He eats

As promised, Luka’s new milestone: He eats food! You may be thinking, “Yes. So what? Don’t we all?” Well, no we don’t. At least he didn’t and now he does and let me tell you. He LOVES the stuff. The stuff consisting first of oat cereal, then avocado, then zucchini, then banana, then carrots. All spaced out, of course. I hadn’t told you before because we were dealing with the birthday frenzy and all that but that is the new news in our lives: What will Luka try next? It’s the big question of the day. He seems to be adjusting rather well to the new flavors and consistencies. He grunts and looks intently at me if I take a second too long to shovel a tiny bit more into his mouth so he must like it. He wasn’t a big fan of the spoon at first so I had to feed him with my finger, but he has gotten the hang of it by now.

Rather than buy nasty, disgusting (I mean, have you really ever enjoyed it, really?) gerber baby food, I have decided that when having the time to do so, I will make Luka’s food at home. This is the trick I have developed. Since making just enough for him to eat each day is too much trouble and way too hard to puree fine enough in small quantities, I have started making a lot of saaaay, carrots, pureeing it to the desired consistency, freezing it in an ice cube tray and then storing the cubes (which are the perfect meal size for him) in a zip lock bag. This keeps too much food from spoiling before he can eat it and makes it quite convenient to have his tasty momma-made meal ready to go. And there you have it! Thank you all for the loving well wishes you all sent me yesterday! it was a lovely, lovely day.