Tag Archive: baby

Toddler food ideas and tricks

I could write for forever and ever (bragging) about my son, but I’ve deliberately tried to keep things to a minimum on HHH because (a) it’s not usually helpful for other parents to hear about what milestones various kids have reached at what age because the comparison trap for parents is probably the worst kind in existence (to which I don’t want to contribute) and (b) many readers don’t have kids and probably don’t care about my little mister’s stuff.  And if I’m being perfectly honest there’s a third factor (c) which is the obvious issue of… Read more >

Nature’s Path allergy response

I recently contacted Nature’s Path, a brand I love and support, about their products and labeling. You see, they have some awesome looking gluten free products (cereals mainly) that I’d love to buy for P as an infrequent “treat” option.  It’s hard to make my own everything, so I’m being honest and acknowledging the fact that it may not be the “hippie”-est of things, but it’s realistic.  Thus far I haven’t really given patty-cakes much in the way of prepared food because of the risks of cross contamination, but I fear his meals are getting boring… Read more >

Chickpea smuggler

Here are some updates on how it’s going feeding a toddler with allergies (since I know several mamas like these posts) and he seems to be thriving. I snuck beans into my child’s diet and they weren’t even baked or blended into something making them unrecognizable.  Nope.  I simply changed the texture by roasting them and voila!   The kid eats beans. For now. 😛  (there are a few ways to roast them but I did 450 degrees F x 25 minutes just tossed in a little olive oil) Like I mentioned in a previous… Read more >

Allergen friendly baby/toddler products

I make 99% of P’s food.  You could call it a labor of love, but I hardly consider it “labor” because I enjoy it immensely and nutrition is near and dear to my heart.  As for the 1%…it’s tricky with a child who has allergies.  Obviously in an ideal world we would have the time to make real food for our kids and we wouldn’t have to rely on pre-made items at all.  [Well, actually, in an ideal world there would be no food allergies, but we can overlook that small detail for the purposes of this post]… Read more >

Mini meal plan

Pacman likes to eat.  And I like cooking.  We are a good team. His meal plan typically goes something like this: Wake-up – bottle with hemp milk Breakfast – fruit, home-made bread, eggs scrambled with greens, puffs Post AM nap – bottle with water Lunch – fruit, veggies, puree mash-up Post PM nap – bottle with water Dinner – meat, veggies, fruit, avocado, pasta/puffs Bed time – bottle with hemp milk Breakfast is his biggest meal by far, and lunch is his smallest.  Dinner is usually comprised of leftovers from his earlier meals and parts of our dinner since I feed… Read more >