Book Tag

My dear friend Leslie just tagged me with book tag. Rather fun, come to think of it. To complete this tag you must:

(1). Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages)
(2). Turn to page 123
(3). Find the 5th sentence
(4). Post the 5th sentence on your blog
(5). Tag 5 people

I'm sorry, the nearest book to my computer station doesn't seem like a literary feat, but it is useful:

www.superbabyfood.com

You sure you wanted the 5th sentence?

"The main meal of the Super Baby Food Diet is outlined in the next box."

I can tell I have you all sitting white-knuckled, clutching at the edges of your seats, desperately needing the next one. You'll just have to read the book!

I bought this book on recommendation from one of the pediatricians at David's clinic in Washington. She was a pretty granola sort of doctor, which isn't bad, but I wasn't much of a granola kind of mom. I felt intimidated by the methods in the book at the time and so it got comfortable on the shelf. I didn't feel like I had time to make my own baby food out of things Nathan and I didn't normally eat, and I wasn't sure how to introduce a lot of what we were eating to David (Chicken Enchiladas anyone? Lasagne?) I was gun shy and so just kept spoon-feeding him commercial baby food. Voila! I have a very picky eater when it comes to textures, and oh yeah, he's 3 1/2 and still wants us to spoon-feed Gerber veggies to him. What's wrong with this picture? (in all fairness to him, he does eat other stuff, but prefers the Gerber veggies to the real McCoy)

So, with Daniel we dusted off the book again and I've found that making my own baby food is not as scary as I once thought. A big factor in that is that I'm not feeling like I have to produce everything suggested in the book, especially stuff with wheat germ and brewer's yeast and sprouting my own beans. I started with sweet potato puree frozen in ice cubes and then several weeks later decided I was ready to try making squash. That's all I've done so far. In some ways it's rather fun. And I've also been much more adventurous in giving Daniel bits of what we're eating. As much as we love David, we want to avoid a repeat of his eating habits.

A little side note: this book is so much more than baby food. Among other things she has a whole section on child-safe cleaning methods for using all over the house, as well as other money saving tips. Also a section on what to look for when choosing produce and how to cook and store it. It's a pretty amazing resource for anyone with children under 3.

So...I tag...ummm...Jenny, Rebecca (this will give you something for your new blog), Sara, Lisa, and Melanie.

If any of my other faithful readers out there (hell-oooooo....... ECHO..... Echo...... echo.......) want to participate but don't have a blog you're welcome to add your input in the comments section.