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Food chronicle: Angelika ~ Week 8
Posted on July 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM |
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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: [email protected]
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:
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
not the official website of The Bradley Method®. The views contained on this blog do not necessarily reflect those of The Bradley Method® or
the American Academy of Husband-Coached Childbirth®. |
Food Chronicle: Angelika ~ Week 3
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 10:22 AM |
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This is the third 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”. There are two benefits I have already noticed from our
choice to feed Angelika whole food pieces instead of starting her with cereals
and purees. No choking yet:
Babies that learn to eat whole food pieces learn to chew, as opposed to
children who start with soft, mushy foods that learn to swallow. I cannot find the source where I originally
read this – it makes so much sense! (When I find it, I will post the link.) Knowing that I wanted to start her with “true” solids, I
waited for some developmental markers to start feeding. She did not start getting table food until
she could get into and stay in a seated position on her own, and I watched for
the pincer grip. As it turns out, she
practiced that on me – my bruised breasts and my arms were proof that our baby
could probably pinch to grasp food, among other things. We had scary choking experiences with our
other three children – mostly involving things like tortilla chips, which we
have a lot of in the southwest! She grabbed a tortilla chip out of my hand last Wednesday, and managed to eat it without choking. If your child does choke – click here for some visuals with
instructions. Less time in the kitchen: I would spend two days per month preparing
vegetable purees when we started feeding our boys. Baking, steaming, pureeing, freezing,
storing…it was time consuming! As a
mother to four kiddos, that is just not a reality right now. Now I can bake or steam a few things as we
make our own food and use it as we need it and have a couple of days of food
that can be reheated. I may revisit pureeing as our lifestyle allows for more
kitchen time again. It was well worth it
to know that the food for them was whole and preservative free, and there was
the side benefit of having purees to use in other foods. The rest of us benefited from vegetables in
baked goods and sauces; I even mixed them into the cheese and “melted” veggies into
quesadillas. Weekly update: This week we introduced two new vegetables – carrots and
peas. Although Angelika has been
handling a whole, peeled carrot as a teether, she had not eaten carrot
before. She loved them – pretty much
attacked the food as it was making its way to her plate! She also ate the peas with enthusiasm. Angelika is doing much better getting the food into her
mouth, instead of wearing it or tossing it.
Her diapers are showing us how much she is able to digest – there are
still some pieces coming out whole, so to me it looks like her body is still
learning to process the food. Her bowel movements have been on and off again – some days
they come in the morning as expected, other days none at all. I am still backing off on solids until I see
confirmation that her body is processing; then I go back to offering food at least
twice a day. She also had a diaper rash last week that made me nervous
(she rarely gets rashes). After a KST
check by our chiropractor, he shared that it doesn’t seem to be food
related. Since she is still teething, he
said that the increase in fluid production has changed the ph in her body. I am going to follow his recommendation to
add a dash of baking soda to her drink cup and see if that will clear up the
rash. That is it for our update this week. I plan on introducing bananas and continuing with
peas and carrots this week. We will also
revisit avocados. If all goes well, we
may try some baked apple. I’ll wait and
see how hot it gets in Arizona this week and decide if it’s worth it to turn on
the oven. I would love to hear from you – what is your experience with
baby-led weaning? How does it compare
with feeding choices you have made for other children? Food+ Diary Monday, June 4 Little solid poop – about the size of a U.S. half-dollar Veggie straws Sweet potatoes and yams for lunch Tuesday, June 5 U.S. nickel-sized poop at wake up Lunch – some sweet potato and yam pieces – played more than
ate Epic diaper after lunch Dinner – Avocado Wednesday, June 6 BM in the am Breakfast: peaches Lunch: yam/sweet
potato Dinner: - 1 tortilla chip Thursday, June 7 No BM yet Breakfast: Apple (teether), peaches Lunch: Carrot teether Dinner: 15 pieces of yams/sweet potatoes Friday, June 8 No BM today! Breakfast – peaches Lunch – 4 veggie straws Saturday, June 9 AM – 4 veggie straws Lunch – GF graham cracker pieces Dinner – steamed peas and carrots BM – big one at night Sunday, June 10 BM in the morning and early afternoon Lunch – peas and carrots Dinner – veggie straws Monday, June 11 No BM Breakfast – Apple teether Lunch – 0 Dinner – veggie straws Choking Link: http://www.babyledweaning.com/2012/baby-led-weaning-diary-and-its-goodbye-from-siobhan-and-some-stuff-about-choking/ 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 not the official website of The Bradley Method®. The views contained on this blog do not necessarily reflect those of The Bradley Method® or the American Academy of Husband-Coached Childbirth®. |
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