Its finger food frenzy at our place. Princess A has discovered the fun of feeding herself.
A and I are asking ourselves whether this is a blessing or a curse, but a "splat mat" seems to help with the fact that Princess A thinks the floor and Jet (her kelpie) need to try the food too.
So what sort of things has Princess A been trying out
- Bread - wholemeal and multi grain
- Carrot Sticks
- Cooked apple pieces
- ripe pear
- Broccoli Florets
- Broccolini
- Mandarin segments
Today I am going to try her on some Vita Brits. I was going to try the "kids weetbix" but after reading the content (and the large amount of raw sugar), i have opted for Vita Brits, they only have a little salt added and no sugar.
I also heard from friends that Cruskits were also a great thing to give the kids, they kind of dissolve when wet, again having looked at the ingredients, i decided against them, loads of sugar and other nasties.
I am not sure yet whether I will try Princess A on feeding this to herself (perhaps not) - i will keep you posted.
I have regularly been giving her cottage cheese and am planning on some cheese sticks as finger food this week.
The things I plan on trying are -
- Cheese sticks
- Pieces of Banana (assuming they come down in price)
- Plain rice cakes
- Pieces of fish (yesterday I tried her on some pureed flake, i think she thought it was pretty boring, i am thinking if it was in a piece which she could eat herself it might be a little more fun)
- melon ( i am thinking rock / honey dew as these seem to be quite good)
Happy preparing wholesome food for your special little person.
Another note, I have just spent about an hour trying to work out the nutritional information (ingredients) of Cruskits. The Arnotts site has their products and nutritional information about what one should eat etc, but after an hour I have given up trying to see what the ingredients of Cruskits actually is. From memory at the supermarket, they had a fair bit of sugar and salt, I think i will stick to plain rice cake for the time being, i am really trying to minimise the exposure to sugar as I think there is plenty of time for that.
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