So last night we had sockeye salmon for dinner. I had the great idea to cut a small part of the fillet from the cooked meal and put it away for today’s breakfast for Malina.
What I did not think to do was cut myself a small fillet and so this morning she gets salmon while I sit back and have my own separate breakfast.
That’s one of those BLW ‘rules’ that I think get taken too seriously. “You eat what baby eats and baby eats what you eat”.
Everyone doesn’t always eat the same thing at every meal. There are diet restrictions, food limitations, and other things that get in the way. What I think is important is taking the time to sit and eat together.
But I totally would have eaten salmon this morning if there was some for me.
The salmon was steam baked with olive oil, parsley, and fennel. It reheated fine at a low temp in our toaster oven and the herbs smelled just as good as last night.
I blanked on making a veggie as I peeled some mandarins to go with the salmon and so Malina only had the fish and mandarins for her meal. I’d be more worried about something like this if she was relying on solids completely, but she isn’t and she doesn’t even eat most of her food anyways.
Baby girl knows what she likes and went for the mandarins right away.
She actually did what she did yesterday and focused on the mandarins until the salmon was the only thing left.
She even went through the same behaviors, picking up the salmon and smashing it before trying some of it.
The salmon did not elicit a reaction from her like the trout, but she did eat two bites before deciding that the salmon was more fun to play with than to eat.
Can’t win them all.
She still liked the salmon more than the tuna and that is a place to start. So I’m going to mess with my preparations of it and we’ll see what Malina ends up liking.
So remember, even if you decide to eat something separate from baby, you are doing great and you’ve got this!
-Erica
Malina’s BLW Food Adventures 