken
DHA Sweet Potatoes & Alaskan Salmon
DHA Whole Wheat Pasta Parmesan
Macaroni & Beef
Macaroni & Cheese
Chicken & Stars
Turkey Rice
Vegetable Turkey

Gerber
3rd Foods

End of December already!

It's been a while, I know. Sorry.
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.