Mash and mackerel

JJ's daddy did breakfast this morning and he said JJ wasn't too interested in his cereal - he did however eat some toast and a whole pear!

For lunch he had some smoked mackerel and cream cheese pate on some little slices of toasted baguette (he was smelly all afternoon but loved it!), some nectarine and yogurt.

For tea he ate cheesy mash, veggies and turkey and apple sausages, followed by the rest of his yogurt from lunch and a biscotti. - Yum!

JJ just doesn't stop wriggling at the minute - he is non-stop - guess that's why he's eating well as he needs the energy. Come to think of it so do I!

Little Holiday for us!

We went camping this weekend with some family - thought we must be mad given the recent weather but we had great weather all weekend and had a fabulous time. JJ was a star and slept brilliantly in the tent and ate lots of yummy food....will try to remember!

Friday - he had some lovely chicken casserole, potatoes and veg before we left - he did quite well with this.

Friday night - After putting up the tent etc we were quite late with tea but he did well. He had some emergency ravioli from a tin - not the best food but best I could manage at the time- it was kids no-added-anything stuff so not too bad. He had it with some broccoli (lots of!), and pitta and phily.

Usual breakfast Saturday morning - he had quite a lot and over half a banana.

Saturday lunch was a picnic at Sandringham - JJ had tomatoes, pittas and cheese and some fruit but dudn't really eat that much - was a bit distracted by his Nanna, Grandad and uncle and auntie!

For tea he has some mackerel, courgette, sweet potato mash, apricot and watermelon! Quite a mixture - he loved the mackerel and the watermelon.

Sunday breakfast he ate quite a lot again of the usual. (the al fresco dining and fresh air must be good for him!) He seems to be favouring oatibix over shredded wheat at the minute. He also had some juicy apricot - yum.

For lunch (back at home) he had pancakes (i sandwiched two together with some philly and mashed pear) some pear and tomato and cucumber.

At tea time JJ turned into an eating machine! We almost didn't bother as we had lunch very late due to travelling back but I'm glad we did as he had another pancake, half a pear, a chunk of cheese, a slice of malt loaf, breadsticks, and a rusk! He ate every last thing on his tray -even all the little bits that he had broken off and rejected earlier. He was really chewing and eating well. Such a star!

I noitced this weekend that when he tries something new he puts it straight into his mouth and then often pulls it out to have a good look at it before carrying on eating it.

Anyway - a great weekend all round - he ate loads and enjoyed every last bit, and we all had a great mini-holiday. We plan to do some more camping soon.

Fish and potato pie

JJ tried ready break for breakfast this morning. I spoke to the HV yesterday and she said that JJ's shredded wheat may not be enough and that the fruit he eats too doesn't count as it must be cereal. When I asked why she said it was because of the iron and vitamins added to things like wheatabix...what did the world do pre fortified cereals I ask! She also said that babies his age usually eat 1 1/2 wheatabix for breakfast - I don't think JJ usually eats that much. So I thought I would try some ready break for JJ to try like he eats yogurt. Well he hated it - and I can't blame him really. He was reaching on his tray like he wanted his usual so that's what he had (and bitesize Oatibix does have the added goodies!!).

He had his usual amount - I decided to stop worrying as I just don't think he is that hungry at breakfast - he doesn't have that much milk from me either. Gonna chill out and remind myself how well he is doing and he will eat what he needs as he has always done.

For lunch he had some potato and fish pie which we had last night and he loved it - he ate lots! He also had some nectarine but after a bowl full of pie he had no room left!

For tea he had some cheesy pasta again with some veggies. I bought some of the steamfresh packs for quick fixes and they were great - ready really quickly. Probably not as good as fresh but frozen does come pretty close nowadays (although not organic but never mind!). He enjoyed it but didn't really eat that much but he did enjoy his yogurt.

The gagging thing

I know that gagging and choking can be the scariest thing for some people when giving their LO's finger foods. It can be a bit scary but isn't a BLW issue as such - it will happen whenever children first experience lumps etc, even if they have had purees first, as it is a learning thing.
Anyway....JJ hardly ever gags anymore - can't remember the last time he did till now and it is usually when he is getting tired. Well I caught it on camera and it shows really well how babies usually naturally deal with gagging themselves. Choking is different as they really can't get the food back up and need help. But gagging is part of the learning process. It can be hard not to panic at first but I soon found JJ was able to deal with it without any fuss. I usually thought I would count to ten before intervening to give him the chance to deal with it and so as not to scare him. I never got past three or four.
Anyway - I thought I'd post the video - might help someone. He does a really cute little shiver afterwards.

Yummy pork and pasta

JJ had the usual for breakfast.

For lunch he had some broccoli (oh how he loves broccoli!) pork and carrot and baked apple wedges with cinnamon - he seemed to enjoy his lunch.

For tea I made a cheese sauce and JJ had it with pasta - wow - he gobbled it up sooo fast! He loved it! I also gave him some banana and he ate a lot of that too, and most of a yogurt. A very successful tea!

Other news - JJ has taken to babbling this week and sounds sooo cute.

Lentil burgers

JJ had his usual for breakfast but wasn't really interested.

Lunch wasn't too bad - I made some lentil burgers for him which were nice and he quite liked them but he managed to trap his foot in his high chair when wriggling about and this put him off his lunch! He also had some turkey from our stir fry last night (enjoyed this) and some pear. He gagged a bit on the pear - I think because was a bit overtired and it was after the foot incident at the end of the meal. I actually got it on video - its pretty minor really but I know a lot of people worry about gagging so I will put it in a separate post so people can see how babies can easily deal with it themselves most of the time. See the video of him putting too much in his mouth!

For tea I defrosted some fish patties but over cooked them when I was heating them up and they were very dry because of it and he quite understandably threw them on the floor! So he ended up having some philly on toast, yogurt and fruit.

Blogger help!

Does anyone know how I can get a recipes section set up in blogger - have tried to figure it out and can't. If anyone can help I would appreciate it!
Thanks x