The Army Crawl/Menu

Well, it has finally happened! Blane is starting to crawl! He can get up on all fours and move just a little, but what he has mastered is the army crawl or scoot. If he sees something that he wants, he will scoot all the way across the entire room to get it. So funny!!! I was able to capture just a little on video..he's very camera shy!

On another note: Blane's Menu - Several of my friends have asked me about Blane's menu these days. He's still eating the food that I puree for him at home, but we have incorporated lots of other things as well. My goal is to have him on all table food by the time that we go to the lake in August, which will put him right at 9 months. I can't imagine lugging all my bags of homemade food to Arkansas! My other issue is that at 7 months, he's about to eat me out of house and home. At a typical meal he will eat at least 5-6 frozen cubes of food, and still be up for eating more! So keeping up with the demand is getting demanding! That's 12 ice cubes worth of food a day! Anyway, here is an example our menu options. Breakfast is all table food!

Breakfast Options:

Banana- cut up into small pieces

Applesauce- organic, cinnamon flavored

Grits - I usually just microwave the instant kind and add cheese

Yogurt - baby or regular, just whatever we have on hand

Cheese- the block cheese cut up into small pieces

Fruit cup- the ones next to the applesauce at the store...no sugar added or natural

Cottage Cheese- the full fat kind

Oatmeal- The old fashioned kind or the instant kind, he loves both

Lunch Options: We're still doing pureed food for the most part except for

Spagettio's

Avocado- mashed with fork

Cheese cubes

Dinner Options: Still pureed

Same as lunch above

Snack options:

Yogurt

Applesauce

Ritz

Graham crackers

Cheerios

Fruit cup

His favorite purees that I have made:

lasagna

beef hash

baby muesli with fruit

mixed veggies, organic

sieved berry juice

**So as you can see, breakfast is easy! Let me know if anyone else has some great table food lunch and dinner ideas!!!