By the time you guys are reading this Lucy will have turned nine months exactly, wow! Lucy is now eating a mixture of pureé and solid foods so I wanted to share what she eats in a day. Lucy is still exclusively breastfed and nurses multiple times a day. I follow the Taking Cara Babies schedule (eat, play, sleep) and I was nursing Lucy every 3 hours or more following her hunger cues starting when she'd wake up from naps. Over the last two months, I started offering the boob to her before nap time aswell. I figured it would be good for the both of us and I'm always happy to feed her so that my milk supply never dips. Not only is she being breastfed through the day she is now eating up to three meals per day, breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
When it comes to foods normally I sit Lucy down on the high chair to eat anywhere around an hour 15 minutes to an hour and a half after she wakes up/nurses. I do try to offer her small portions at a time so I won't overwhelm her. If Lucy wants more food I give her more to eat, if she doesn't want anything or isn't interested in eating then she doesn't have to eat. I'm really trying to encourage her to have a healthy relationship with food. I know a lot of parents really encourage their kids to eat everything that is on their plate or they couldn't leave the kitchen table, wouldn't be allowed to have dessert, or wouldn't be able to go out and play. I'm allowing Lucy to explore foods and decided for herself what she likes and how much she wants. I'm following her lead.
Breakfast
Beginning with breakfast my favorite meal of the day since it's a lot easier for me to get creative with Lucy's meals. Here I served Lucy a peach chia seed pudding that I made. I blended a peach into a pureé then mixed it with chia seeds, about a teaspoon of flaxseeds, and coconut milk. I normally make this the night before so that it can be ready to eat by the following morning. Lucy isn't normally a fan of chia seed pudding alone like that so what I've been doing to make it more familiar or easier for her to eat I'll add a couple of scoops of one of her favorite yogurts.
Here I added a couple of scoops of the Stoneyfield baby yogurt in peach flavor, paired perfectly with her peach chia seed pudding. I also like adding yogurt to her pudding because sometimes the consistency of the pudding comes out way too thick. When it's the perfect texture this is when she really enjoys feeding herself. It gets really messy but she has a lot of fun. Once I have everything mixed together I sprinkled some cinnamon and she was a huge fan of this! This is something really easy to whip up the night before like I said, and it usually makes enough for her to have for three breakfasts with me also snacking on some too.
When it comes to lunchtime sometimes I keep it super simple like a fruit pouch or a jar of fruits from Yumi. We're subscribed to the Yumi subscription and I've quite enjoyed all the different fruit and vegetables they have to offer. Lucy has enjoyed just about every jar of theirs and I ended up serving her one of their fruits for lunch. Here she is having their dragon fruit pear food and I sprinkled a few flax seeds and hemp seeds on top. She had some toast with peanut butter on the side and I even gave her a small bunch of shredded cheese, her favorite, not pictured though. Lucy is a huge fan of toast!
Another favorite of ours is the Once Upon A Farm fruit and veggies pouches. These make it really easy to feed Lucy especially when we're out running errands and won't make it home in time for her to eat. I usually toss one in the diaper bag and feed it to her while we're out, and it's even easier to feed her these since she now understands that she just needs to suck on it for the food to come out. It's so cute watching her eat these. I also love that they're a blend of both fruits and veggie, they're also very tasty.
Dinner
Now lastly, for dinner I like to give Lucy more veggies if possible, it all differs day-to-day. I had made her some quinoa for the first time to mix in with some veggies some examples were avocados and sweet potato. For today's dinner, she had quinoa that I cooked with some minced garlic, vegan butter, water, and a splash of vegetable broth. I mashed up half of an avocado and mixed it with the quinoa but I thought the texture was too thick for Lucy to consume so I added a splash of coconut milk to thin it out and she devoured it! Major win and since this she's already had it multiple times. I mentioned sweet potato earlier and I went ahead and added some to her dinner one day along with coconut milk and I sprinkled some cinnamon. She loved it and it's something that also lasts for a couple of days.
I hope you enjoyed taking a peek at what Lucy eats in a day. It's not always the same foods, I definitely try to change things up often so that she doesn't become bored with the same foods. Occasional I offer her treats which are fruits in one of those mesh binky, I've even made her frozen yogurt drops, and frozen pureed fruits. Lucy loves food and loves trying new things. Feeding her has been both fun and scary, to be honest, haha. If you have a little one what are their favorite foods to eat? I think next time I do something like this I will try to film it for my Youtube channel.
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