OK, I know the aim of baby led weaning is not to make it easy to stuff them full of refined carbs and sugars when it's convenient but having ordered the afternoon tea set at the Mandarin Oriental coffee shop I didn't feel that I should eat it all on my own.
The variety and little mini portions of everything are perfect for The Boy's three second attention span. He had a pint-size smoked salmon sandwich, a slice of quiche, and then a little chicken pie generously donated by one of my dining companions. This was followed by a bit of scone with cream, some carrot cake, some chocolate cake and a bit of marble cake.
All in tiny little portions for those of you who are about to call child services.
Some of it went on the floor, a lot of it went in his hair, but most of it went in his mouth.
The Boy is going up in the world.
Thursday 29 July 2010
Tuesday 27 July 2010
Drinking
Not the social kind, the learning how to kind.
In the early days before The Boy started eating solid food I used to look at the array of plastic cups they do for babies in bewilderment. The manufacturers seem to have convinced us that we will need to teach our babes to drink in 'stages' and... amazingly, buy a different cup and spout for each stage.
Cups with a straw are labelled as being suitable for either 12 or, in some cases 24 month old babies and it wasn't until I saw one of his friends happily sucking watermelon juice through a straw at around 9 months that I thought to question this. So I got him a cup with a straw a couple of weeks ago and he drinks from it fine, I suspect he would have done months ago.
So now he drinks out of a normal cup at home or one with a straw when he's out - so simple, who knew!?
In the early days before The Boy started eating solid food I used to look at the array of plastic cups they do for babies in bewilderment. The manufacturers seem to have convinced us that we will need to teach our babes to drink in 'stages' and... amazingly, buy a different cup and spout for each stage.
Cups with a straw are labelled as being suitable for either 12 or, in some cases 24 month old babies and it wasn't until I saw one of his friends happily sucking watermelon juice through a straw at around 9 months that I thought to question this. So I got him a cup with a straw a couple of weeks ago and he drinks from it fine, I suspect he would have done months ago.
So now he drinks out of a normal cup at home or one with a straw when he's out - so simple, who knew!?
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Sigh, plates
It would be really nice if The Boy understood about plates.
If he's really hungry then he'll eat food off one happily but once the initial hunger is gone or if he has a particularly chewy mouthful and he needs to kill time then over goes the plate. After that, the plate, with all the food still underneath it is swept up and down the table before being sent over the edge in what seems to be a particularly enjoyable two handed shove.
Ugh.
If he's really hungry then he'll eat food off one happily but once the initial hunger is gone or if he has a particularly chewy mouthful and he needs to kill time then over goes the plate. After that, the plate, with all the food still underneath it is swept up and down the table before being sent over the edge in what seems to be a particularly enjoyable two handed shove.
Ugh.
Tuesday 20 July 2010
Muffin success - thanks Hugh.
I've never made muffins before but I'm very, very proud of my first attempt (in fact I wish I'd thought to take a picture).
And more to the point The Boy loves them and they make a good portable snack item for him.
We made the cheese and bacon ones. Lovely.
And more to the point The Boy loves them and they make a good portable snack item for him.
We made the cheese and bacon ones. Lovely.
Monday 19 July 2010
How much I love buffets now
I've never been a great one for buffets, unless you're in a super swanky joint they're usually lots and lots of so-so food whereas I'd always rather have a small amount of so great food.
But, now I'm eating out a lot with The Boy I do love a buffet.
Why?
Because he has the attention span of a mayfly (DH says he will be in sales when he grows up) he gets so easily bored with meals that have one element or flavour i.e. a plate of pasta or cheese on toast.
He needs variety, so if I order cheese on toast for him he'll eat it all but it needs to be interspersed with interesting titbits from Mum or Dads plate or food from home, like grapes. Otherwise it all goes off the table sometime after the first slice is demolished.
Buffets mean that I can pile high a plate of tiny pieces of wildly differing food. You think cake and curry doesn't go together... you think wrong! And The Boy will entertain himself literally for hours investigating each new type of food as I hand it to him. OK, a lot of it goes over the side but there's plenty more where that came from.
Three cheers for the buffet.
But, now I'm eating out a lot with The Boy I do love a buffet.
Why?
Because he has the attention span of a mayfly (DH says he will be in sales when he grows up) he gets so easily bored with meals that have one element or flavour i.e. a plate of pasta or cheese on toast.
He needs variety, so if I order cheese on toast for him he'll eat it all but it needs to be interspersed with interesting titbits from Mum or Dads plate or food from home, like grapes. Otherwise it all goes off the table sometime after the first slice is demolished.
Buffets mean that I can pile high a plate of tiny pieces of wildly differing food. You think cake and curry doesn't go together... you think wrong! And The Boy will entertain himself literally for hours investigating each new type of food as I hand it to him. OK, a lot of it goes over the side but there's plenty more where that came from.
Three cheers for the buffet.
Wednesday 7 July 2010
The Boy Walks
Nothing to do with Baby Led Weaning (or at least I don't think it is) but The Boy can walk.
Yay, go The Boy!!!!
Yay, go The Boy!!!!
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