Hi everyone! I’m Gemma, 29 from Liverpool UK and first time Mum to Blake who is now 9 months old. I’ve been following this blog for months and months, long before I started to wean Blake and it’s always been a brilliant read and source of inspiration for me. When I first started to tell…
There are entire aisles in Target and Babies R Us full of “essential” baby dining products. There aren’t just cups – there are training cup SYSTEMS, with a variety of “stages” including endless combinations of removable handles, bottle nipple tops, sippy tops, straw tops, sport bottle tops, wide fat cups, tall skinny cups, and so…
Ben is getting much better with the spoon! Well, he is getting better at knowing how to get the spoon into the yogurt to reload it himself. He’s still quite messy, but that’s to be expected. I’m very proud of how quickly he is learning to use the spoon on his own. Who knows, maybe…
“How can he chew with no teeth?” is the question I get the most when I suggest BLW to other mothers. Or when we’re talking about table food, I get “Well, I’m waiting for her to have teeth before we start.” Here’s the thing though. Babies get their FRONT teeth first and don’t get molars…
I have been a little busy with family visiting this month. But that doesn’t mean Kaitlynn hasn’t been eating. She has been. A whole lot. And I have a lot of posts I WANT to write up. But the time factor is against me. Not to mention school restarted for me, AND I will now…
Salami isn’t on the short list of foods I think babies (or anyone really) should be given. It’s processed and kind of salty, but dang it, it’s meat. And it’s delicious. So it’s not an everyday food but sure, Anneliese can have some. I’ve also been asked if I think giving fruit “too early” to…
OK so admittedly we’ve been a little absent from the blog for a few reasons. 1. Ella has been teething and nursing and not really interested too much in food. She loves the IDEA of food but honestly she just wants to nurse. All. Day. Log. And that’s OK. 2. Ella had a pretty ugly…
Bacon is hugely loved in my family. So much so that I even have an entire bacon category on my blog, Joyful Abode. So my husband and I were both excited to introduce Anneliese to “meat candy.” This bacon had had a long time to cool after it was cooked, so there was no hot…
Fruit is such a fun thing for babies to try. There are just so many flavours out there and each has such unique textures. And when you give a baby the fruit in is original state and not a puree they get to experience these textures and the real flavours. So moving on. Mangos were…
Yesterday I gave Kynlee some avocado for the first time. I personally don’t care for it but I do eat it in sushi. My husband’s the same way. Since avocado is so nutritional, I wanted to let K try. Just because we aren’t all about it, doesn’t mean she won’t be! After her avocado experience yesterday…
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