Flavour- full baby

Good morning darlings, what a beautiful day is is today. So I got to thinking how can mothers avoid raising fussy eaters?? My baby has one of the healthiest appetites I have come across, well maybe the only healthy appetite next to mine, I love love love my food it's amazing how I stay tiny. Raising Izzy, I bought your baby and toddler magazine from the day I found out I was with child until a few months ago. This magazine has taught me a lot especially where feeding is concerned. I want to share some of the insight I got. The first thing to remember is that our babies are people too, they feel, they cry, they laugh and smile and get frustrated just like we do. Feeding time should be a joyful time, a time when we bond with our little one, but for some, it is frowned upon, wonder why?? Maybe baby is BORED, maybe the food is not appetizing, it is bland and tasteless, no wonder the little being refuses to take another spoon of that mess,yes I said mess. You won't eat bland and/or tasteless food why should your baby? Raising children requires time and patience love and a lot more, a lot more that nannies will probably not go that extra mile for. You want something done properly? DIY! That old saying applies to feeding and preparing meals for our children. Izzy is asleep but when she wakes up there is a fresh beaker of sweet pea squash and some homemade bread fingers waiting for her, as long as she does not wakes too close to lunch time. We have to do some of these things ourselves and being tired from work I'd just not a good enough excuse. Make the time, everyday to prepare the food you want your baby to eat, nsima ndi ndiwo, ndi Phala just won't cut it. For the squash I diluted two parts orange squash in the water from the boiled peas that I used for my vege patties. Why?? Because all the nutrients from the peas are in that water. So I let it cool and used it now, yes it tastes good. Remember to always taste what you want your baby to eat or drink chances are if you hate it they will too. I toasted a slice of brown bread and spread stork and sprinkled it with a lit bit of cinnamon, then cut it into fingers, let it cool and put it in her container. There you have it a simple, healthy mid morning snack. You let your nanny take over you will lose control over what your child is isn't fed, and don't want that do we. You can prepare the fingers the night before work and store in an airtight container so the crunch is not lost. This snack is suitable from 7 months onwards. More later my darling. I wish you peace,love and good eats!!!!