Foodies.

It seems like everyday he is learning or accomplishing something new.  It's amazing how quickly he catches onto things...smart little booger that's for sure.  This week he has been trying lots of new foods...I think we are at the point where it's pretty safe for him to experiment a little as long as we stay away from the NO NO list!  Today Wyatt had pears and banana mashed into his oatmeal for breakfast.  I make most of his food using the Baby Bullet, which I love..but not everything is so simple or readily available.  I like the organic Plum pouches of baby food or Earth's best because they're organic also.  Today we tried quinoa cooked in chicken brother.  Nick and I have been eating a lot of it lately because it is so healthy and way cheaper at Costco by the way.  (It's also easy for me to eat with the pain from the braces)

So here's what I did...

1 cup dry quinoa

2 cups chicken broth

bring to fierce boil

reduce and cover 20 minutes

VOILA!

For baby dukes' lunch I spooned a little of the creation into his little bowl along with about half an avacado and mashed it in real well and served it up!  He LOVED IT.  He will be eating more quinoa I can tell already.  It's such a perfect food so I hope he digests it easily.  

 We have also been experimenting with the "puffs" that are so famous at this stage of infancy.  Ahh the joys of letting him learn to pick things up and eat on his own...well not quite.  At least he is picking them up..boy has got good hand-eye coordination.  As far as getting them in his mouth- we are working on it.  I usually end up putting them in his mouth and he gums at them until they dissolve.  Today we tried dipping his puffs into hummus...yummmmm....he's tried hummus before because mommy stands around and picks at it everyday.  Here he is playing in his saucer having some puffs.  (organic happy bellies green variation of puffs).

Little dude is getting big and strong.  He's a lean machine.  Sometimes I wonder if I'm feeding him enough but honestly the kid eats whatever/whenever I tell him and sleeps great...I guess that's all that matters!  

For my own future reference, with Wyatt's milk intolerance, we've been using Enfamil's high dollar stuff called Nutramigen Lipil.  It's broken down so babes like him can digest it without having colic/severe gas, rashes, etc again.  (it was AWFUL when he was newborn due to the milk protein in my diet...took weeks to eliminate it, and a lot of sleepless nights and even more tears). I started using some formula recently because I was making less and less at night when I would pump.  He prefers at bottle at bedtime, and honestly so does mommy because it gives me a little break from nursing.  So when he was like 4 months we started bedtime bottle and from then on out I'd pump before bed...welll....long story short it became futile to even pump at night because I was making less and less, thus now he gets formula at bedtime.  Eventually I may make the switch all together but haven't made that decision yet.  We tried a couple of different formulas mixed with the spendy stuff to see if he could tolerate it now that he's 7 months old.  Didn't go well.  Three nights of getting a mixture of Nutramigen and Good start Soothe, he was a grumpy, screaming, gassy mess until about 9 pm (bedtime is 7 pm nightly).  Poor guy- we have been taking turns going in to rock him and help him pass his gas.  Moral of the story...if Wyatt gets formula ITS THE EXPENSIVE stuff. 

 But, it is good that he can tolerate something other than breast milk well.  I'm tiring of being ragingly hungry, yet miraculously dairy free, even the hidden milk that's in sneaky stuff...now top that with SUPER sore teeth from getting my braces cranked every few weeks- eating is as much of a challenge for me as it is for him sometimes!!  SIGH.  enough of that- it is a JOY :)  

James 1:2-5 says it.

 ² Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, (and breast feeding mommies) whenever you face trials of many kinds,³ because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. ⁴ Let perseverance finish its work so that you (and your sweet little baby) may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. ⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
my emphasis, obviously, although Jesus should consider adding this in.