This I Can Do: Baby Food

I have inflated my mothering confidence this week as I stuck to my plan of making baby food for Landon. Contrary to popular belief, you can't just nibble on some Snickers and then regurgitate it onto a high chair tray for him to pick at, avian-style. That would be too easy. However, it turns out that pureeing your own baby food isn't that hard, either. And it is a lot cheaper... like 80% off, bargain bin prices... but organic!!!

Turns out that one butternut squash makes a sh*#-ton of baby food.

First off - baby food itself isn't that expensive. Fifty to sixty cents a jar for organic stuff down in these parts. A couple bucks for a box of rice cereal. A buck for a jug of nursery water. But these things add up when you have a baby who is growing a mile a minute. At our 6 month appointment, we learned that Landon was a little low on the weight scale for his age (like, 15th percentile low) so I'm not sure if I've been generating low fat milk somehow - which surely is impossible given my love of fast food - or if Landon's energy bursts are just continuing to burn calories. In any event, he scarfs down a couple jars a day in addition to a couple full servings of rice or oat cereal. Books say "just start with a tablespoon" - Landon decided to start with a cup. He gained half a pound the week after his 6 month appointment. Onwards and upwards.

Baby food: this I can do!