The flash was doing weird things here
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Teeth? Check. Hair? Check.
Big news! Today, Ben and I felt Remy's first tooth coming in. Our little boy is officially teething! He's outgrowing his gummy and toothless, albeit, cute smile. He seems to be just as happy as ever, and even slept for 10 hours straight last night. Now, if we could just make that a regular thing.
In other news, Remy's hair is growing in so he doesn't look so bald. It's looking more red, so I keep my fingers crossed it stays that way. Remy looks so much like Ben, he needs to have at least one feature that I can claim credit for. And my hair?, it's my best feature, so I'm more than happy to pass it on to my progeny.
In other news, Remy's hair is growing in so he doesn't look so bald. It's looking more red, so I keep my fingers crossed it stays that way. Remy looks so much like Ben, he needs to have at least one feature that I can claim credit for. And my hair?, it's my best feature, so I'm more than happy to pass it on to my progeny.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Homemade Baby food
About two years ago, I was hunting around on Williams and Sonoma's website, casually browsing for kitchen tools, when I stumbled upon the Beaba Babycook. After watching the video at the bottom of the product page, I developed a severe case of the "I wants." I immediately called my sister Ashley, directed her to the site. I told her I wanted it as a babyshower gift, regardless of the fact that I wasn't pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant at the time.
A year and half later with Remy on the way, and I became the proud owner of my own baby food maker. Thanks again Ashley!
Recently, Remy's been eating solids, but I've been so busy with work, I hadn't given a second thought to making my own baby food. This past week, I finally decided to pull out the Beaba Babycook and give it a try. After making just a few purees, like carrot, spinach, sweet potato, apple, blueberry, and pear, I have literally fallen in love with the Babycook. While it is possible to make your own babyfood using other methods, I like the Babycook because I can do everything in it, so there is less mess and dishes to clean up. It not only steams the food and blends the food, but it can also reheat and defrost food as well.
Here's a photo chronology of fruit to puree:
I started out freezing the purees in individual containers, like the ones pictured below, but that got to be a hassle. The containers weren't airtight, and it was annoying to have more little containers to wash.
As an alternative, I purchased the Beaba portion trays and flexible cube trays for freezing the purees, as well as the Beaba babyfood containers, for reheating the purees in the Babycook. I like the fact these flexible trays allow you to pop out the puree once frozen for further storage in plastic freezer bags. You could use regular ice cube trays, but the food is harder to get out. Trust me, I tried it.
A further bonus of the Beaba? This justifies more purchases of fruits and vegetables from Costco. Ben and I aren't able to eat the bulk produce as quickly as we'd like, so he typically limits me to two fruit and two vegetable items. Now that I'm making baby food, I can expand past our typical purchases.
A year and half later with Remy on the way, and I became the proud owner of my own baby food maker. Thanks again Ashley!
Me at my Baby Shower
Recently, Remy's been eating solids, but I've been so busy with work, I hadn't given a second thought to making my own baby food. This past week, I finally decided to pull out the Beaba Babycook and give it a try. After making just a few purees, like carrot, spinach, sweet potato, apple, blueberry, and pear, I have literally fallen in love with the Babycook. While it is possible to make your own babyfood using other methods, I like the Babycook because I can do everything in it, so there is less mess and dishes to clean up. It not only steams the food and blends the food, but it can also reheat and defrost food as well.
Here's a photo chronology of fruit to puree:
Fresh apples
Cut apples steaming in the basket
Removing the steam basket
Note the water at the bottom, this is reserved so that you can thin out the puree to the right consistency
Note the water at the bottom, this is reserved so that you can thin out the puree to the right consistency
Cooked apples ready to blend
Voila! applesauce
Puree in freezer container
I started out freezing the purees in individual containers, like the ones pictured below, but that got to be a hassle. The containers weren't airtight, and it was annoying to have more little containers to wash.
My mistake
As an alternative, I purchased the Beaba portion trays and flexible cube trays for freezing the purees, as well as the Beaba babyfood containers, for reheating the purees in the Babycook. I like the fact these flexible trays allow you to pop out the puree once frozen for further storage in plastic freezer bags. You could use regular ice cube trays, but the food is harder to get out. Trust me, I tried it.
Individual portions stored in a freezer bag.
