Old cheddar cheese, cucumber, avocado, unsweetened apple sauce, and a cut up chicken tender. 😋
The chicken tender is a new food for him, so he was largely uninterested. 🤷♀️
I have been spamming this recipe for the last 7 months and constantly have some in my freezer lol. They make for a simple snack, easy to take on the go, and they can even be prepared one-handed if your baby won't let you put them down! For a fun twist you can add a small quantity of mixed berries to the batter, or change the flavor of the applesauce. 🍎🍏😋
In a bowl, mix:
1 cup applesauce of choice
2 eggs
¼ cup avocado oil
¼ cup maple syrup
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
Pour batter into mini muffin tray.
Bake at 350F for 15 minutes.
*Note - Can be frozen.
One of the go-to meals that are in my baby's breakfast rotation! So quick to prepare, with minimal effort.
Flourish vanilla pancakes (for those of you who don't know what Flourish pancakes are, it is a pancake mix that is high in protein, with no added sugars, made from whole grains and flaxseed. You can make them with water or the milk of your choice... great for introducing allergens!). Top the pancake with spread of choice - we usually do a nut butter, mashed berries, or greek yogurt.
I prepare 1 adult serving and make multiple little pancakes. Usually I get about 7 or 8 pancakes. I serve a couple of pancakes, put the rest into a ziplock and throw them in the freezer. For other meals or snacks just pull a frozen pancake out and microwave about 30 seconds.
Today's side is greek yogurt mixed with mashed thawed blueberries.
Enjoy!! 😻
I am anticipating many trips in the coming months due to my career, as well as a week-long personal trip without the baby. I have done a lot of reflecting and I've decided to start a slow weaning process. He is about to be 13 months in a few days. I would like to have him fully weaned by 16 months, when I am going away for a week-long trip. I am a just-enougher, and pumping enough milk for even just one full day of feeds is an incredible amount of time and effort for me - it's incredibly discouraging. A single trip away requires planning and literal weeks of pumping at night after baby goes to bed to produce extra bags of milk. Pumping has taken a toll on my mental health and it's just so draining. It feels like a chore and I dread every single pump session. It is no longer sustainable for me. It has become a big source of stress in my life. When I am home with baby I breastfeed. However it has been a few months now that he is slowly losing interest in breastfeeding and he will keep sessions short or skip them altogether. I feel like I am failing him by weaning. I know the recommendation is to go to 24 months but with my reality it just isn't easily feasible. I still feel like I am letting him down. I see lots of posts on this subreddit of moms breastfeeding until past 2 or 3 years old. I feel like such a failure that I can't do that too. And I am scared of going into this next phase of motherhood of no breastfeeding to rely on during hard times, sleepless nights and tantrums.