Really, Mom?
Sam started real baby food yesterday. He's been trying different cereals for the past week or so - rice (which he'd been eating), and two new grains, oatmeal and barley. I think they may have been a little taxing on his tummy, so I checked on one of our trusty baby websites for some ideas to...get things moving, so to speak. Last Friday I held a one-woman baby-food-making marathon in our kitchen. Of the five veggies I pureed that day, peas were the only type mentioned as a possible solution to Sam's diaper difficulties.
Did the peas do the trick you ask? No. Since peas can't do much good when they're just smooshed up on your bib, Sam still had some tummy trouble this morning. I called the nurse and she suggested pureed prunes. We added some to his oatmeal at lunch today and his tummyache was gone by dinner.
Yes, peas.
Smooshy, mooshy peas were the poor kid's first taste of real food.
Sorry buddy.
I got my cameras ready and, to mark this momentous occasion, fastened a very special bib to Samuel. It's on loan from a friend. If I remember correctly it was the only bib of the many that her mother had sewn for her children that she was able to save before evacuating New Orleans four years ago. We'd been saving it for this special moment.
I think these pictures of our little guy say it all...
Oh! But look! There's that smile. He's forgiven me already.
Did the peas do the trick you ask? No. Since peas can't do much good when they're just smooshed up on your bib, Sam still had some tummy trouble this morning. I called the nurse and she suggested pureed prunes. We added some to his oatmeal at lunch today and his tummyache was gone by dinner. And guess what?
He LOVED them!