I have decided for Sam I am going to make his baby food...at least until WIC provides baby food for him when he is six months old. Then any food I need to supplement, I will make myself. I probably should have done the same thing with James, but he didn't even start baby food until he was six months old, and he had so many gagging issues that it might have just been an overall frustrating experience had I made homemade baby food.
Well...Sam has been on rice cereal about two weeks now without any reactions, so we decided to start introducing new foods. I had read that avocado is a good first food to introduce, and since it is available and easy to prepare, I have started there. Last night I just took a chunk of avocado, smashed it up really well and then added some water to thin it out. Sam was really hungry when we tried it, and he seemed indifferent to the taste, but he did eat about six small spoonfuls. I will continue with the avocado for the next few days to check for allergies and then move onto other foods.
I purchase some ice cube trays (we didn't have any because we have an ice maker in our fridge), so I will be able to make large portions at one time and freeze them. This is something I also read works well. Each ice cube is about one ounce, and once frozen, they can be bagged into freezer bags and marked with the date of preparation. Then they can just be removed from the freezer and thawed in order to serve them. We will see how all of this goes, but it is my plan this time around.
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