George Discovers Nectarines

We have been away this weekend so food has been at odd times and sometimes missed out all together! On Friday we had our normal meals so breakfast was banana and melon, the melon a bit under ripe still so this wasn't really looked at in much detail but the banana seemed to go down well again, I think I added a pear to the proceedings too at some point and from my (very blurry memory) I think he still likes it!

Lunch on Friday was a veritable feast with babyG being offered sweet potato wedges sprinkled with cinnamon and rice cakes with homemade hummous on them. For the hummous I whizzed up a can of chick peas, some oil, some garlic and lime juice, then a couple of sun dried tomatoes. This could possibly be the best thing that George has ever eaten and I did have to go and get more rice cakes as he was banging his hands on the tray and shrieking! Here's a picture of George looking quite messy after this meal!

Friday night turned into a bit of a nightmare though with George waking at 3 and staying up till 5, not sure why, perhaps it was the garlic??

On Saturday we were off to Aunty Caty's house so breakfast was foregone in favour of a 3 hour car journey however Cate had prepared sweet potato wedges and roast courgette fingers which George wolfed down, Hannah on the other hand disregarded the courgette in spectacular fashion flinging it aside in favour of pudding. We had to wipe the fromage frais from the sippy cup before George *shared* it however as I don;t think Fromage Frais classes as non dairy!

Sunday was again a one meal day, breakfast consisted of Pear and Nectarine. I have never seen George eat so much fruit, I quartered the nectarine and George really went for it, at the end of the meal there was only skin left and babyG excelled himself in front of family and showed his eating skills off magnificently to big cousin Hannah.

In a break from tradition, tomorrows meals include roast potato breakfast, tune back in for more details tomorrow!

Wednesday and Thursday's Fud

Well, yesterday was quite busy so I didn't have time to update but on Wednesday George had banana for breakfast again, he seems to be a bit more keen on trying banana so perhaps I've finally got the serving method right (cut in half then peel about 1/3 of the skin). He also had a couple of Organix Apple Rice cakes. For lunch he had potato, sweet potato and carrot - roasted of course, and again did some sippy cup practice.

Yesterday George had banana and melon for breakfast and the banana was preferred to the melon for the first time ever..I don't think the new melon was as ripe as previous offerings so it was discarded in favour of mushier banana.

Lunch was leftovers with some added extras. Matt and I had had shepherds pie on Wednesday night so babyG (and Mummy) had lwftovers with baked beans. George actually only had the mash from the top (made with pure spread instead of butter and milk) and beans and seemed to like it very much. It had to be spoon fed but he took control of the spoon and managed to actually eat quite a lot of it himself, I of course was loading the spoon for him but he is only 5 and 3/4 months! (crumpet/pikelet minus 8 days and counting)

Here is some video of him being naughty with the spoon

All in all a succesful food day.

Hopefully there are no typos in this, I was told off by my dad so I've spellchecked this time!

Boy Flu - like man flu but for little people

Yes, George has had his first taste of man flu, he caught it off his daddy who had it BAD, babyG seems to be out of the worst of it now though and a bit more interested in eating. So on Sunday George had banana for breakfast which was duly messed with then gummed and then thrown on the floor...not a great start. Lunch however went much better, we were out to lunch with Matts parents and my MIL had done baby G some roasted veg so he sat on my knee with a muslin tied round his neck and proceeded to scoff the lot. Whether he was showing off in front of people I don't know but he seemed to wolf some things down (noticeably sweet potato - again!).

After a diabolical night on Sunday which saw an emergency Medised administrations at 3:15am George skipped breakfast in favour of crying and generally being a whinge bag, although I soon forgave him as he was suffering quite badly. For lunch babyG had some sweet potato wedges (running low again, time to shop I think) and a couple of Organix apple rice cakes which he isn't really sure about but seems to like scraping his teeth on.

I'm not sure whether it's the lack of dairy in my diet but George seems to have turned a slight corner with his evening sleepings, for the first time since he was born he has regularly gone to bed before 8 o clock, almost unheard of and we are finding time to eat properly in the evenings again which is nice.

On Tuesday George had his first mush! We only had very ripe bananas so I mashed it and added a spoon. I tried to feed George but he was having none of it (YAY) so in the end I loaded the spoon and let him do his worst, his aim was rubbish so we swiftly left the banana to one side and proceeded with a pear which I have to admit George ate a surprising amount of.

