6 Months - First Food

Noah's first food is officially sweet potatoes. We wanted to do a vegetable first because I've heard that it's better to stick with a blander food so they don't develop a sweet tooth. I'm pretty sure that's out anyway since we feed him breastmilk, which is naturally sweet. But whatever! So we are also making our own baby food. Reasons - It's cheaper, I know what's in it, and it tastes more like the real thing. After our first experience, I honestly don't know why EVERYONE doesn't just make their own baby food. I even feel like I'm cheating since I have a baby food recipe book and trays specifically designed for baby food (honestly, they just look like ice cube trays with lids, but whatever). So we bought two sweet potatoes at the market, even bringing Noah along with us (he slept the whole way so I'm sure he really understood the whole "where my food is coming from" concept). The total cost was $1.80. We cooked them in the microwave for 8 minutes (I'm not going to go into microwave vs. oven right now). Then we just scooped out the "meat" and added some water and processed it up. Here's the result:


I took that and put them into our trays (it filled all 20 slots) and then froze it. The next day I put the cubes into a plastic bag to be stored in the freezer until use. So I made approximately 20 servings/ounces for $1.80. For comparison, the store sells jars of 2.5 servings/ounces for $0.80. That same amount is about $0.22. Only like a 50 cent difference, but multiplied out by all the baby food we will make - that's a big savings! Not to mention the priceless difference that feeding Noah healthy food with no preservatives or junk. I will say Noah will probably end up eating some jar baby food if we forget something or we travel far distances, but we will try to avoid this as much as possible.

On to the fun part - feeding. So the first try was actually yesterday and I don't have any pictures from that. We recorded it though and as soon as I have some time, I will post that video. In the meantime I will share photos from today's meal. He was a lot more receptive to the food today. I hope it gets better the more we do this. Not that the first times went badly but he definitely didn't seem like he wanted to gobble it up or anything. I think he was just confused about it. It really helped when David and I started making a huge production each time he took a little bite. So here are the photos from today: