I tried something new with Sophie. She is still in the “dump the plate” stage, and doesn’t always eat what she dumps. I saw somewhere in Internetland (I wish I could remember where, I’d link it) an idea of using silicon muffin pans for feeding toddlers. The small sections make great portion dividers, and it [...]

Since Sophie is firmly in the table food world now, her tastes are changing. I’m not finding much she doesn’t like, but new favorites are emerging. The green peas she ate as baby food (although grudgingly as I recall…) she hardly puts in her mouth now. Our dogs love when she has peas, though, because [...]

Something happened this week – several kinds of Sophie’s food ran out! She’s eating more now, so I have a lot of replenishing to do today. Here is what she’s currently eating: Breakfast is fruit and Greek yogurt or oatmeal (depending on whether or not she’s at home or at the babysitter’s house). Usually it’s [...]

I am stuck with a bag of carrots Sophie won’t eat. I didn’t want to just throw them out, so I thought I’d try something new. Last grocery store trip I found a box of mini-wheel shaped pasta that looked just right for a baby who loves finger food. As I was cooking dinner, I [...]

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 [...]