Food food food.

My little sweethearts are growing at an unbelievable rate. If they keep going like this, they'll be taller than me by the time they're five. Thankfully, though, I can still honestly call them babies. And their entire lives still center around mealtimes.

I LOVE FOOD!

It's amazing how much they've learned, and it's really hard to believe they're working on solid foods now. But they are! We've been doing spoon feeding for a while! I make my own food, mostly, with the exception of meat. Everyone raises their eyebrows at that, like I must really be a supermom to be able to make my own babyfood, but really anyone who can push a button on a blender can do it. It's much cheaper, I know what my girls are consuming, it's fresher, and it must taste better. 

We started with oatmeal. I just microwave-cooked it like I would for myself, with no added sugar or anything. Then throw it in the blender and puree. If you have constipation issues, add something fibrous, like pears or avocado. 

Now they only have oatmeal for breakfast. For lunch, they have a veggie and a protein. The key with the veggies is to overcook. You lose some nutrients that way, but you also don't choke your baby! I puree (or my mom prepares it for me. Thanks, Mom!), and then add a store-bought small jar of protein (chicken or turkey or beef).  

Storage is tricky. Mom gets the credit for this one. On Pinterest you'll see a lot of storage in ice-cube trays, but that didn't really work out for me. Having twins, I prepare 4 Tbsp of food for every meal, which is about 3 ice cubes. Mom prepared some sweet potatoes for me, brought them over in a muffin tin, and froze them solid. After they froze, we stored them in a Ziploc freezer bag. Easy peasy. (No pun intended.) Now i can measure how much i want to thaw for each serving, and it takes up less space in my itty bitty freezer. 

Now for dinner we're doing something new. We are working on picking up food with our hands! So we cut up bananas, avocados, thoroughly cooked carrots, etc. Then we put them on the tray and let the girls play! They haven't figured it out yet. 

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I stumbled across an awesome activity to help the girls figure it out! By the end of playtime, one out of my two girls was picking food up, realizing she was holding it, and getting it into her mouth to eat! I was so impressed. What was this amazing activity? Potato flakes! They can eat it. It can't hurt their eyes. And it's fun! First I poured the flakes onto their trays dry. We made it snow, we mixed it with slobber, we tried to pick it up. What fun! Then we added some lukewarm water, and it was a whole new game. I let them squish it, throw it, pat it, and eventually they figured out they could eat it! It was all very educational. And messy. But worth it! ANNND it's a wonderful way for them to amuse themselves while I clean the bathrooms. Or eat lunch. (Or throw myself on the floor and take a breather, let's face it.)

Anyway, it really is my goal to write more, but you all know how it is!

I feel I should add that I am having surgery the first week of May to correct my hernia, and in doing so, my diastasis will improve as well. I'm really excited! As my buddy Michele put it, it will be great to be anatomically correct again! 

Thanks for your prayers!