Our boys are not small anymore. They do not eat only mother's milk anymore! Yes, last week we started with the first "real" food. And it's my favourite vegetable - nice home-grown pumpkin.
I did some calculations: during the last 6 months, I've pumped about 45 L mother's milk to my boys - which has resulted their growth (alltogether) of 16 kg (at least half of it, as from the 3rd month, I have given them infant formula, too). To be honest, I'm more and more tired of doing the milk-pumping and at least twice a day, I'm thinking of stopping it. I have reached my aim to do it until the boys are 6 months old (actually, my first aim was to pump until Christmas) and I shouldn't feel any regrets if I stop, but somehow, days pass and I still do it. I don't want my boys to leave out from the mother's milk!
Maybe now, when I see, that they can easily eat vegetables as well, I can let it go and stop the pumping-milk which takes so much of my free time.
So, the first vegetable to try, is PUMPKIN. I had a biiig home-grown pumpkin at home, which I especially kept for the time when boys start to eat normal food. I baked it in the owen (it was so big, that I had to cut it half) for 1.5 hours and then, mashed it with a mixer and put small portions to the mini-grip bags to freeze the puree. Each day, I take one bag, defrost and heat it, ready to eat.
It's funny to observe how the boys react to the new food. Each of them have their own opinion! Sten started to like pumpkin at once. By now, I have given pumpkin to the boys for 7 days and Sten loves it - he can eat as much as you give him. Fred, was so-so. He was a bit suspicious to decide if it's eatable or not, but finally decided to trust his mom and eat it. Not as well and much as Sten, but still OK. Ralf, on the other hand, was very angry when I put the spoon with pumpkin to his mouth. He made awful faces like it tastes real bad and every time, I try to give him the pumpkin, he first hits the bowl with his hand hoping I give up and won't try again. But I'm a stubborn mom and try until he eats it...
Tomorrow, the boys get another vegetable to their menu - the cauliflower.
2 comments:
Ma ka mõtlen, et kui tahket toitu andma hakata, vot siis on lapsed juba suured. Hetkel tundub see nii kauge tulevik...aga samas ma tean, et see tuleb nii äkki...üks päev ongi see käes ja siis imestad, et kuidas juba nii suured?
Ma üks päev mõtlesin sama asja, et kui 6 kuud suudaks anda rinnapiima, siis oleksin rahul. Vahepeal juba kippus päeva toidukordade jaoks puudu jääma, mõtlesin, et annan päeval ka üks kord segu (öösiti annan segu umbes kuu aega juba)...aga kuidagi jube kahju hakkas, et kas tõesti juba peaaegu pooled korrad on seguga. Nii ma siis uue hooga pumpama hakkasin ja nüüd ei olegi üldjuhul päeval segu andnud, ainult siis kui külalised on ja ei ole ette pumbatud.
Väga lahe igatahes, et te olete juba nii suured ja saate uusi rõõme nautima hakata. Edu teile!
Ja, Maarja - aeg läheb nii ruttu ja varsti on ka Sinul käes see päev, kui lapsed mehemoodi sööma hakkavad! :)
Nüüd, kui meil üks toidukord on juurviljapüree peal ning piima söövad nad peale siis vähe, saavad nad sellevõrra teistel toidukordadel rohkem emapiima ning mitte nii palju kunsttoitu. Ning hommikuti olen neile hakanud nüüd putru andma, esialgu väga vähe, harjutamiseks. Lapsed kasvavad suureks! Niuks...
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