leftovers!

It was my first day back at work today - I will just be working Wednesdays from now on and JJ will be spending the day with his daddy - Boys Fun Day as it is to be known!! (not sure how much fun he'll find it when JJ's grumpy, its raining and we have been up all night teething LOL!)

Anyway - it was only a teacher day today - no children in school - so I could leave a bit later and have breakfast with my boys ( I was a bit bleary eyed as JJ had me up at 1, 3, 5 and then from 5.30!!). He had 1 and a half weetabix.

DH said he also had a mammoth lunch - an adult size bowl of leftover shepherds pie and some nice veggies and a plum and some watermelon. I think swimming in the morning had made him hungry!

Tea was more leftovers of butternut squash but he wasn't interested. He had a bit of bread and philly and a big bowl of yogurt and banana. No milk all day, just bf this morning, water in the day and bf before bed.

He has been a bit happier today so fingers crossed we are past the worst!

shepherds pie

Didn't manage to post yesterday as we had a house full for a BBQ. JJ was pretty grizzly all day and didn't eat much breakfast or lunch. He did enjoy sweet potato, nectarine and greek yogurt with banana for tea though.

JJ had a good breakfast of a weetabix and a few oatibix bitesize. He also had about half a piece of toast at 11 which he stole from me!

Lunch was not touched at all. I had made him a butternut squash and red pepper casserole with french bread. He ate none of it. He has been so clingy and grumpy for a few days - not his usual bubbly self at all. I think it must be teeth (although there are no visible signs) as he seems to be vrying out in pain for a few mins. He is very cuddly which is lovely because he is normally to wriggly to cuddle for long - but I want my little boy back!

Tea surprisingly went down quite well. It was shepherds pie, cauli and cabbage. He ate quite a bit after a rocky start. He also had some homemade rice pudding which he really loved. Fingers crossed he will be back to normal tomorrow.

Shepherd's Pie and rice!

JJ had shredded wheat, melon and blueberries for breakfast today. He is getting good at picking up blueberries!

For lunch I cooked some rice which I then whizzed briefly in my mini blender (the ones that attach onto a hand blender - sooo useful) and I rolled it into logs. It held together brilliantly but JJ turned his nose up - I don't think he likes bland things!

I mixed the other half with some mashed mango but this was a bit sloppy so I added some dessicated coconut and baby rice to firm it up. I put it in the fridge and forgot about it - its still sat there!

So he had his rice logs, some cheese and some mango (lots of mango!). I was eating some left over shepherds pie for my lunch and he seemed rather interested (I hadn't given it to him as I didn't think he'd manage it) so I gave him some and he gobbled it up.

SO for tea tonight I gave JJ some shepherd's pie of his own - well he wouldn't even touch it. We had been into town and he just wanted to play so I let him and tried him again a bit later. He half heartedly had a bit (he loved it at lunch!). So I gave him some yogurt which he practically begged for then decided he did want his shepherds pie, and the rest of his yogurt and an Organix rusk! In the end he had quite a bit to eat.