I was so into wanting to follow the Baby Led Weaning method, but I just couldn’t follow through with it without having a full on anxiety attack watching her eat food. I was so afraid of it breaking off in her mouth. I’m following the method now using the GOOtensil and following the guidelines of having her lead the way and tell me when she’s done. I don’t spoon feed her and shove it in her mouth. I’ll dip it in the bowl of pureed food that I make and hand it to her and she’ll grab it and feed herself. She’s usually done at about 2tbsp of food for each feeding. I’m so obsessed with this GOOtensil! She loves it so much and instantly wanted to grab it.
I feed her 3x a day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. She’s eating with us every time. I nurse her about 4x a day, so a total of 7 feedings.
You can also buy the Num Num Bowl, so they can eventually dip it themselves and feed themselves, but Liv isn’t there yet. I would say about a year she’ll be good to do that.
I wanted to share these easy yummy baby foods. I’m not into the jars of baby food at the store. The taste nasty. I just wouldn’t want to eat that processed food if I was a baby haha. It’s SO simple to make your own. I do it 2x a week and just leave it in the fridge. A lot more affordable to do it this way too. Some of these sound super bizarre, but they taste really good.
One tip I have, cooked white sweet potato will give anything you make a creamy yummy texture. So just keep that in mind when you’re wanting to create your own! But here are some I’ve come up with!
You can honestly do any of these for any meal, but I’m going to label them for you the way I feed her, but feel free to feed any of these at any meal! I’m honestly going to keep adding to this post as I create, but here a few for every meal!
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BREAKFAST
NANA CODO OATS: 1/2 cup oat milk, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup oats.
CREAMY BLUEBERRY OATS: 1/2 cup oat milk, 1/2 cup oats, 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, 1/2 cup spinach, 1/2 avocado
*with each recipe, blend in a blender and add the water slowly testing out your desired texture, I like it creamy*
LUNCH
ORANGE FRUIT & VEG MIX: 1/2 cup steamed carrots, 1 full sweet potato steamed peeled and cooked through, 1 cut and peeled apple, 1/4 to 1/2 cup water
BANANA BREAD PUDDING: 1 full white sweet potato cooked through and peeled, 1/2 banana, 1 tbsp grass fed butter, 1/4 to 1/2 cup water
*with each recipe, blend in a blender and add the water slowly testing out your desired texture, I like it creamy*
DINNER
SPAGHETTI: 1/2 cup ground turkey, or ground grass fed beef, 1/2 cup raos marinara sauce or simple truth, 1 tbsp grass fed butter, 1/2 cup steamed broccoli
CREAMY CASHEWS: 1 full white sweet potato (steamed, peeled and cut up), 1/2 cup cashews, 1 tbsp hemp seed, 1 tsp pure maple syrup, 1/4 to 1/2 cup water
*with each recipe, blend in a blender and add the water slowly testing out your desired texture, I like it creamy*
So every 3-4 days I make another batch, but this lasts 3-4 days. So I’ll just make 3 at a time for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Each time I go to feed I measure out 2 tbsp into a bowl, and warm it up for 15 seconds. I use THESE JARS, or if you want to get really fancy you can measure out for each feeding and use THESE SMALLER JARS.
I make them Sunday and Thursdays for the next few days. This makes life so much easier!
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