as gabe approaches 6 months, i've become very anxious about starting him on real food. everyone starts with baby rice cereal, but even that's confusing. just rice cereal? what about barley cereal? or wheat cereal? organic or regular? white rice or brown rice? which brand? oy! i got myself totally worked up over this damn rice cereal, that i finally took the plunge and bought good times organic brown rice cereal. finally...decision made!
also, my mom has her own ideas of what babies should be fed and how much/often. apparently i was such a good eater as a baby that i got a little too chubby and the nutritionist put me on a restrictive diet :P then my mom got me super paranoid about gabe's future, so in addition to the nutrition discussion from the phn at our drop-in session, i've been researching food on the internet, and i attended "mindful eating" at the west end community centre & capers on robson. i am now armed with so much information about babies and food, it's ridonkulous. the great thing about the mindful eating session is that we got to taste samples of food we could be giving our babies: baked yams cooked with olive oil, bananas with geram masala, cheese curds, poached pears w/fennel seeds. personally, i could've done without the fennel seeds :P
man alive, once we get back from vegas i've got a whole new adventure to look forward to with gabe. rice cereal, nutrio's, farley biscuits, and water in a sippy cup! yikes! my boy is growing up so fast :-(
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Have fun in Vegas! Nora still eats her Good Times brown rice cereal in the morning - she loves it with pureed apples, blueberries and yoghurt! So soon Gabe will be feasting on that delicious goodness! :) (I think she eats healthier than I do!)
You'll be fine.. trust me... this whole Motherhood thing is about learning & you'll figure it out no problem :) Just relax and enjoy :) PS... kiss my baby foof for me :)
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