Comments on: Seven Months (and One Day)

By: Darlene

Darlene — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:10:28 +0000

My gosh how time FLIES! They are so big and so cute!

As for the babyfood….I dont do the organic stuff. But I use FROZEN veggies, they are fresh veggies that were frozen, and they’ll be frozen once pureed so what does it matter?! Buy them in the bags you toss in the microwave to steam in a few minutes, puree, tray them and freeze them, 10 min. MAX and you’re done.

Then again, the only veggies I do are carrots, greenbeans, peas (i did squash with clara but not this time that takes baking though)…those get made and frozen. Fruits get done on the spot. I never ever give pureed meat…NASTY GROSS, she can have meat when she can chew it. Again same with the older kid jarred babyfood like spaghetti or mac&cheese…she can have the real thing soon enough and NOT pureed either…gross….

But now is the time where we start (here atleast) with tiny pieces of finger picking up food to help her learn to use the fingers and chew her food.

I don’t do every food in the book either. She can start with other foods when she’s eating them with us…

I used this approach with Clara, and when Clara was 9 months old she was eating 100% table food, the food I made for dinner for me and Phil, and not pureed either, cut up small and she chewed her food. That age is only 2 months away…(omg already holy crap!)

But that’s me and thats how I make my life easier.

By: EmyG

EmyG — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:15:26 +0000

How adorable the girls are. Just out of curiosity, which baby foods are more expensive to make vs gerber? And, what the heck are mum mums!?!

Side note, how adorable it must have been to see the girls peeking at each other in their crib. Amazing how their personalities are starting to shine.

By: Bekki

Bekki — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:04:03 +0000

So, I have the BabyCook (thank you WS gift card!), and it’s really fun. It’s pretty easy to cut up, say, a zucchini and throw it in the little steaming basket. It steams for like 10 minutes or so, then you get to dump it into the main part to process. So with about 5 minutes of prep, I get 1-2 servings of zucchini. Awesome!

Except, some things are a lot more involved (peeling, coring etc) and you really can’t process very much at a time. At the most I think I got about 8 oz of sweet potato in there. So, I do spend more time batch cooking (and I’ll even admit to using the microwave to steam. Because I’m lazy. Anyway, the BabyCook may not be worth the investment, unless you’re really excited by only having to wash one thing.

I do buy applesauce because it’s way cheaper just to buy it premade, even the organic. And I’m not quite ready to venture down the path of pureed meat, so I’ll probably buy that too.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:22:34 +0000

I’m wary of ladies with a lot of makeup, jewelry and big hair too!!!!! I’m a jarred baby food girl, so no advice there. I love that they play with each other now! Your description of looking over the bumpers at each other is sooooo sweet. One area you forgot to address…hair! It looks like they are getting more and its getting longer. I see it over the tops of the ears now. Grow hair, grow!

By: The Best Things Come in Two's

The Best Things Come in Two's — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:35:24 +0000

Such Wonderful, happy girls!

Don’t you just love it when they reach their arms around you when you pick them up?! I was just drafting a blog post about that very thing! Its like a tiny perfect hug!

I feel ya on the baby food thing. Is it reeeealllly worth it? ugh. I just don’t know!