Comments on Hitting My Stride: PS, I hate food

before I got tot the end I was wondering if you we...

2011-11-17T12:19:56.979-06:00

before I got tot the end I was wondering if you were trying too many different things at once. When my baby was small I tried one new food a week with her. It was to make sure she didn't have any food allergies. She has the skin issues too and I didn't want to take any chances.

The solids made the weirdest poops too. The colors, the texture, everything about it! lol

Mannn, I wish I could hate food, then I may lose m...

2011-11-15T18:29:52.299-06:00

Mannn, I wish I could hate food, then I may lose more weight. lol. But breastfeeding, is abosolutely awesome, I love it!!! You're so right- it's perfect for laziness (talkin about how at night, I just whip out the boobie and go right back to sleep)!!!

Congratulations on trying new foods.. Zo is having some terrible skin issues right now too!

Oh yeah, AND I'm lactose intolerant and the da...

2011-11-15T15:43:18.300-06:00

Oh yeah, AND I'm lactose intolerant and the dairy pills don't always work. It is NOT worth it to eat dairy if it's going to be hit or miss and just about every recipe calls for cheese of some sort. To try and modify the recipe to make it without cheese or find one that doesn't have cheese is way too much effort, bringing me back to the main reason why I hate food.

Although I did just put some banana bread in the oven right now, so I do actually know how the oven/kitchen work. :-)

Thank you for this info! I'll definitely keep ...

2011-11-15T12:43:33.091-06:00

Thank you for this info! I'll definitely keep it in mind. I still think food is dumb though. :-)

My baby is nearly 5 months, we started baby cereal...

2011-11-15T11:57:41.112-06:00

My baby is nearly 5 months, we started baby cereal (went OK), roots (carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, all from the jar). All went fine, but then I gave him bananas from a jar and his face went red. Retested the second day, same thing. I figures it was bananas (also gave him constipation). However, then I fed him some sweet potatoes from another manufacturer, got red too. I figured what he reacts to is ascorbic acid (vitamin C) that the bananas and that second kind of sweet potatoes were preserved with. Go figure.

Poor Sofia!! Poor Desiree!!!! But....food is amazi...

2011-11-15T01:25:05.744-06:00

Poor Sofia!! Poor Desiree!!!! But....food is amazing. And think, when she finds the foods she likes, Drew and her can teach her to cook. And girl- 5 minute college meals. I'm talking crepes with honey, egg burritos with green and white onion, red pepper, chilli pepper, fresh spinach...make cooking fun!!! My neighbors hate me, as I play loud 90s R and B and cook at 2 am....but gotta make making lunch for the next day a party *in beyonce voice*

Hope all is well, besides an itchy baby!!

Awww

2011-11-15T01:22:32.526-06:00

Awww

It's the effort that goes into it. To me, the...

2011-11-14T22:00:45.075-06:00

It's the effort that goes into it. To me, the worst question in the world is 'what do you want for dinner.' If I could only eat when I felt like it, I would be so happy because there are days that I don't mind the measuring and the slicing and chopping and boiling and WAITING. Just today I was about to cry because I waited too long to eat and I was starving in the blink of an eye and there was no food that I could eat one-handed because of course the baby was all moody and didn't want to be put down.

I hate all the steps that go into cooking, it's just too much. I just want to eat and not think about it and be done with it. When I was single and a busy frazzled college student I regularly ate just once a day and was fine with it.

Food just isn't that important to me and I resent it when I get hungry.

I'm just glad I married a man who loves food because I would definitely starve otherwise!

Yeah, Sofia was scratching at her face and that...

2011-11-14T21:54:16.541-06:00

Yeah, Sofia was scratching at her face and that's when I stopped all solids. At one point her little cheeks were so red and angry-looking, it broke my heart!

Burns?! Are you serious?! Poor Lulubean!! The...

2011-11-14T21:53:25.198-06:00

Burns?! Are you serious?! Poor Lulubean!!

The hippie doctor said to start with sweet potatoes, pumpkin, beets and I forget the other veggies. But after what you just said, I'm DEFINITELY staying away from the fruit - at least for a while!

