Whether it’s jarred baby food or Mama’s homemade purees and mashes, Katie is WAY more interested in having real food in front of her that she can actually pick up and explore!
I suppose I can’t blame her, I mean really…
there is nothing super inviting about pulverized foods. Especially when you are constantly watching your Mama playing with lots of different COOL, REAL foods.
Besides, we have been pretty hit or miss with the “baby food”. Some days she’s all about it and other days not so much. I’m just kind of following her lead with the whole feeding thing and can definitely say that we don’t have much of a rhythm.
So I figure at the very least I’ll just keep on putting lots of different foods in front of her and give her the room to explore. Pretty much whatever I am working with in the kitchen ends up on her high chair.
This particular day, I had just gotten back from the farmers market and was doing a bit of “pre-preppin’” for the week SO Katie got lots of yummy snacks.
Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, banana, apple, and even lemon!
Oh the lemon… Katie was really excited by it’s bright, vibrant, shiny self
(until she tasted it!)
Is it wrong of me to gain SO much pleasure from watching her sweet, innocent, naive, exploratory self dive into the lemon as it it’s not going to “bite her back!??
I mean, I KNOW what’s gonna happen.
YOU know what’s gonna happen.
BUT sweet little Katie… well, how could she know?
You just can’t help but laugh!!! And yes… knowing what is about to come makes it that funnier.
But boy when she looked over at when she caught me doing this:
She shot me one of these real fast:
It’s as if she knew that I knew!! But how could she know??
What can I say? I’m guilty as charged. She’ll understand someday!
Anyhow… don’t be afraid to let your little ones explore with big chunks of real food. This gives them the opportunity to explore and taste and play.
Technically at this age, eating is just practice so it’s our job to give them a variety of options and their job to explore and discover.
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Hahaha!! That just made my day!
What more can you do – she’s got all of those great shapes, colors and textures in front of her – watching her discover the range of taste sensations is a blessing for you. She’s beautiful and so curious!
But the carrot “gesture” – hahahaha!!!!!
Dani, you had me cracking up because I too am guilty of this innocent pleasure… You just can’t help but see how their going to react! Thanks for letting us share in the pleasures of your little one’s explorations! You’re such a wonderful mother! Happy exploring! =)
What a fun post with adorable photos of Katie to start my day. And with great advice to mothers, I might add.
Thanks for the morning cheer.
Good for you for letting her explore. I find so many mothers are afraid to let their kids do this. And they get hung up on how much the kid is eating.
Dani! I can’t decide who is cuter! xo Mary
This made me laugh so hard – Katie and Nico must be kindred spirits because he’ll give me looks like that too. Like Katie, Nico can be really into purees depending on the day/his mood. Mostly, he just goes for the stuff he can gum so I’ve been just letting them feed him purees at day care for lunch but I give him regular food at home. He’s even had steak, it’s too funny. His favorite is cut up bananas and strawberries with classic cheerios for breakfast. He loves feta and cheddar. Baby mum mum rice rusks are also a favorite. He’ll pick up anything and shove it into his mouth – if I come at him with the spoon, he will clamp his mouth shut and push himself away to the point of practically tumbling backwards out of his high chair (if he were not strapped in). Strong little bugger. Hey, I don’t mind, less pureeing for me to do though now I have a huge stash I need to get rid of. oh well, additions to soups and stews and I have enough applesauce to bake with (in convenient 1 ounce portions) for a LONG time.
Looking forward to more eating adventures!
absolutely ADORABLE!
I gave my oldest a lemon when he was little too and he actually liked it! It’s so cute to see them explore new foods, isn’t it?
So nice to meet you this weekend!