Andrea’s Weblog

Why is it that Elizabeth can grab a banana and happily start gnawing on the stem of it, but when I open the banana and offer her some of it, she makes a horrible face and spits it out? She is constantly eating bark and whatever she can get in her mouth. Frank said that maybe I should taste some bark before making a big deal about how gross it is.

It’s just strange that she can tolerate such junk in her mouth-especially when she can have home-made organic baby food. Yep, as if I don’t have enough to do around here, I’ve taken it upon myself to make baby food. I was reading that since babies binge eat (eat only applesauce for a day) that they may be exposed to more pesticides. Picture yourself eating jars and jars of applesauce. Supposedly, they haven’t necessarily tested that quantity of pesticides on babies. I’m definitely not going to go to any extremes here, but I figured I would give home made baby food a try. It’s supposed to be cheaper as well. So far, I’ve had a fun time using my little blender wand to make veggie purees. Then you just pour it into ice cube trays and keep the cubes in the fridge. I must say that my peas are a lot better than Gerbers. Gerbers have that over-cooked cafeteria flavor. Yuck!