feeding baby fun

so first of all(i think i say this a lot ...i like to start that way i guess..it can be my trade mark!)

Anyways

So first of all I must appologize because i feel i have not given a great post lately....i mean an amazing thought out post..they have been pretty thrown together and lame so i must assure you this one will be interesting and yea okay but it is long...

INTRO

As a first time mamacita i have been learning SO much. it is so amazing and rewarding to know that i am taking care of this beautiful little nugget..but it is also SO SO SO scarry sometimes to think of all these things I have to do and DO RIGHT! ugh so with the feeding thing I really tried to listen and learn and learn and learn..

breastfeeding... I was so set on doing this I really wanted to be able to give that if nothing else to Petyl. i think that if possible it is best and now after 6 months of doing it i feel even stronger about it. sometimes i am not gonna lie your mind wanders and your like oh man those things are like doing something and you feel crazy for a minute (and like when your beautiful little nugget looks over and smiles...not at you..but at THEM..you really feel crazy!) but then you feel good like God's purpose is in action and that is awesome!

*side note- i went to this breatfeeding clinic once and there was this poster that had a mother feeding her baby and then all around her were different animals feeding there babies and it said something like "you cant get more natural than this" and i admit i kinda laughed cuz it's soo cheesy right but i mean it is true it is how God made us and there is nothing weird about it...

**side note 2-i must say tho i do think it is weird to just whip it out and do the buisness without no cover or anything i mean yea no

THE NEXT STEP(getting ready for cereal)

so then after i feel i mastered that last concept i felt safe and secure....and scared to move on LOL i really wanted to do things right i didnt want to rush my little girl for selfish reasons(so that i can sleep through the night) or give her allergies or whatever all those people tell you ya know. So i waited...i asked the doc. and waited some more. I listend to all his signs to look for and waited for ALL of them - the interest in food, the putting everythin in mouth, the drooling, the sitting up, sitting up reaching out and not falling over....then when she was sitting up and sneezed without falling over(and about to be 6 months old [TODAY SHE IS!]) i dived right in.....well sort of... I told Trustan today was the day and we were going to do it. I took all that doc advice and passed it on to him to go to the store "get some rice cereal and some infant juice because you mix the juice instead of breast milk because in order for iron to absorb the body needs Vit. C" so the now informed papa went to buy the goods(and call me when he got there so i could reiterate all the requirements).

LETS TRY IT(eating cereal!!!)

then that night when he returned we made a family diner date for petyl and got started. I read the little cylindar thing of rice(which trustan spent and extra $4 on for the DHA- he called it the supper brain cereal). I read and read and could not find any directions of how one goes about this. it ust said to mix in to desired consitancy. Now i do have common sense so i went with that and we just made a little bit and pretty runny for the first expiremental stage.

so yea she tried it and made crazy faces and was so stinkin cute and yes it was amazing!

day one....hmm i dunno bout this stuff

day 2 - still thinking

what do you think...AHHH

happy girl - give me more!

STILL SCARED!-Research Mode

so tonight was day 4 on rice cereal and little bug has jumped on board very quickly SHE LOVES IT! so then i was still worried well how much do we feed this beast? how often? then what do we do? so with all these questions running through my head i laid little girl down and ran for the internet search engine! i have looked at everything and i mean EVERYTHING. i first went to just the gerber website..and then the parenting magazine website and then i found the American Academy of Pediatrics website

but my favorite which i found most helpful and most useable was this http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/ I was actually looking for like a chart to go by on what and when baby should eat but they just have so much on here!

THE PLAN

So after reading through and thoughts i have had for a long time about feeding little beauty i really have concluded i want to try and give the most natural and organicness to her. that website had all these little recipes for baby food and what the veggie or fruit does for them and all that but as i was reading (and taking notes...lots of notes!) i began to realize that some of these things i am just not going to do...for example the squash recipe....

1. Cut acorn, hubbard, or butternut squash in half, scoop out seeds2. Place an inch of water in a baking pan, then place squash halves "face" down in the pan. Check on water level while baking3. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 40 minutes or until the “shell/skin” puckers and halves feel soft then scoop squash “meat” out of the shell4. Place squash "meat" into your choice of appliance for pureeing and begin pureeing. 5. Add water as necessary to achieve a smooth, thin consistency.6. You can also peel the squash, scoop out the seeds and then cut into chunks and boil/steam until tender (like when boiling potatoes for mashed potatoes) then follow steps 4 and 5

im not going to bake something for 40 minutes just to mush it up and feed the lil one. i know i just wont do that. so from reading i found there are these organic baby foods now too.... i am going to do my best to give petyl organic...and as much like fresh things as realisticaly possible. I have a little baby food masher thing to try and make as much at home as i can. I just want to give the best i can ya know

EXCITED! and scared still LOL- am i a crazy mom

i dont know i am just excited like SO excited to have took all this in and learned. Like i think before i was just so uneducated on the topic and i felt like unconfident but i feel better now i feel ready to do this LOL!

there is one more thing tho that makes me nervous...AM I A CRAZY MOM? i mean do all moms start out excited and like gung ho about being healthy and then in 5 years am I just going to be throwing french frys at my babies?? I would like to think that I try and keep this healthy ness going i feel that I am pretty healthy (aside from my need for baked goods) and I dont think there is anything wrong with a french fry here and there....but am i just crazy do i got it all wrong is my plan...CRAZY?

FOLLOWERS

ugh i know i dont really blog for weeks and then i lay down another big mama but give me advice or just commentary thoughts(brieson) and yea i will appreciate it much!