The very Hungry Catapillar

Isaac has discovered his appetite! If he was a little finicky about food before, he's not anymore. He loves to eat now- especially when he feeds himself. In addition to Cheerios, I now give him pieces of toast/English muffin/pizza, cut-up frozen mango, frozen blueberries (see pictures below), peas, beans, and cooked carrot pieces all on his tray. I just monitor him very closely and don't put out too many pieces on his tray at one time. Right now I'm trying to get the size of the pieces just right because if they are too small, his new pincer grasp can't pick them up, but if they are too big, he could choke. Eating with Isaac is messy and a lot of fun. After every meal, he's a complete mess and we have to sweep the floor, but he's so happy and (I think) proud of himself. Why call this post "The Hungry Catapillar"? Because at lunch and dinner today I found myself feeding him one thing and then another and another. For example, it was homemade pureed green beans for lunch. After demolishing that, he was clearly still starving so I heated up a portion of sweet-potato-squash-barley that we made last week. Still hungry!--some of Josh's pizza... and Cheerios... and then finally he seemed satisfied. A similar thing happened at dinner too--I ended up running out of options for him then (unless I gave him foods that I gave him at lunch) so I fed him garlic mashed potatoes that I made for dinner last week for me and Josh. It was a little crazy. What's he eating for?--he's already our butterfly!

From Hungry Catapillar January 2011

From Hungry Catapillar January 2011