1. Rice cereal is a good choice for a baby's first solid food, but you can also choose pureed meat which is a great source of iron and other nutrients.
2. A 7-month-old should be eating 4 oz. of solid food at each of their three daily meals.
3. When a 1-year-old starts playing with his food instead of eating it, it means they are full.
4. Many parents think that if you give babies pureed fruits first, they'll never eat vegetables, which are less sweet. But experts say the order of introduction doesn't matter; instead, just encourage variety.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Introducing Toddlers to New Food
How to turn kids on to new foods:
Toddlers are naturally curious; between the ages of 1 and 2, most are willing to sample anything you place before them. Use this window of opportunity to introduce new flavors and textures.
If your child rejects a new food, don't assume that she doesn't like it. You may need to repeat your offer up to 15 times, at one-week intervals, before your child will eat the food.
Timing counts: Appetites are keenest at the start of a meal, so offer new foods first -- and have a backup in case the unfamiliar food is refused.
Be sneaky: Introduce a new item alongside a favorite (sliced mango next to cantaloupe slices, for example) or use familiar seasonings or sauces.
Have your child participate. Ask her to accompany you to the market to help choose a new vegetable or fruit for the whole family to try.
Most kids don't like mushy foods, especially vegetables. So don't overcook: For most veggies, color, crunch, and character are preserved with just a brief blanching.
Toddlers are naturally curious; between the ages of 1 and 2, most are willing to sample anything you place before them. Use this window of opportunity to introduce new flavors and textures.
If your child rejects a new food, don't assume that she doesn't like it. You may need to repeat your offer up to 15 times, at one-week intervals, before your child will eat the food.
Timing counts: Appetites are keenest at the start of a meal, so offer new foods first -- and have a backup in case the unfamiliar food is refused.
Be sneaky: Introduce a new item alongside a favorite (sliced mango next to cantaloupe slices, for example) or use familiar seasonings or sauces.
Have your child participate. Ask her to accompany you to the market to help choose a new vegetable or fruit for the whole family to try.
Most kids don't like mushy foods, especially vegetables. So don't overcook: For most veggies, color, crunch, and character are preserved with just a brief blanching.
Friday, March 20, 2009
The Miracle Worker Stain Remover
1/4 c. Cascade Dish Detergent
1/2 c. Bleach (use color safe bleach for colored clothing)
1 gal Water
Soak until stain is removed.
1/2 c. Bleach (use color safe bleach for colored clothing)
1 gal Water
Soak until stain is removed.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Choose Hope
"The adversary uses despair to bind hearts and minds in suffocating darkness. Despair drains from us all that is vibrant and joyful and leaves behind the empty remnants of what life was meant to be. Despair kills ambition, advances sickness, pollutes the soul, and deadens the heart. Despair can seem like a staircase that leads only and forever downward. Hope, on the other hand, is like the beam of sunlight rising up and above the horizon of our present circumstances. It pierces the darkness with a brilliant dawn. It encourages and inspires us to place our trust in the loving care of an eternal Heavenly Father, who has prepared a way for those who seek for eternal truth in a world of relativism, confusion, and of fear."
– Dieter F. Uchtdorf
– Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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