So we aren’t truly starting lunches just yet, but since we made a Malina friendly lunch and she was interested in the food, I offered her some of our lunch.
BLW is supposed to be “baby eats what you eat” without major modifications or making two meals, but my plan when we start doing lunches outright is to focus on balanced meals like our breakfasts and to leave out extra salt and added sugars. Since those are not things I actually paid attention to in me and my husbands food before that I will be paying attention to in the near future.
For us BLW is more like we eat what baby eats and baby eats what is considered ‘adult’ foods.
So I’ll be trying to fit in the rest of my personal meals before everything becomes shared. Goodbye ramen, chips, and donuts. Oh well, I’d cut them out when I was pregnant before so it won’t be too bad.
Today’s lunch was spicy tuna and rice balls.
What I like about making rice balls is that the sushi rice is sticky and clumps easily. We also use rice vinigar which gives the rice a nice added depth of flavor.
Eric doesn’t like spicy foods, so the spicy tuna is actually very mild.
So we set it on Malina’s tray and she was very tentative in dealing with the rice. Reaching out her hand, feeling the slight heat, and pulling away before repeating the process.
In the end, she saw us eating without any problems and dove right in to that rice. She really seemed to like it too. Stuffing bites in her mouth and smiling at us.
I was really happy to be starting to share more meals with her. She’s gotten more and more interested in our food throughout the day and I felt bad not offering her it.
She mainly ate the rice though. She did play with the tuna but I think she knew it was tuna still and didn’t want anything to do with it.
So remember, even if what you’re doing isn’t exactly BLW, you are doing great and you’ve got this!
-Erica
Malina’s BLW Food Adventures 