Aw man! Don't tell me that! Cloth diapers is...

2011-11-14T21:51:29.422-06:00

Aw man! Don't tell me that! Cloth diapers is the easiest thing in the world for me and I don't want to give it up if solids makes them stinky! Yet another reason why food is dumb....

Ugh, breastmilk fo' life!

2011-11-14T21:50:22.390-06:00

Ugh, breastmilk fo' life!

Again, thanks so much for posting on this. A mont...

2011-11-14T17:34:27.082-06:00

Again, thanks so much for posting on this. A month or so ago Maddy started breaking out in these dry skins spots all over her back and belly. They started about 3 months ago on her leg. And now I am thinking that maybe its related to starting on solid foods. Luckily the spots don't seem to bother her, but they look nasty. Hard to imagine they don't hurt at least a little.

Hey. It has to get better! She was designed to eat...

2011-11-14T16:19:54.609-06:00

Hey. It has to get better! She was designed to eat solid foods at some point, so she will eventually be ready:o) If it helps, I can tell you what foods worked best for L--sweet potatoes, squash, pears and apples. Peaches/plums/nectarines are on hold forever because she got BURNS on her booty from acidic pee! It's not diaper rash but burns:o( So, good thing the hippie doctor is putting fruit on hold. Wonder if a dermatologist could also help?

That's good Sofia reaches for food and seems i...

2011-11-14T15:39:34.131-06:00

That's good Sofia reaches for food and seems interested but I'm definitely in no rush!

Serious question...how does someone hate food? I...

2011-11-14T14:33:00.265-06:00

Serious question...how does someone hate food? Is it linked to an event, or do you just not like the textures? What? I'm intrigued. And totally freaking jealous....I love food too much.

I delay solids for as long as possible. I basicall...

2011-11-14T13:52:41.985-06:00

I delay solids for as long as possible. I basically make my babies wait until they are BEGGING for it, and then wait some more! It's true that it's so much easier just to nurse. Easier, cleaner (for babies' clothes, for your floor, for your diapers), faster, etc. I held Zari off until 10 months, and then she just got little bits of table food. Dio would not wait that long, so he started getting little tastes of things at 6-7 months. Inga seems to be more patient. She'll grab for whatever we're eating but won't totally freak out when I don't give her stuff. But she's become very good at scrounging every last little crumb off the floor! Better than a dog. Anyway I'm thinking I'll let her try food around Christmas time. She'll be about 10 months old then.

Oh, and the whole worry about mouth-motor development. Phlbbbbt. I don't believe it.

We didn't have any problems with stinky cloth ...

2011-11-14T11:42:12.029-06:00

We didn't have any problems with stinky cloth diapers until my daughter got to be about 8 months old. Now it's pretty miserable. Plunking down $50 at a whack for diapers is giving me pause though. We've used Funk Rock and it doesn't seem to make much difference. I am one of those moms thinking seriously of changing back to disposables now that the solids are one a roll. We also have some eczema problems that started about the same time as solids (but also at about the time she became mobile so the cause could be mechanical since the eczema is limited to arms and legs). I've been using the BabyGanics non-petroleum jelly stuff at night with cotton PJs and some hippie lotion during the days. We're able to keep it in check but it never really goes away. I've been trying to find more solids that would work on the go for my daughter. Now that she's 9 months I think we can do some dried edamame and gluten-free cheerios?

EVERY T H I N G about life gets more complicated o...

2011-11-14T11:15:15.627-06:00

EVERY T H I N G about life gets more complicated once they are on solids. Solids are stupid. I wish they'd live on breastmilk forever. Wait, I don't mean that. But seriously! Solid foods on the go?? TORTURE. Solid food at home? RUINED CLOTHING. Potential allergies. The scares. All of it? Is stressful (to me). And then they eat and enjoy everything, and then become little brats (read: adorable/will-filled toddlers) who say NO and throw their food to the dogs. So basically? The food battle will something you deal with forever. So I've learned in my short 18 months of parenting. LOL. boobie feeding is SO SO SO convenient, dude.