Green Beans!
Posted by Chelsea on Saturday Mar 21, 2009 Under InfancyLucy turns 6 months tomorrow-can you believe it? I can’t. To mark her 6 months birthday we started vegetables.
She was doing pretty good on rice cereal until last week when we realized that she hadn’t pooped for 3 days. Well that day she POOPED and pooped alot. In fact, she pooped in the bathtub and once we got her out, she pooped in the towel for 10 Minutes!!!! It was quite the poop experience. I called her doctor the next day to see what we could give her to help unblock the situation. The nurse suggested either pears or pear juice mixed in her cereal. We tried that, here was the result:
She didn’t like pears very much. She made that face before we even got the pears in her mouth. Just the smell made her gag.
So we tried oatmeal. She didn’t love oatmeal but she could tolerate it and by the fourth day of oatmeal she was eating an entire serving.
Well, now that she’s six months it was time to start vegetables and fruit. Ms. Azar, at daycare, suggested we start with green beans. I went looking online and figured out how to make green beans for a baby. For anyone who’s interested www.wholesomebabyfood.com is a great resource for making your own baby food. It’s easy and cheap-I got 1 pound of organic green beans for $1.99 at Whole Foods. I made up a batch of the green beans last night and decided to compare it with the Gerber Organic Green Beans that some friends had given us:
As you can see, the homemade stuff is much more vibrant and fresh looking-not surprising. I tasted both and the homemade was edible and kind of yummy. The Gerber? Tasted like overcooked green beans and the texture was awful. No wonder kids don’t like vegetables!
Alright, so here I am all excited to get Lucy started on green beans. They suggest that you do it in the morning so that you can watch for allergic reactions. Shaun went for a mountain bike ride this morning and I fed Lucy green beans. Here she is before:
There’s my happy girl. After the pear incident I didn’t have high hopes but as I approached her mouth the smell didn’t gag her-this is good! But still, she isn’t sure:
Then she decides that green beans aren’t really that cool:
This was about the time we stopped:
Oh well, we’ll try again tomorrow. We can only introduce new things every 4 days or so, so she’ll get something new next weekend. Maybe some avocado?
March 21st, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Too cute! Have fun in your baby food adventures.
March 21st, 2009 at 2:29 pm
My favorite site is http://www.babyfood101.com – it has recipes for adults too. Your baby is adorable!
Lisa
March 22nd, 2009 at 9:41 am
Well, MiMi and PaPa had a good laugh this morning! Lucy is adorable and she sure lets you know how she feels, keep at it. 🙂
March 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
OMG! That’s the best laugh I’ve had in a long time. Hearing me dying of laughter, my husband came into the room and said “What’s so funny?” I pointed to the picture of Miss Lucy after the pear taste-test, and he started laughing, too. Too hilarious!
March 24th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Hahhaa – cute Lucy!
March 24th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Don’t give up on the green beans! I started Ev on peas and he made the same face the first feeding, was more accepting the second and was devouring it by the third. I also started him on green beans a week later and went through the same process. Just keep giving it to her and she’ll get used to it. Ev has a pea preference over green beans because the peas tend to be less watery, but he seems to like them both overall.
The veggies I got just have the vegetable and water as ingredients on the little jars, but I’m totally going to check out that website for homemade foods. Thanks for sharing!
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