Tag Archive: bananas

BLW with friends

Sucking on a piece of tilapia

This week Sebastian and I had a play date with my friend Ginger and her toddler Ophelia.  The day included a lot of food, starting with bananas for the kids while the grown-ups drank coffee. They also snacked on Goldfish and Scooby Doo graham crackers – Not necessarily the kind of snacks I would purchase,…

Bananas for Bananas

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Anneliese liked tasting bananas before, but now she loves them. In fact, she can eat almost an entire banana on her own. Um, baby? I think that part isn’t delicious… I give her chunks of it just in case she drops it on the floor, so the whole thing isn’t “lost”.  So sometimes a chunk…

Baby’s First Food: Bananas!

Baby-Led Banana

OK, so this is definitely not Sebastian’s first time having banana, but I want to put in my vote for banana as the perfect first food for babies! Sebastian got his first taste of banana at three months old – Early I know, but he was showing lots of interest. This first photo (right) is…

Burger and Banana

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A few days ago, I gave Anneliese a bit of a hamburger I made. It was grass-fed ground beef, an egg, mustard, onion, and garlic. It pretty much crumbled in her hands when she tried to pick it up (I cut her a stick-shaped piece), so I think maybe next time meat balls would be…

Allergies

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Just like with purees allergies play a part in feeding your child actual solid food. If there is a known family allergy to a particular food that food should be something you hold off on and talk to your family doctor about. For our family the allergy we had to worry about were bananas. Strangest allergy…