Breakfast for Hailey (13 month old) comes in courses. First, nursing. We’re officially down to just once a day in the morning.
The next course is half a banana while she crawls around and I finish making breakfast.
I scrambled egg with lots of cheese, red pepper, onion and parsley. Banana milk on the side.
If she’s still hungry, which is hit or miss in the morning, I fill her up with toasted O’s.
Now that’ we are on a 1 nap schedule a day (I finally admitted that 2 naps a day are behind us this past week), we stay busy in the mornings. We went to the library’s story time, where she enjoyed watching the other kids and snacked on a Plum Organic’s puree pouch.
Back home she was so hungry that I served her lunch and forgot to take a picture first.
It consisted of barley, zucchini, black beans, peas, green beans and carrots. Odd combo, right? Well, barley I already had made, then I sautéed zucchini in olive oil, tossed in a handful of black beans and a handful of carrots, green beans and peas from a frozen mixed veggie bag. Sometimes I mix in balsamic salad dressing to give it more flavor. She likes that.
Afternoon snack is hit or miss. That day she shared a gigantic honeycrisp apple with me. We each ate half, then she enjoyed gnawing on the core.
Dinner was spaghetti squash and meat sauce.
And a couple handfuls of frozen peas. Yup, still frozen. She digs ‘em.
Spaghetti always means eating naked around here. For Hailey. Not us.
Your turn!
Coleen @ DNCWWO says
She looks so cute and messy eating spaghetti. That was my mom’s one piece of advice when we started solids — if it involves tomato sauce, strip ’em down!
blackhuff says
Nothing wrong with frozen peas. So weird that she likes it that way but whatever fancies here. She’s getting her greens in and that’s all that matter.
Chantal says
I wrote a post for tomorrow about what my baby has been eating lately! I’ll have to come back and link up.
Brittany says
YAY- Sounds good! I put the link up up late, so I’ll leave it open through tomorrow 🙂
Laura @ Mommy Run Fast says
I hope it’s okay that I keep linking up slightly more generic posts about what L eats, it’s hard to capture an entire day especially when she has a morning program (like yesterday!)
How is the one nap schedule? I remember dreading it, but then actually coming to appreciate how much more we could do with our morning and love it now. Hope you are getting some extra long afternoon naps! It’s hard giving up the extra me-time. 🙂
Brittany says
No problem. It might help more if you listed L’s age and if she eats what you’re making though 🙂
Adjusting still to the 1 nap, but I think it’s going to be a great thing!
Keri says
I missed the one nap transition! How did you know it was time? Also, how did you phase out the bedtime nursing? Does she still sit and drink milk from a sippy? We’re down to two nursings (my guy is 1 on Saturday…sniff sniff) and we’re kind of stuck as to what to do next;)
Brittany says
It’s been a slow transition with her needing 1 nap some days and 2 others. We’re still working out the kinks, but for the most part, she’ll go down between 12-1 for 2ish hours.
We just stopped the nighttime nursing with no replacement. She eats dinner at 6, then bath at 6:30. Then we read/snuggle and lay her down. She pretty much weaned herself because she was barely nursing before bed anyways, which made it easier. My advice is to take your time 🙂
PS- HAPPY ALMOST ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY to your little man!! 🙂
Keri says
Thanks so much! I guess if they eat a big dinner, they should be good to go! Didn’t even think about that:) B doesn’t nurse very much before bed either so we’ll give it a shot! I scheduled a NYC trip w/ my best friend (grandma is babysitting!) NEXT week thinking he would be completely weaned! AHHH! I think I remember you traveled without Hailey while she was still nursing. Did you pump during each normal nursing time? I’m wondering if I should bother since its just two nursings/day now. I had hope I didn’t have to take my pump with me because I’m more than ready to chuck it in a closet somewhere!
Kelly @ Runmarun says
Ahhh! She is getting so big! What a beauty! I just started L on whole milk and we’ve dropped two feedings with that plus beefing up her real meals. Awesome to be down to one nursing session a day- I could definitely roll with that! 😉 So sorry to have missed MM- I just haven’t been on top of computer-related tasks lately but I always love reading your posts…you are a fantastic person, Brittany!
Laura @ Close Families says
I just love this link-up! I am new to the whole Munchkin Meals, so I hope I did it okay! We are just starting out, so nothing super exciting yet. And our little guy is going to have a special diet for his cystic fibrosis, consisting of higher calories, fat, protein, and salt. BUT we want to focus on foods that are naturally high in those things, and I love seeing all the other foods that Mamas are feeding their babies! I figured our posts also may be able to help if there is a Mama who needs weight-gaining ideas for their babies too! Thanks for the link-up. It is a great resource!!
Jess says
Love this link up! Your daughter is precious!
Sarah @ Our Little Belly Bean says
I am so sad I missed this week’s Munchkin Meals! I am taking a blogging break because I have a ton of work things to prep for and I am taking two classes 🙁 Hope to be back at it soon!