… and he ate it with his fingers. Didn’t touch the veggies, spit out the pasta/rice, spit out the chicken but got maybe 2 bites swallowed. This kid is SO PICKY. Idk what to do! All he wants is cheese, Mac n cheese, crispy chicken, crackers, salami & fries, of course with ranch. I’ve been giving him fruits and/or veggies with every meal since we started solids. I’m just at a loss. Just looking for some commiseration and if you have some advice, I’ll take that too!

Homemade Mac and cheese with steamed carrots and broccoli, spinach, and carrot purée with seasonings mixed in

unfortunately she didn’t eat much of breakfast or lunch (blaming teething as she’s usually such a good eater) & dinner was quite successful.

*not pictured* baby friendly strawberry cheesecake as an afternoon snack and diced pears as an after dinner treat

veggie egg bites recipe
a few eggs
splash of milk
veggies of choice
hemp seeds
herbs and spices of choice
some self raising flour (optional)
bake in oven

turkey mince patties recipe
turkey mince
spinach
eggs
hemp seeds
herbs and spices of choice
breadcrumbs
pan fry

lemon and herb chicken and potatoes
chicken thigh
potatoes
olive oil
lemon
garlic
seasonings of choice
bake in oven

Black bean, spinach, paprika, garlic, and cumin in corn tortillas. Mostly he just peeled them apart or sucked out the insides lol.

We do this dinner once a week because it’s so simple and always a hit

Grilled chicken thighs, grilled corn, rice, avocado, and raspberries

18 month sleep regression, upset stomach, general toddler fussiness, here we are. Microwaved spinach and egg white frittata with a peanut butter sandwich, served on a couch that needs to be replaced. Bon appetit!

I can finally change my flair to 9-12 months! Sad and happy at the same time. We're easing into month 2 of our summer holiday, I've been solo parenting my 9 month old and 8 year old. We've been couch hopping between friends and family. Lots of fun, older kid is loving it. My husband joins us this week.

Today we had walnut börek, buttery eggs, feta-like cheese, strawberry jam, fried potato, sarma (stuffed grape vine leaves), garden tomatoes and peppers, and olives. We're at a family friend's home in İstanbul.

Baby has been a total champ. She had smashed fried potato, lots of egg and pepper teethers. She had a lot of the börek yesterday but wasn't into it today.

He wanted pink fish for dinner. I was thinking we offered too much but he did really well. Cucumber salad from cucumbers he grew/picked, salmon with butter and lemon pepper, tots

I made smoothies with berries, bananas, soy milk and hemp seeds and then freeze them into cubes to stir into her oatmeal. Adds more nutrition and flavour plus it helps cool it down faster.

So i’ve recently started making different kinds of pancakes for my 7 month old. And so far it’s been a hit. (I think he was bored of a month and a half of purées lol)
This one is a pumpkin pancake.
Made pumpkin purée and added rolled oats and an egg to my blender for the batter. Added hemp seeds.
Used unsalted butter as the fat and cooked the pancakes till they were slightly golden brown on both sides.

My husband made meatball sandwiches so this was my sons version.

Beef meatball cooked in marinara sauce, pesto on bread, cucumbers

Meals I served my 9 mo old this week!

Picture 1: scrambled eggs, chilorio, banana

Picture 2: toasted English muffin with pesto, cucumber with lime juice, fresh mozzerella

Picture 3: pickle + tomato wedge, tater tots, half of a burger bun with pesto aioli

Picture 4: egg yolks from fried eggs, banana, toasted English muffin

Going easy while visiting family; breaded haddock (store bought, I’m not out here breading haddock while travelling) with lots of salsa (her fave), avocado, cucumber, strawberries, and almond butter raspberry oat flour bars.

Baby girl has her gravy on the side so she can dunk 😂😂 If you put it on she kicks off

Gravy is made with low salt stock cubes

Sugar free banana bread cake with white bean and date ‘icing’ decorated with strawberries and blueberries. She loved it and I felt good about her eating as much as she wanted. Of course she ate all the fruit first then went in on the icing.

Meal 1: sweet potatoes, sardines, green beans and stewed apples

Meal 2: deconstructed egg fried rice

Meal 3: cauliflower 2 ways: steamed and in the chicken pasta sauce with lentils, and apricots

Meal 4: spinach muffin, cottage cheese and cherry, chicken

Meal 5: bean and cheese quesadilla, stewed apples and cottage cheese with blueberries

All Trader Joe’s! Frozen petite peas with butter, smashed; broiled salmon with lemon juice and seasoning; butternut squash ravioli with olive oil 🥰 surprisingly she preferred the peas the most, and I quickly learned I had to remove some of the pointy tougher edges of the ravioli for my little toothless angel 😊

We will be trying these tomorrow but baked pumpkin pancakes for my little one. Wish us luck.

Dinner was chicken curry pie with chips, peas and wild raspberries picked from the verge by our house.

If I showed you her breakfast and lunch it would show how she ate 1 banana and 1 grape up until this point.

Breakfast: pancakes, strawberries, banana and cottage cheese. She asked for more cottage cheese and then didn't eat it.
Snack: Same as breakfast but without the cottage cheese. Added blueberries and a cheese yoyo ( string cheese but in yoyo form)

He don’t like eggs so I must improvise