We upheld our 4th of July tradition of attending the
San Francisco Mime Troupe's season opening performance at
Dolores Park. We spread out a picnic blanket with Daniel's parents and let Mather crawl around during the show. We bopped her along to the musical numbers and that kept her in good spirits. She was feeling the heat of the day towards the end of the show, so I watched the last scenes while pushing her stroller around the park. Not too bad for a baby!
The biggest highlight of the day was Mather's first experience with the
fresh food mesh feeder. She had her first juicy summer peach, and she loved it...
I made a list yesterday of all the foods that Mather is "eligible" to eat. We'd like to broaden her food horizons. Today we gave Mather a couple of Cheerios, but she played with more than she ate. Next up are butternut squash and ricotta cheese.
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That is definitely red hair.
I want one of those!!! (For Dorian) What a great idea!
Enjoy your summer, Mather.
Savi,
It really isn't. It just photographs red. She has pale, fine blonde hair. It might change as she gets older, but she's very, very blonde right now.
Hey, I'm butting in with some useless information here: Russian stores have a certain kind of farmers cheese that comes in varieties less fatty than ricotta. Although I really have no idea how much fat babies should be eating of if they'd like farmers cheese. I suppose that was more of an older-human diet thought.
Mather is actually an exceptionally petite baby (around 5 %-tile of her age group) -- we've met infants near her exact age that are around 10 lbs. heavier. A little more fat will do her good!
I never thought that we'd have a tiny baby...having been born a 10 lb. baby myself. Mather is 8 mos. old and only around 14-15 lbs.
Momily also informs me that fatty foods actually help stimulate brain development in infants under 2. That's why we give Mather full-fat cottage cheese, for instance.
I would like to argue that fatty foods help develop brain in adults to justify my diet, but I doubt I could convince anyone.
I'm assembling Emily's baby pictures to bring up in a few weeks. Her hair photographed just about like Mather's (and just about as sparse). She was blonde until about age 13-14. I can hardly wait to see her and feed her with that cool contraption - plus it appears to be a lot less messy than the spoon or fingers.
It sounds like you guys know this, but just to throw it out there, we oughtn't give low fat foods to babies. I'm not saying avoid the Russian cheese, that just sounds like it's less fatty.
If you've already given her dairy, try adding a 1/4-1/2 tsp butter to mashed potatoes. One of our favorites:
peel and quarter those small table potatoes (the sweet ones... fingerlings?)
boil potatoes 10 minutes (til tender)
mash, adding either reserved potato water or chicken stock for consistency
mix in that bit of butter
for color!
add a couple baby carrots to the boiling potatoes, or a handful of spinach
btw - stop looking at me with them big ol' eyes!!!
Grandmather-- the mesh contraption is actually a lot messier than spoons. Juice runs down her bib and gets everwhere. But it's cute.
Mather has gotten really good at eating spoon-fed compared to when you saw her. She now keeps her hands out of the way of the spoon and opens her mouth for every bite. She has become a very good eater.
She has plenty of practice -- we're now on three meals a day for her.
Mmmmm. Ricotta. Try Bellwether Farm's sheep's milk ricotta. Or their Jersey (cow) ricotta. Both are full fat and delicious. Or I can teach you how to make your own!
Fat is vital for the brain and body development of infants and children. No baby should ever be on a low-fat diet. Nor should most adults, for that matter. It's the quality of fat that's important.
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