I started rice cereal today with my little baby girl.  She was excited but made her share of funny faces at the new taste.  Hopefully I got some great pictures of her many expressions.  Here’s the baby food plan now that we have started: cereals, then veggies (squash, potatoes, green beans, peas, carrots, etc.), then fruits (everything except for berries), and lastly the meats.  I’ll post my recipes as I perfect them.  Obviously no eggs, nuts, or honey until the baby is at least 12 months, if not older. I plan on making all the baby food from fresh (or frozen when fresh isn’t practical or available) produce in my blender.  With my first child, I wore out my blender making baby food, so we’ll see how it goes this time.  (I got a much stronger one for Christmas.) I’m going to try to make batches every week then freeze the food in ice trays.  Every couple of days I’m going to pull out a few cubes to thaw out.  Anyways… I’ll let you all know how it goes.

As for today’s recipe: 1/2 ounce of freshly pumped breastmilk (which is more familiar to the baby than formula if you’ve been nursing until starting solids) and about 1/2 Tbsp of Earth’s Best Whole Grain Rice Cereal. It’s all about the consistency. You want it to be thin enough to be very similiar to milk/formula but thick enough to stay on a baby spoon. I try to get mine to be the consistency of yogurt, definitely runny but not totally watery. Serve at room temperature. My baby didn’t eat it all and probably won’t for a little while. It’s all about learning about all the new tastes. Yummy!

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