Lunch yesterday was potato wedges (no surprises there if you also have read Hannah's blog!) which again George seemed to like quite well - and I had them too. Between us we shared 2 potatoes and I had a dollop of ketchup with mine. BabyG had his plain though :o)

After the Easter break we'll have to start eating out occasionally so that should be fun, ideas for non dairy picnic food welcomed.

PS - Georges 6 month birthday is already planned, he will be celebrating with a crumpet/pikelet..good lad!

Melanie Goodness

Today saw a return to Melon as our favourite breakfast fruit, this time it was a galia melon which obviously was more attractive than anything else on the tray owing to that fact that it is orange, also on offer for breakfast was banana which was served 1/4 ered with some of the skin removed from each piece, leaving a nice handle for babyG to grap onto. A surprising amount of banana seemed to get eaten this way and I think we may have cracked the squishy banana problem.

For lunch George scoffed loads, he had some purple sprouting broccoli (oversteamed again...for a change), some cauliflower, some asparagus tips and some melon (to chomp on while the rest cooled). There was a brief 'melon turned down in favour of broccoli' moment but the grandads amongst us will be relieved to know that broccoli was soon shunned in favour of the melon yet again!

No foodie pictures today but here is George standing looking out of the lounge window - check out his big cloth bum!

Cupboard Breakfast

Owing more to the fact that they were the only thing left suitable in the house rather than any pre thought out menu, George had avocado and pear for breakfast...they both went down fairly well, with perhaps the avocado being favoured over the pear. Breakfast also saw the introduction of the sippy cup for the first time and Baby G seemed to know exactly what to do with it and once I'd taken the valve out which meant the water just came out he was pleasantly surprised by the whole thing. I'd left the skin on the avocado and it was quickly dispatched once George got used to the slimyness! Breakfast was followed with a chaser of calpol as babyG was screaming (prime suspect = teeth)

For lunch George had a variety of things including purple sprouting broccoli, some baked apple segments and an Organix apple rice cake (stage 2 suitable from 7 months...we'll show them at 24 weeks!) - can you tell I'd been shopping? All of this went down really well, but I have found out that purple sprouting broccoli has looser leaves than normal evidenced by the bits found on the floor after the meal.

The rice cake was dealt with really well and some of it even went down which I didn't think would happen as it is by far the driest food that George has dealt with so far, again lunch was polished of with calpol pudding...poor babyG.

In other news, we have been referred to a dietitian as George gets a funny rash over his eyes and top of his head when he is breastfeeding, despite the dairy free diet, so hopefully we'll start to get some answer to the whole rash, eczema and vomiting conundrum.

Already slacking in the updating department!

Well 2 days seem to have gone past but we have been quite busy with appointments and stuff so meals have been very ad hoc and babyG has had breakfast on Tuesday and a rushed tea on Wednesday.

On Tuesday morning George had his usual Melon (as did mummy) but unfortunately we had run out of Mango as an accompaniment so he was introduced to pear. To be honest it was very overripe and quite difficult for him to handle but he seemed to manage OK with it, after the first couple of gags anyway!

Yesterday morning saw George chomping away on a variety of fruit that always seem to get left at the bottom of the fruit bowl, he had pear (again, very ripe), plum (very ripe) and a brown banana. He seemed to be into the plum, I suspect as it was bright red in comparison to his otherwise beige breakfast. He gagged on it a few times and the skin came of fairly easily which confused him so after a few gums it was flung to the floor very dramatically and quickly scoffled up by Sophie. The pear was received very well and gummed quite enthusiastically, but then the banana made it's grand entrance! As the banana we had was quite ripe I tried a couple of serving methods...firstly I cut it in half and just presented it to George - anyone seen a baby trying to cram 1/2 a banana in his mouth....lengthways??

this proved quite difficult to handle so for my next trick I left the skin on 2/3 of the piece and let him get on with it. To be honest most of it was spat out or squished between his fingers but I'm sure some went down the hatch as for the rest of the morning he had a vague aroma of banana yoghurt about him.

For Tea Goerge was presented with a variety of veg, he had steamed cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus and baby corn. I was trying to keep him off carbs as he had had banana for breakfast and I didn;t want it to back him up if you know what I mean! The asparagus was first to be efficiently dispatched, swiftly followed by that old favourite broccoli! The Cauliflower was munched on fairly enthusiastically too, although the baby corn swiftly found it's way into the dogs mouth.

George was happy to sit at his high chair for ages playing with his food so I know that he enjoys his time 'eating', and while he is still quite sick it appears that more 'solid' things are staying down so hopefully we'll see a difference there too.

