Making Baby Food Butternut Squash!

Yesterday I made Butternut squash for my little boy.

It was my first time making this.. ever.. ha!

I first washed it under cold water and dried it.

 Then cut the ends off...

 Then in half... It's like a pumpkin, ha!

 Scoop out seeds and peel it. My littler peeler was not that great so I ended up using a knife to peel it.

 I chopped it up and put it in my steam pot. (you can use your regular stove stop steamer )

 Let it cool then blend! I added about 1oz -2oz water. Add more or less depending on how thick or thin you want your puree.

 I then filled up my little containers and placed some in the fridge and some in the freezer. I read that in the fridge pre-made baby food is good for 2-3 days.

Yummy!

 Kristian loved it! I gave it to him for lunch and dinner yesterday and will do the same today!

We have tried, Avocado, Banana, Carrots, and Butternut squash!

A couple weeks ago I entered in this giveaway from Stephanie over at http://www.howtosurvivelifeinthesuburbs.com/2012/04/nutrition-on-go-go-with-gerber.html

 And I won it!!!! whooooooo!

 Gerber graduates products! I'm familiar with these because my niece loved so many of these goodies. Look at all these goodies!!! All the items are for 9 months plus, so we need to wait a little bit before we try them. But we are excited.

 Happy boy!

Kris will be 6 months Sunday! As of this week he is 15lbs! :)

Making baby food is soo easy!

 Making Baby Food!

 

I love making my little one his food at this beginning stage of trying new foods. 

So far my little one has had Avocados, bananas and carrots. 

I use the Hamilton beach Pot to steam the foods that will need to be steamed, like the carrots and when I move on to apples, butternut squash, sweet potato and etc!

I also use the Hamilton beach hand held blender. I got this blender as a shower gift.  It's so easy to use and easy to clean!

I posted this picture last week when I made carrot puree. 

I used organic carrots, washed and peeled them and chopped them up and steamed them.  I added about 150ml water and blended it. I can use more or less water depending on how thick or thin I want the Puree. Then I used my little containers to store the left overs in the fridge to use the rest of the week. I love doing that! Kinda easier than making the avocado or banana where it needs to be made daily. 

So far my little one is loving lunch and dinner.  I first nurse him then give him his little meal about 20 minutes afterwards. When I started I waited an hour in between, but I made it closer now.  I feed him at 12pm and 6pm :)

Making baby food is really so easy. I'm glad I'm doing it too!

Wordless Wednesday

Introducing solids, cereal and fruit! Veggies to come

Starting baby on solids has been really fun so far. It took a couple weeks for him to get the hang of eating off a spoon and swallowing. But it has been a success! We started rice cereal last month and Kristian has been eating rice cereal everyday now twice a day.







I'm reading a book called Sprout Right by Lianne Phillipson-Webb (this is not a review) and she talks about which foods to start first. She actually states that many moms skip cereal all together. My doctor recommended rice cereal so we followed what our doctor suggests as well. In her book she also talks about how breastmilk and formula are pretty sweet and that it's ok to start with fruits first. She has lots of recipes which is great for me to follow.


So I decided to start Kristian on Avocado's as his first fruit! I also wanted to pick something easy for me as well as I transition into becoming mommy chef :)

I blended 1/2 a avocado with 1 oz formula (I was going to use breastmilk but I was lazy to pump!)










Our second fruit of choice will be bananas, I'll introduce one new food every 3 days to make sure baby boy has no reactions. Next week I will start with some veggies, sweet potato and butternut squash!

My growing boy!