Monday, August 9, 2010

Food update

For those keeping track Amelia has now had the following foods {it goes without saying that all of these are organic and made by me with he exception of the cereal} brown rice cereal, bananas, yogurt, avocado, mango, applesauce, sweet potato, & roasted butternut squash. On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being "ew, this is the worst thing that has ever existed in the history of the world" and 10 being "yum, this is manna from the heavens and i cannot ever get enough" these food rate thus:
Brown rice cereal - 7ish. she has her cereal every morning and seems to enjoy it but if we miss a day she isnt sad about it.
Bananas - 8ish. Not so surprisingly she quite likes bananas {don't all babies?}
yogurt - 2. At best this is a 2. To be fair she got organic plan yogurt with live active cultures and probiotics which even I don't like very much. I'm thinking of trying a baby friendly organic yogurt next time.
Avocado - 6ish. Not the worst thing in the world on their own and even better received when mixed with her cereal, which is pretty good since they are so healthy that i plan on giving them to her quite often.
Mango - Negative 10 million. There is nothing as funny as watching her shiver with rage at the "vile" taste of mango. This was kind of disappointing since they are so high in beta carotene...luckily there are other sources.
Applesauce - Negative 10 million as well. This was shocking. After the mango fiasco i decided to go with applesauce as a treat to make up for the foul taste of the mango. little did i know that i am the mother to the only child on this planet who finds apples offensive. Luckily apples have very little nutritional value so I'm not bothered by this, we'll try again in a month or so.
Sweet potato - 9ish. Thank goodness after two back to back failed attempts we found a food that she really liked Sweet potatoes are crazy high in beta carotene an fiber so this makes up for the mango.
Butternut squash - 10ish. We just tried this today {it was finally cool enough to be able to have the oven on long enough to roast the squash} and she L-O-V-E-D LOVED it. phew!

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