In other George news....He has another tooth, it broke through yesterday morning so we are now regularly brushing them before bed. he also is getting very good at rolling around, both from front to back and back to front which is good, but means we need to watch him closely to see what he's after grabbing! He also has come on leaps and bounds with sitting and will happily sit playing for a couple of minutes (wedged with the cushion). When I find the camera cable there'll be some piccys too!

Showing off at Eating

This weekend we were away at a Christening and I wasn't sure how George would manage with his eating in a busy household but no problems there. George isn't being given regular meals yet, I tend to do him breakfast because he's always awake and it gives me an oppotunity to sit down with him at the table and share a meal (my fruit intake has gone up dramatically), then, depending on naps he will either have an early lunch or early tea - if available. So, we arrived at the house on Saturday afternoon and I promptly cut George up some melon and mango to eat as he had had no breakfast (mean mummy) on account of the 4 hour drive. Well, he wolfed it down and I was so proud, all the distractions of new people and big cousins did nothing to put George off his food.

On Sunday morning George again had Melon and Mango before the Christening and for lunch (early tea) he had a variety of roasted veg (parsnip, carrot and sweet potato) again, the crowds didn't put George off his food and he pretty much polished off everything that was put before him. It's definitely going down too, and out the other end, as evidenced by some choice nappies!

Here he is eating on Sunday (with mummy)





Monday was a return to home so again, no breakfast, but his later meal was again roast veg (sweet potato, parsnip and carrot) with the addition of a bit of pepper softened in the oven. Unsurprisingly the 'snip was shunned for orange food, with sweet potato taking preference over carrot. The red pepper was viewed suspiciously as it introduces a new colour to food, but George did give it a go and didn't seem too distressed by the taste.


Just a thought - must find some way of keeping the sleeves close to BabyG's arms as they always seem to get filled with food.

In other, non eating news babyG is often found upside down in the morning these days )not literally). I think he wakes up then decides that he won;t be going back to sleep and flips himself over onto his back to look at the ceiling (i before e except after c), which means we get a bit of respite as he lies there chuntering to himself quite happily for a while...Hoorah

Week 1 - in which George tries all sorts of things

Well we only just got into the blog thing but I have been weaning George for a week now and he has had solid food on most of these days. We started off with Sweet Potato Wedges first which babyG decided were the best thing since breastmilk, we have also tried broccoli and carrot, steamed courgette which babyG really wasn't impressed with (have you tasted them??). We have also given him roasted parsnips which he loved, and we had his first num num so that was pleasing...

Today saw babyG being presented with melon for breakfast (his first breakfast meal) which wass swiftly followed by a full body change for him as the melon was a bit overripe and thus quite juicy...lunch consisted of a variety of roasted veg, parsnip, sweet potato and butternut squash, to be honest most of it ended up in the dog but I'm sure that George ate someting.

We experienced a gag today too, but George did really well at spitting the food back out, and I was amazed at how much had gone down! It turns out Georges gag point is about 7 cm from his lips!!!

Here are some pics of what has been going on this week





Courgette - Sweet Potato and Carrot and Broccoli

As far as reaction go, the broccoli seemed to give George very bad wind, and perhaps the courgette made him slightly sick (well it would me) but other than that, it's all down the hatch... Hoorah!

A bit about us

Hello - Welcome to George Eating Stuff, this is where George's journey into the world of real food will be documented, a) so the grandparents and other interested relatives can see how he's getting on and b) so I have a record of what George is eating should we have some sort of reaction

To see the rationale behind what we are doing check this out or see George's big cousin Hannah at her blog

So, moving on swiftly I am Jo, and mainly play a supporting role in this epic tale... The real star of the show is George (aka babyG) and his ever expanding diet!

George was born on 07-10-07 (nice symmetry there, well kind of!) and is currently 22 weeks (nearly 23). He is solely breastfed and has never had any formula, not ever. He also is a very sicky baby and is one a variety of medicines to control his reflux (infant Gaviscon, Ranitidine and domperidone - his champagne medicine) He may also have a milk protein intolerance so don't expect any dairy filled meals. It was suggested that we wean the traditional way when babyG was 17 weeks but we decided to wait until he could self feed, so here we are, 22 weeks old - George
can sit in his high chair well and puts everything to his mouth so we though we'd give it a go...

Here is Baby G before he started eating anything, practising for the real thing by eating food in his high chair