Day 61 – Breakfast

So with me dealing with the old posts that I’ll be back dating and posting at some point I’ve been thinking about how I plan to handle future posts. Between dealing with a more mobile baby who is having trouble sleeping and everything else it’s crazy to think we’re two months in now and that we’ll be starting to introduce a consistent second meal.

So the plan I’ve come up with is to make a summary post for the day. I’ll take my usual pictures and post the plate and any highlight photos.

This method will allow me to not get swamped with posts and probably shorten post length if not keep it about the same.

Either way we’ll see how it works when I start implementing it.

So yeah, on to our breakfast.

Today I introduced Malina to a new food – mango.

Me and her papa both like mangos and they are a big part of our summer diet. But when I saw them in the grocery store I had my husband pick some up. It took two weeks for them to ripen and today was the day we sliced it up.

Malina also had stewed carrots from our dinner last night and scrambled eggs. The picture shows slices of the pear loaf but it was stale (found out before baby when I tried my piece) and so I took it away.

The first thing she went for was the carrots. I’d given her some the night before and she’s always done well with them in the past so I wasn’t surprised.

She liked it. I stewed them last night as a part of our corned beef and cabbage. They make excellent leftovers and I figured it would make a nice breakfast veggie.

The next thing she went for were the scrambled eggs.

And she ate them.

Perhaps it wasn’t her papa making them but just being introduced to them again at a later time that improved her stance on the scrambled egg. Either way she liked it so it’s a win.

Finally she went for the mango.

So I was uncertain how to serve this. I diced up two slices and left another two for her to pick up.

She messed with them and managed to get a bite off the longer slices but I started to feel bad. So I offered her one of my slices with the skin still on.

Instant success.

With the skin she was able to hold the piece easier and eat more of the fruit. And she ate a lot of it in comparison to the rest of her meal. So in the future I’ll offer her slices with the skin on it so she has something to hold on to.

So remember, even when you don’t know the best way to serve something new just trust yourself and baby, you are doing great and you’ve got this!

-Erica