To make or not to make

Baby food that is.

I've been making all of Reese's food so far, but i won't deny that it's time consuming, messy and it looses it's lustre after a while.

Either way I've just chosen to make it so i have "bulk" cubes (i freeze it in ice cube trays) and because i actually kinda enjoy it.

Key word: kinda

Now that I'm back to work, and had to make sweet potatoes for her last night, I'm realizing why some people think I'm nuts for spending the time to do it (this includes my pediatrician). Kathi had mentioned that she thinks maybe Reese would like a veggie with her fruits at lunch. So there i was at 10 p.m. last night making sweet potatoes for her. It actually wasn't that bad - just not what i wanted to do on the night of my first day back to work.

The other reason why making baby food isn't always the "best" idea - not all veggies freeze and reheat that well. Example: yellow squash. I went to heat it up last weekend, pulled it out of the microwave and just thought "i could never give this to my child." It looked like hair gel had been squirted into the baby food bowl. Gross.

So today at Target i bought some of the Gerber Organic baby food - Yellow Squash. I figured if i can't make it and have it be as delicious as squash can taste to a 6 month old i might as well buy it so i can broaden her horizons in the food department. She ate it tonight and loved it!

My point is - if your kid is hungry you have to feed them whether it's homemade or store bought. No matter what you choose they will presumably grow and become stronger from it. Now this really makes me want to get on the formula v. breastfeeding topic but i definitely don't have the energy for that tonight. I will, however, devote an entire post to that sometime soon. Let's just say that my attitude toward that is the same as i stated above with solids...and that's coming from someone who worked her ass off to breastfeed....and still do. I'll stop there for now since I'm already gritting my teeth while resisting the urge to get "into it."

In other news: Reese is 6 months old today! My oh my, how time flies. I took some pictures of her today but haven't loaded them so I'll catch up with pictures over the weekend.

Mmmm...i think that's it for now.

Time to do some laundry and stay awake long enough to catch a new episode of The Office!

That's what she said.