HI everyone and welcome to the newbies
carrot has always been a tricky one for me to steam right. I use the microwave (just so much easier) and I have a mw steamer thingy - water in the bottom with a basket on the top and a lid. though lately I have been just using the bottom with the water and putting the veges right in there. i find the sweet pot, pot come out much better.
I think L is the oldest on this thread (with the exception of Freya's mum), so hopefully my stumbles along the way will help you all. I've found that L is still really hungry, and I can't get enough finger food into her and she gets frustrated with picking it up. she picks it up fine, but I"ve found that she stuffs way too much food in her mouth at once as she's hungry. I've started to call her a chipmunk
. I"ve kind of gone back to giving her some mushy food, as I can get that into her and she's started to want to put it in her mouth herself which I think is a good thing (even though it is so messy and I end up picking up the spoon off the floor 100 times !) My menu for the day kind of looks like this:
6.30/7 bf
8am solids - 1vitabrit, tablespoon of fruit puree or 1/4 banana
9-10/10.15 nap
10.30 bf
11.30/12 lunch - cheese on toast (think she is ready for 2pieces now), fruit puree pot (120gr). If at home I would give pieces of fruit instead. OR sandwich of somesort, with avocado & yoghurt, piece of fruit
130-3 nap
3bf
4.30 dinner - corn, ham, grated carrot, zuccini, sweetpotato mashed iwth yoghurt, piece of fruit (depend on how much she had the rest of the day)
6 bf
6.30 sleep......
when I say piece of fruit, I mean 1/3 banana / 1/2 kiwi fruit / 1/3 apple or pear / 2 large strawberries / 2 large apricots.
Just thought it may interest you all what we are doing. Most goes in, but not all of course. and some days, she's just not hungry.
Fruit is always a winner - which worries me as it's sweet but happy it's healthy. I try for at least 2 fruit servings a day, one protein, 2 carb, and as many veges as she will take.
I know we don't need to balance it just yet, but I want to at least get into a routine, so she is getting variety.