Good Nutrition for Rylee B: June 10, 2010

In the next few weeks, Rylee will begin eating solid foods. Well, not really "solid" foods, but rice cereal. (Which sounds pretty disgusting, by the way. At what point in any one's life does soggy rice mixed with breast milk ever sound appetizing?) I already have a feeling that she is going to regurgitate every last rice grain right back onto me. FUN!

Anyway, I've been doing a lot of reading about nutrition, introducing solid foods, organic produce, etc. Reading all this stuff has really brought light to the fact that I don't eat enough fruits and vegetables. And so, I've been making sure that each day I get my intake of both. What helped motivate me was that they (pediatricians, nutritionists, etc) say that babies are most likely to enjoy the solid foods that their mother's eat while breastfeeding. UH OH. Let's be honest, Rylee cannot possibly be eating an iced latte with a maple scone for lunch.

And so, as I have ventured into healthful eating these last few days, Rylee has really begun to protest. I'm talking NO naps and LOTS of spit up. But, I don't hold it against her. She's still cute as can be, so I'm allowing her to be grumpy and spit up on me as often as she wants.

Grandpa Peters babysat our little one last weekend, so I thought I would share some pictures he took. Grandpa did withhold Rylee's bottle from her which is obviously how he got that last picture. :)