A further bonus of the Beaba? This justifies more purchases of fruits and vegetables from Costco. Ben and I aren't able to eat the bulk produce as quickly as we'd like, so he typically limits me to two fruit and two vegetable items. Now that I'm making baby food, I can expand past our typical purchases.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Remy's New Duds
The other day I was going through the baby clothes we had been gifted from Remy's baby shower, and I stumbled upon this corduroy overall outfit. After putting Remy in it, I had to take pictures because he looked so cute.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Remy and Zoolander
Recently, Remy has learned how to cough on cue. They are short little coughs, and he has been doing it ALL the time. We were out shopping this weekend, when Remy started coughing again. Ben and I started laughing, as we recalled the famous Black Lung scene from Zoolander.
Ben says, "I think I've got the black lung Pops," and Remy turns around and started laughing. We started quoting other scenes, and he kept laughing with us.
We have to conclude that our son has a natural sense of humor.
Ben says, "I think I've got the black lung Pops," and Remy turns around and started laughing. We started quoting other scenes, and he kept laughing with us.
We have to conclude that our son has a natural sense of humor.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Six Months!
Remy is now six months! And so much more cute, if that is possible. At his six month checkup, he weighed in at 14 pounds, 14 ounces, and is 26 1/2 inches long. He's definitely a long and lean baby, and growing like a weed. He is wearing size 3 diapers, but his 3-6 month clothing I'm won't fit much longer.
Remy can now sit up by himself for short periods of time, and can roll back and forth from his belly to his back. He hasn't quite gotten the hang of crawling yet, but that is coming. Changing his diaper has become much more difficult ibecause he often tried to roll over mid-diaper change. We started to feed him solids, (see previous post), and that seems to be going well, but it is quite the adventure! And since we started sleep training, he will sleep through the night about half of the week. He will still wake up in the morning early to nurse, and I love these early morning cuddles.
Remy is quite the social bug! He smiles at everyone, and will laugh at something when he thinks it's funny, which include a lot of sound effects. He is even learning how to mimic them. So far, he has mastered blowing raspberries and coughing. He seems to be in a good mood ALL the time, and he loves playing Peek-a-Boo. Often, he will start crying when he sees either me or Ben leave the room, and he loves to greet us with smiles when we return.
We recently added some foam letters to the tub at bathtime, and he loves grabbing these and putting them in his mouth. In fact, he loves putting everything in his mouth. I even caught a picture of him with the arm to one of his soft rattles in his mouth:
I know I sound crazy, but I can't wait until he starts crawling and getting into stuff. I love to see him growing!
Remy can now sit up by himself for short periods of time, and can roll back and forth from his belly to his back. He hasn't quite gotten the hang of crawling yet, but that is coming. Changing his diaper has become much more difficult ibecause he often tried to roll over mid-diaper change. We started to feed him solids, (see previous post), and that seems to be going well, but it is quite the adventure! And since we started sleep training, he will sleep through the night about half of the week. He will still wake up in the morning early to nurse, and I love these early morning cuddles.
Remy sitting up by himself
Remy is quite the social bug! He smiles at everyone, and will laugh at something when he thinks it's funny, which include a lot of sound effects. He is even learning how to mimic them. So far, he has mastered blowing raspberries and coughing. He seems to be in a good mood ALL the time, and he loves playing Peek-a-Boo. Often, he will start crying when he sees either me or Ben leave the room, and he loves to greet us with smiles when we return.
My handsome, smiley baby!
Remy loves bath time!
We recently added some foam letters to the tub at bathtime, and he loves grabbing these and putting them in his mouth. In fact, he loves putting everything in his mouth. I even caught a picture of him with the arm to one of his soft rattles in his mouth:
I know I sound crazy, but I can't wait until he starts crawling and getting into stuff. I love to see him growing!
Monday, March 21, 2011
First Foods
Now that Remy is six months old, we've started him on solid foods. Around the same time, Remy learned how to blow raspberries, which inevitably ends up looking something like this:
He hasn't quite got the hang of eating yet, and most of the time, he makes this incredibly disgusted face when trying out new foods:
Right now, we just feed him in his Bumbo chair with a tray, but eventually we'll upgrade to a high chair. His favorite food is green beans, (weird), but we'll see how he likes other foods as we add them to his diet.
Right now, we just feed him in his Bumbo chair with a tray, but eventually we'll upgrade to a high chair. His favorite food is green beans, (weird), but we'll see how he likes other foods as we add them to his diet.
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