For the Love of Food
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 4:01PM 
Okay... I know it has been a while since we have written, but you all know how life is. Anyway... here is my question, should I be worried at the amount of food our little guy eats. It seems these days I could stick cardboard on his highchair tray and he would eat it!
Does he even have taste buds to taste what he is putting in his mouth? The boy loves food. I am thinking I am going to have to go out and definitely get a second job just to support his eating habits... ha ha ha! I remember what is was like for my mom when my brother was in the house. I would constantly see her at the grocery store.
He isn't quite ten months old yet and seems to just want to eat and eat and you guessed it eat some more. His favorite things include Vanilla Wafers, cantaloupe, cherrios, pancakes, toast, potatoes, Gerber cheese puffs, green beans, biscuits, corn bread, cooked pasta...is anyone seeing a pattern here? The boy loves carbs and starches already! He is a good Italian already... I need to get that boy some rice, so he can experience his other side of his heritage.
He still eats his pureed foods also and loves the veggies and the fruits. The only meat we have tried him on is pureed chicken by Gerber. We are trying to keep him off meats as long as we can. Don't know why exactly other than to say we just don't know if he is ready for them... I am sure I will get a call from my mom about this post... tee hee Love you mom!!! Besides... he only has two teeth on the bottom and what can you chew with those?
Has anyone else noticed that there is not a tremendous amount of help out there for trying to figure out the baby diet and what to feed them and when? It is nuts!!! We have just been trying to see what he will eat and what he won't eat and to be quite honest, we have not found a lot he won't eat! I have even had to dig a few pieces of dog food out of his mouth every now and then... that boy is quick!
So now I am on a search to find some baby food suggestions... I am definitely going to try and give him some tofu for protein even though their is not a lot of taste to it. Anyone have any other suggestions...
Reader Comments (4)
Well from the stories I have heard, I would eat anything that was put in front of me when I was little and I still do to this day. Its all about his metabolism, which I would assume being very fast at such a young age. Although mine is just starting to slow down now at 25 ( I can finally put some fat on these bones). Also, careful with the tofu. I am not a nutritionist, but as I understand, tofu does not have the full range of proteins (amino acids) that a person needs. Get some meat in the kid or some kind of supplement. That's the advice from the big little brother :)
Lacey just reminded me of this: The act of chewing releases endorphins in the brain. So eating just makes him feel good too.
Hi-
Nice blog! I remember feeling the same way about Kai...the little man could really throw down some baby food. I liked the baby menus on this website for thinking about amounts and variety of food. Hope this helps!
http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/babymenub.htm
Hi everyone... thanks so much for the comments! We love it... keep em' coming!