Bon appétit, bébé! {Favorite Products and Resources}

June 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
Food

Welcome back! If you are just joining us, you can read the rest of the posts in this series here: Bon appétit, bébé! Today we’re going to talk about some of my absolute favorite things when it comes to feeding Baby (and some of the equipment you need may very well be in your kitchen cabinets already!). I’ve tried several different products and narrowed it down to the following, which fell into the “I can’t live without them” category. Making Baby Food During the season when I was making food for the babies, I quickly learned that purees weren’t always necessary and it oftentimes took me a step further in preparation. But I did enjoy making a few purees and for those I … [Read more...]

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Bon appétit, bébé! {When Baby Says “No”}

June 5, 2013 By 6 Comments
Food

Thanks for joining us for the next post in the Bon appétit, bébé! series! I love hearing all of your stories, comments and questions - keep them coming! Okay. You’ve smashed and smooshed the 'nana and ‘cado all up. You’ve got the hubby poised with the camera and one of the grandparents with the video camera, the others checking in via FaceTime. The bib is on, the high chair is still sparkly and your baby is looking up at all the excited faces wondering what is going on. You send a spoonful of the yummy stuff towards her mouth and…it ends up on the side of her face. [enter laughter from all present] You try again. Annnnnd it also lands everywhere but her mouth. Hm. … [Read more...]

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Bon appétit, bébé! {What to Feed Baby}

May 29, 2013 By 5 Comments
Food

Welcome back! If you’d like to get caught up on the previous posts in this series, click here: Bon appétit, bébé! Today we’ll be discussing great starter foods for Baby. And next week? How to avoid picky-eating. There are lots of yummy foods you could feed your baby, right? And, whether you choose to make babyfood or not, it just makes sense that we want to offer the most nutrient-dense foods possible. We don’t want to waste empty calories to fill a tummy that may not be hungry the next time the breast (or bottle) is offered. These empty calories are found in cereals and sometimes in fruits and vegetables. The Alligator Pear A great first food is avocado (nicknamed the … [Read more...]

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Bon appétit, bébé! {Myth Busters}

May 22, 2013 By 10 Comments
Food

Welcome back to our series on feeding Baby! If you missed the other posts, you can click to read the “intro” and “how and when to feed baby.” If you're all caught up...read on! =) The Munchies When thinking through how you’ll begin feeding your baby, you may want to take a look at which produce is the “dirtiest.” The EWG has an excellent list of items ranging from the dirtiest to the cleanest. (If you’re unfamiliar with why organic is often super important, you may want to read my recent post documenting how our food has become a literal science experiment of nastiness!) Once I knew what was in our food, I just couldn’t see how putting that into their bodies made any … [Read more...]

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Bon appétit, bébé! {How and When to Feed Baby}

May 15, 2013 By 9 Comments
Food

In last week’s introduction to this series (Bon appétit, bébé!), I shared some of the questions I am most frequently asked with regards to feeding babies. So, I’ll begin by letting you in on the little journey I have been on for…oh, about 15 months now. Once upon a time, when the babies were two months old… I began dreaming of the day when their nourishment was not dependent entirely upon me. This was mainly due to the immense challenges I faced with breastfeeding all three babies and supply issues (you can read our journey on breastfeeding here). I read somewhere that babies often begin cereal at four months old so I figured I’d better get on this if I’m going to do it … [Read more...]

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Bon appétit, bébé! {overview}

May 8, 2013 By 9 Comments
Food

One of the topics I receive questions about most frequently (besides “are they natural?” =) has to do with how I made baby food for the babies. Now, I’ve only been feeding the triplets for about a year, but during that year I have made a lot of baby food. A lot. And, if you know me, I’ve done more than a little research on this region of parenting – nutritional aspects, cost analyses, time efficiency, product reviews, etc. So, I am happy to finally be able to share my efforts and experiences with you! Some of the most frequent questions I hear from you are: When did you first give solids to the babies and what did you give them? How did you decide what to give … [Read more...]

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Loving Moms…

April 10, 2013 By 2 Comments

You may or may not have come across a teensy-weensy debate or two when perusing the web, Facebook, blogs, etc….debates where moms are criticizing others for the ways they are raising their children. I certainly have my convictions and am happy to share those with others. =) But the way I do things is not the only way. Many kids are being raised (and have been raised!) in loving, happy homes and are parented in completely different ways. None of us appreciates being made to feel we are doing something unloving for our kids. (However, shouldn’t we all be open to evaluate – through others’ suggestions and information-sharing – how we could improve? I think so!) The point is that we … [Read more...]

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:nom, nom, nom:

January 28, 2013 By 4 Comments

Well, iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's Monday, folks! And that means it's time for a poll! (If you haven't seen last week's, check it out! It's one of my faves: Potty-training!!!) Pour yourself another cup of coffee...go ahead, I'll wait. There. (Confession: I usually only reheat mine.) How was your weekend? We are on our way back from North Carolina. It is :cold:. Brrrrr! Ok, so I am asked all the time about how I did this or that for the babies' once we began feeding them food. I have been wanting to write up everything I did because as we move away from that time, my memory is a-gettin' fuzzy. (Shshshshsh, I am not getting old! No, no!) So, can you help me out a little? Check out the poll … [Read more...]

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Happy Birthday, part 2

November 15, 2012 By 3 Comments

(If you missed yesterday's post, check it out here. Love, The Very Hungry Caterpillar) When it was time for the babies to get their cake and eat it, too, we gathered them into their high chairs and...well, just watch this short video David put together last night. =) https://vimeo.com/53567686 Surprisingly, they got VERY little on their outfits and I was easily able to get it all out with my all-natural stain-remover (but that's for another time). Here are some of my favorite shots of them a-smashin'. =) I know. I'm a cool mom. I couldn't NOT do it!! Of course, they haven't had sugar or anything since those few bites...and they won't for a very, VERY long time. … [Read more...]

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Run For the Border!

October 26, 2012 By 5 Comments

So if you’re following along with my hubby and I as we discuss ways we’ve survived the early days of new parenthood, you may have read yesterday my mention of one of the best ways to make this Mama happy. If you’re a mom, I’ll bet you can guess. Go ahead! Yep. You are SO right! Bring home dinner. It is uh-mazing how much stress is removed from my plate (pun intended) when David offers to bring dinner home. If it’s been a particularly crazy day, he’ll often ask once he arrives home if we should just order in. What a blessing!!!!! We’ve had a bunch of meetings lately which means that I spend naptimes just picking up the house and getting myself ready. Dinner is sometimes just not … [Read more...]

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