Our fish today is sardines. I love fish, but it wasn’t until I was in college that I got to try sardines and anchovies (probably will introduce time Malina in the future, just not this week). I found out I liked them both and wondered why my family acted like they were bad.
I hope by introducing them to Malina that she will make her own decisions about it and have a more open mind to food as she grows up.
The rest of breakfast is as follows: sardines in water, steamed broccoli, blackberries, and cinnamon bread.
Eric made us cinnamon rolls and before we iced them I tore off two of the tails of the buns to offer to Malina. The sardines were from a can. The rest is fairly straight forward.
Malina touched everything on her plate when I set it down. Toying with me about what she would try first. Looking more for my reaction than caring about the food.
What she decided on though was her broccoli. But she had a hard time grabbing it at first and attempted to get it directly to her mouth in what she thought would be an easier way.
She had little luck though and tried again with her hands, finally getting one of the green trees with a little help.
She liked her broccoli. It had been a while but she still liked the tops more than the stalk. Still, she tried to eat them whole as we watched on.
Malina went for her cinnamon bread next. Grabbing one piece and chucking it off the side before grabbing the other and tasting it.
Her enjoyment probably made her regret her first reaction to the pastry but I couldn’t know for sure. She ate about an inch off the end, doing a good job of chewing and softening one end as she ate it.
The next thing she tried was her blackberries.
She did not seem to like them as much today or even be too interested in them. She popped two in her mouth and that was the end of that.
Malina does a lot of touching her food. She runs her hands through it, rips it apart, and tosses pieces to Pluto. She did this with the sardines throughout breakfast. I figured she wasn’t going to even try the fish today and started to look for signs that she was finished eating as we came up on 30 minutes since we started breakfast. Then Malina surprised me. She grabbed a piece of the fish and ate it.
She did not hate it but I’m not sure she liked it either. She ate the small piece though and soon after we called breakfast as being done.
So remember, even when baby doesn’t eat what you want them too, you are doing great and you’ve got this!
-Erica
Malina’s BLW Food Adventures 