I posted in more detail on my other blog, but Sophie has joined the food allergy club. She is allergic to the artificial dyes. This explains MANY problems she’s had since she was smaller, and the results of a dye-free diet are incredible. However, the dyes are EVERYWHERE! So, I’ll be making more foods for her [...]

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 [...]

Babygirl isn’t a “baby” any more – she’s a full-on toddler! She is running, climbing, jumping, climbing, playing outside, climbing – have I mentioned she likes climbing? Last night after dinner, we found her on top of the dinner table. She can climb the steps on her slide, and the steps to get into the [...]

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 [...]

Sophie is now 15 months old. I can’t believe it. She is pretty  much eating what we eat now, although I do still puree fruits and pumpkin for her. She eats them in yogurt, oatmeal, and cottage cheese. She also likes sandwiches! Peanut butter and mango jelly, cheese, even turkey and cheese. Tonight we had [...]

As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been looking at recipes online lately and feeling inspired. This morning, I decided to alter SophieCakes. Instead of just using plain pancake batter (I use the recipe on the Bisquick box but add a little vanilla), I added to it. After making enough pancakes for Daddy and I for breakfast [...]

Sophie is in the last month of her first year. I can’t believe how quickly time has passed! She is eating more and more table food and drinking less milk during the day. One 6 ounce bottle now lasts the entire work day! I am planning to stop pumping after she is a year old [...]

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 [...]

Tonight we ate dinner at Steak & Shake. I didn’t think we’d be out so late so I didn’t pack food for Sophie, so I ordered some applesauce for her from the kids’ menu. She LOVES applesauce normally, so I didn’t think anything about it. When it came, I fed her the first bite and [...]

Sophie had her first kids’ meal this past week. We were out after work and it was getting late, so we decided to have dinner out. We ate at Brixx Pizza, and had a coupon for a free kids’ meal with adult entree. Big Sis doesn’t eat kids’ meals any more, so we decided to [...]