Baby Foods

I've skipped baby food for several reasons based on what I read from friends, mommy bloggers, and our own pediatrician.

• If the food has to be blended and puréed, is that baby ready for food?
• It seems like a lot of messy extra work.
• It sets up a pattern where baby eats different foods than mom and dad, and this mom isn't a short order cook.
• Breastmilk is more than adequate nutrition--why stress over something else?

There are other reasons people give: agency over food and learning chewing first versus swallowing. But those aren't my reasons.

Ellie is almost 10 months old and this is what a daily menu of solids looks like:

Breakfast: a few bites of banana
Lunch: a few green beans and barley from my homemade soup and a few bites of yogurt
Dinner: rosemary and garlic braised beans with a little whole grain pita and yogurt

This is what we're eating today, so she eats a mini version of it. Combined with nursing every 3 hours or so (girl loves the boob), she'll get adequate nutrition.