Third world baby food
So i've been feeding amianan all sorts of jarred baby food and she hates it. she eats a little cause its different then refuses to eat it. she also hates rice cereal. i try to be patient with her and sit with her to eat... but i dunno. i've been trying earths best and the sweet potato is aiight but the peas and carrots..YUCK! i can't blame her. she's probaly thinking the same thing. i also gave her apples in a jar. yuck too. so i was like fuck it i'll buy some bananas and avocados. easy to make. just smoosh it add a little breastmilk cool.. she likes the bananas but i had to stop giving it to her cause she hasn't taken a shit since last tuesday.
so i've been researching all sorts of stuff online. and i found an article that was talking about how there is a western bias on how to feed babies. there is no scientific study as to why you should feed your baby rice cereal first, or that if you start your babies on sweet food they would have a sweet tooth and refuse the bland stuff. then i see a show on parent tv and this lady made sweet potatos with pears and added paprika. she said that your baby ate all sorts of stuff when she was in the womb and tastes everything from your milk that it shouldnt hurt your baby. so00000 many contradications. who's right, whos wrong?
so i decided to call my cousin julie. my god daugher jaelyn is 4 and she eats everything. all filipino food, she looooves fruits and veggies. anything you give her, she will eat it. i asked julie what kind of baby food did she feed jaelyn and with attitude she said. BABY FOOD?! what baby food? have you tried that shit. that shit is nasty. you would give that to your baby? i was like . ummmm i already did. then she went on about her parents never buying baby food and that she just ate whatever mom cooked. she did the same with jaelyn. she only gave her rice cereal in the morning, but with lunch and dinner, it was rice (rice cooker rice)with some sort of soup with it. and when jae got older, julie would add the chicken or fish.
then i thought about it. relatives in the barrio of the phils don't have food processesors and fancy ice cube trays, baby bowls and spoons, shit, they dont have 99% of the bullshit i relay on everyday. why am i trippin about what i feed my child? i know this is my first baby and i want to make sure i do everything right but what is right? whos standards? western ideals? am i conforming to what so called experts say? most of these experts are not 3rd world women of color. they don't talk about the "ethnic" way to raise a child.
so i really really thought about it. what can i feed amianan? what would she like? rod and i can cook some mean ilocano food (without patis and bagoong cause i'm allergic) we dont put hella salt on our food. we dont eat too much sugar here cause rods diabetic. we eat really healthy in our household. i was thinking of sinigang, sotanghon, arroz caldo, (all sodium free of course)..amianan would love that. i can also do fruits..mangos, bananas, papaya, peaches
today, nikkie, amianan and i went to Karilangan in South City and i thought i would give it a try. we ordered sampalok with chicken..YUM..i got a little bowl, put the sabao and rice..let it sit and i tried to smash up the rice but it was too hard. so i scooped up some soup can let amianan have a little taste. her face was funny cause it was a little sour, but she kept smacking her gums after like she was trying to figure out what that taste was. then she kept reaching towards the bowl and kept saying mum mum. i gave her little by little. they i ate then nikkie fed her a little. she LOVED IT! but i had to stop cause i didnt want to give her a stomach ache.
i'll still see if she would take some baby food, but i'm making it this time. and filipino food..yum..this will force us to cook rather than eating out all the time.
i'll read the books and i'll use their advice as guidelines..or take the best and leave the rest kinda deal..but really..who are they writing these books for?
so i've been researching all sorts of stuff online. and i found an article that was talking about how there is a western bias on how to feed babies. there is no scientific study as to why you should feed your baby rice cereal first, or that if you start your babies on sweet food they would have a sweet tooth and refuse the bland stuff. then i see a show on parent tv and this lady made sweet potatos with pears and added paprika. she said that your baby ate all sorts of stuff when she was in the womb and tastes everything from your milk that it shouldnt hurt your baby. so00000 many contradications. who's right, whos wrong?
so i decided to call my cousin julie. my god daugher jaelyn is 4 and she eats everything. all filipino food, she looooves fruits and veggies. anything you give her, she will eat it. i asked julie what kind of baby food did she feed jaelyn and with attitude she said. BABY FOOD?! what baby food? have you tried that shit. that shit is nasty. you would give that to your baby? i was like . ummmm i already did. then she went on about her parents never buying baby food and that she just ate whatever mom cooked. she did the same with jaelyn. she only gave her rice cereal in the morning, but with lunch and dinner, it was rice (rice cooker rice)with some sort of soup with it. and when jae got older, julie would add the chicken or fish.
then i thought about it. relatives in the barrio of the phils don't have food processesors and fancy ice cube trays, baby bowls and spoons, shit, they dont have 99% of the bullshit i relay on everyday. why am i trippin about what i feed my child? i know this is my first baby and i want to make sure i do everything right but what is right? whos standards? western ideals? am i conforming to what so called experts say? most of these experts are not 3rd world women of color. they don't talk about the "ethnic" way to raise a child.
so i really really thought about it. what can i feed amianan? what would she like? rod and i can cook some mean ilocano food (without patis and bagoong cause i'm allergic) we dont put hella salt on our food. we dont eat too much sugar here cause rods diabetic. we eat really healthy in our household. i was thinking of sinigang, sotanghon, arroz caldo, (all sodium free of course)..amianan would love that. i can also do fruits..mangos, bananas, papaya, peaches
today, nikkie, amianan and i went to Karilangan in South City and i thought i would give it a try. we ordered sampalok with chicken..YUM..i got a little bowl, put the sabao and rice..let it sit and i tried to smash up the rice but it was too hard. so i scooped up some soup can let amianan have a little taste. her face was funny cause it was a little sour, but she kept smacking her gums after like she was trying to figure out what that taste was. then she kept reaching towards the bowl and kept saying mum mum. i gave her little by little. they i ate then nikkie fed her a little. she LOVED IT! but i had to stop cause i didnt want to give her a stomach ache.
i'll still see if she would take some baby food, but i'm making it this time. and filipino food..yum..this will force us to cook rather than eating out all the time.
i'll read the books and i'll use their advice as guidelines..or take the best and leave the rest kinda deal..but really..who are they writing these books for?
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soluna is cool with some baby food, but i know she'd rather be eating what mama and papi are eating. yesterday she attacked my sandwich while i was trying to feed her pureed sweet potatoes. she grabbed it off the picnic blanket and chomped on it like she was starving. (i don't know how she did it because she doesn't have teeth yet.) i just let her eat what she got and she was happy.
i think amianan's poop is gonna be the real indicator if certain foods are good or not... eek. that's where it can get messy.
anyways, you gotta please put up some of your "healthy" ilocano recipes because my palabok, sinigang and adobo always have hella salt, alamang or MSG.