Did you know babies can have egg yolks, but the whites of the eggs are where the allergens live? Or however that works. I scrambled some egg yolk for Sophie this morning, and fed it to her with her yogurt and fruit (apples today). She had a couple bites as finger food, but wasn’t really [...]

It’s Daddy’s birthday! We went to a local pizza restaurant to celebrate. Before we left, I warmed some carrots and pumpkin for Sophie and packed the containers in her diaper bag with a bib and a spoon. She ate while we were waiting for our pizza, but she kept eying our breadsticks. I pinched off [...]

Yesterday, Sophie finally made the hand-to-mouth connection with her food. She’s chewed on anything she can get her little hands on, of course, with teething, but hadn’t yet figured it out when it came to food. Yesterday I gave her a few puffs on her high chair tray as I was making her breakfast (peaches [...]

Big Sis had been asking for chicken and dumplings for dinner. To make things easier after work, I put some chicken in the crock pot with some broth, herbs, and seasonings Wednesday before I went to work. By the time we all got home, it smelled GOOD.  I poured the cooking broth into a pot, [...]

It turns out Sophie had more than a bad allergy day. All day Sunday she was sneezing, had a runny nose, and watery eyes. She just felt awful! So, no solids all day. Yesterday I wanted to give her lots of vitamin C-containing foods. For her breakfast, I packed mango & yogurt, and apples and [...]

Happy weekend! Sophie had a yummy breakfast, mango puree mixed with plain Greek yogurt. She LOVES mango and was very happy with her breakfast. She is either having a bad allergy day or coming down with a little cold, so she didn’t eat too much this morning. She was all stuffy and her eyes were [...]

Last night I finally served Sophie some of the pumpkin I made for her a while back. The smell of fresh raw pumpkin makes me sick, so I used the recipe from NurtureBaby that I included on the Recipes page, using canned pumpkin. It smelled so good! She was surprised at the taste at first; [...]

Since I am not much of a meat eater, and making meat purees is pretty gross to me, I wanted a protein source for Sophie. Tofu is listed as a good food for babies, although I need to keep an eye out for a soy allergy. We don’t have any family history of food allergies, [...]

At 7 months old, Sophie is right in the heart of teething. Some days she has so much pain she can’t sleep! I have searched for remedies to no end – teethers to chew on, Oragel (hates it), rags, our fingers… Recently on Facebook a friend suggested chamomile. I thought, Why not? So while doing [...]

Some of the bags of food were getting low, so this weekend I replenished. I started with sweet potatoes, since she was nearly out of them. I had two good-sized potatoes that I washed and baked, then let cool. I cut the first one in half and scooped the insides into the processor. I noticed [...]