Finger Food, Additives and other bits and pieces

Finger Food Frenzy

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

I have found that bread spread with Avocado is great, she loves it and i think it is pretty nutritious.

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)

If I have a few more ideas, i will let you know - for today we will just enjoy the things which are already prepared.

Happy preparing wholesome food for your special little person.