Rohan the food critic :)

Rohan started vegetables a week ago!  Like all other baby advice - everyone says something different.  So I went with the color veggie plan.  Start with orange or yellow veggies first, then green, then fruit.  What veggies are yellow?  Some may start with the everyday carrots, but since this is our first child I decided to start with Roasted Butternut Squash made by Sprout (Tyler Florence's Organic Baby Food Company).  Let me tell you - it smelled good.  And really that should be what babies eat, something we would eat too!  Being a naive parent I got one packet of this squash which was good for two sittings I found.  Well once my brainfart went away and I realized that we need to introduce one veggie at a time for one week and we were already out of it.  It was a Monday evening, Rohan was heading to daycare in the morning and I couldn't fathom giving him a new veggie the next day - what if he had reaction - we wouldn't know what veggie it was from and I would be a horrible mother.  All of us got in the car, because car rides are never a bad thing for a little one, and we headed to Ada's Whole Foods store where I purchased this wide variety of baby food.  Closed.  Shite.  I headed to Target knowing they didn't have the brand but hoping I would find other organic squash, and I did.  Mission accomplished.  I am not a bad mother! Quick recovery.  Rohan has done great with the squash - it is quite a trip to feed him.  I think we had one meal that I could say wasn't messy, even though it was all over his face.  Every time I end up laughing because he is just too cute.  He takes the spoon and tries to feed himself.  We have been giving him a sippy cup after to wash out his mouth, and to get used to the feel of a sippy cup - he's done well and likes to hold it. 

This week on the menu is Carrots!  What I hope for Rohan is that he tries lots of foods and enjoys all different kinds of foods, not just American food.  It is amazing the amount of great food out there that people are missing out on.  Hopefully Rohan will teach his daddy this too!  :)  Speaking of Aaron, he seemed interested in trying to make baby food at home - I told him he could take that on and would be awesome.  Baby Chef Aaron.