Squash anyone?

Our baby food experience with Eli is getting better. He is accepting squash much better now. He has had three days of "dinner," which included rice cereal and a half a container (stage 1) of squash. I had baby food coupons for the Gerber 2-pack baby food in the plastic containers, instead of jars. I decided I would go through four days of each food (beginning with vegetables first), giving him half the container per day. We still have sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, and sweet peas to try. That's sixteen more days of vegetables! I wanted to introduce all the veggies before I started with fruit. Then, we will do fruit at either breakfast or lunch and keep veggies at dinner for now. We will also increase the intake amount to the full container.

On a GREEN side note, the plastic containers the baby food comes in has multiple uses so don't throw them away! At 9 months, finger foods can begin. These containers are great for Cheerios and Gerber Puffs on the go and in the diaper bag (the lids stay put nicely). Also, Luke has been using these and other plastic containers for painting since he was a toddler. It's a convenient way to keep paints seperate when working. He can also use them to keep beads and other crafts sorted.