What I'm Reading

I found this blog on Pinterest.  Don't you just love Pinterest?  This lady has a great list of snacks, lunches and dinners for toddlers.  Then, from a comment on that blog, I found this blog.  This lady has a great guide on what she includes in each meal to make sure her toddler gets a nutritionally balanced meal.  I try to remember, though, that Dr. Sears says that we should be aiming for a nutritionally balanced week... because toddlers are weird little beings and won't always eat everything that we offer to them in a given day.

(My weird little creature playing peek-a-boo with his bowl.)

What I'm Reading

I've done a lot of Googling tonight.  Mostly "feeding a picky eater."  (George throws food and tonight practically boycotted everything but bread).  I've read a lot of things that weren't too helpful... but "Feeding the Picky Eater: 17 Steps" by Dr. Sears is a pretty good one.  It's aimed toward older toddlers, but there are some things that I can use now, and some I will definitely use in the coming months!

What I'm Reading

I love, love, LOVE these books by Jessica Seinfeld.  As you may have guessed, she uses a lot of purées in her cooking.  Sometimes I make things straight out of these books, and sometimes I use the recipes as ideas and make my own "shortcuts" (example:  I added chickpeas and sweet potato purée to a box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese).  Check your local library:  mine had both!  Hooray for the library!