Today I was unprepared.
Malina wasn’t feeling well this morning and spit up after having her milk so I had to stop preparing breakfast and clean her up. She ended up doing this two more times and it meant a lot less time in the kitchen.
So in the end she got a breakfast that was more thrown together than planned and cooked.
So she ended up getting chopped cherry tomatoes, plain yogurt, almond biscotti, and fish cakes.
There are some mornings where I don’t expect Malina to eat very much or very well. This was one of them for a number of reasons but we still carried on.
So the first thing she went for was the biscotti.
She nommed on the biscotti for a while and even got it to be mushy enough at one end to scrape off bits.
The next thing she grabbed was one of the fish cakes.
I bought these fish cakes for Oden that I planned to make, but since they were available and ready to go I took one out for Malina.
I was surprised that she went for it because it does have a stronger fishy smell, but she grabbed it and ate a few bites. So, go Malina!
Eric joined us for breakfast soon after the fish cakes and pulled out some animal crackers to eat with his coffee. But because Malina was right there she demanded tribute and recieved her share of animal crackers.
So begins the life long tradition of “What is mine is mine and what is yours is mine” mentality that children have towards their parents food.
She ate her crackers though and then moved on to the yogurt.
Malina has improved in using her hands to eat things like yogurt. This is great as far as skills go but it often means now that she rather use her hands and fingers than the spoon I offer her.
Things began to wind down from here and she didn’t touch the cherry tomatoes today, but I was happy with what she did manage to eat.
So remember, even when baby rather be more hands on, you are doing great and you’ve got this!
-Erica
Malina’s BLW Food Adventures 