Good Breakfast and lunch

JJ seemed to really enjoy his shredded wheat this morning. He has got so much better at picking them up in the few days he's had them. Today I watched as he picked it up but too much was in his palm as they are only small and he couldn't eat it. So he put it down and picked it up again between his fingers - it took soooo much concentration bless him! He also ate (yes actually ate not just sucked and spat out) a date to his usual chorus of 'mmmm'!

For lunch he had potatoes and veggies from our sunday dinner which he seemed to enjoy but he didn't eat that much.
Sorry no photos again as the camera is packed for our holidays.

We are off on our hols tomorrow until Friday so I wont be able to post but I will post lots of pics when we get back. - Bit nervous about eating out with JJ but fingers crossed he wont choose it as a time to fling food everywhere and choke! Please come back on Friday to see how we got on x

Sweet potato and mango

JJ had shredded wheat and banana for breakfast and roasted sweet potato and mango for lunch although he wasn't too interested in his lunch today. I hate to see perfectly good mango go to waste on the floor - grrrrr. Can't be too mad at him though - he has slept through the past 2 nights!

Yummy yoghurt

Do you think he likes it?

More please mummy!

Butter wouldn't melt


Shredded wheat for breakfast again with some mango. JJ had some more pasta for lunch with some bread and philly which received an average reception. But then we moved on the the yogurt - well - he loved it! We loaded the spoon and he grabbed it from us and sucked it in and spread it all over his face! He had the Rachel's Little Organics which seem to have no junk in them and are not too sweet (no sugar). The pictures speak for them selves. Me and hubby had to do paper, scissors, stone to decided who cleaned him up - in the end it was a 2 person job!

Pasta

JJ tried some pasta today. I made a simple tomato sauce with some garlic, onions, pepper and added some grated cheese. He sucked and sucked but didn't get the hang of biting and chewing it. He was very orange by the end of the meal. He got a bit frustrated as he hadn't had his milk feed as we were at Tesco's and then he fell asleep. Normally we have lunch about 1 hour after his bf which means he isn't too hungry and is more patient. Another lesson learnt!

We have also started helping JJ to drink straight from a cup as he was not really drinking much with a spout. It is rather messy but he is getting more water (I think!). We are going to get a doidy cup to try.

1st breakfast

I have decided to give JJ breakfast as he seems to get cross when I eat mine! He has had a few toast crusts previously but wanted to give him something else so today he had bite size shredded wheat which I soaked in a little bit of formula until it was just soft (couldn't be bothered expressing for such a tiny bit and am not sure I can give him cows milk yet). He managed really well with it and seemed to enjoy it (if saying "mmm" constantly counts as enjoying it!).

Woops!

JJ thought it was really funny to swipe my tomato!

I accidentally over-cooked JJ's broccoli today as his daddy phoned and distracted me! Consequently it was too mushy for him to hold well and it just disintegrated in his hands and he got a bit cross. He did like the peaches though but only sucked them.

Lesson learnt!

Cheese, tomato and poached peaches

This is JJ's swallowing face! He usually grins afterwards!
He also swiped a bit of my cheese on toast but it fell on the floor after 10 seconds!
Yummy peaches!

JJ had his first try of cheese today - I gave some grated and some batons to see which he preferred and he liked both but wasn't overcome with excitement. The grated was a bit frustrating for him. He likes tomato I think.

The biggest success was the poached peach - I quartered the peach and put it in a bit of water, a teaspoon of vanilla extract, a bit of Cinnamon bark and a sprinkle of sugar (naughty mummy) and cooked them till they were soft (I think about 20 mins as they were very hard peaches). He loved them although he only sucked and didn't chew. I was going to poach them in apple juice as I have had a carton in the cupboard for ages (I hate it!) and that would have saved me using sugar (although it was only a tiny bit) but it was out of date so Plan B was water! Great if your fruit is a bit hard.

We were going to singing and I had to take the peach off him which he wasn't too pleased about but he had been sucking on the same bit for 10 mins! He really enjoyed singing though, as did his friend Luca who was grooving with the maracas! It has worn him out and he is still fast asleep - peace at last!