Startin' the solids!

Last weekend Ella turned 5 months and we decided to celebrate by giving her food with substance! I am definitely going to be making all of the baby food for her (or as much as I possibly can) as I like to know what goes in the things I eat. Plus, it's going to be fun experimenting with different kinds of food.

So the first thing I made for her was the basic rice cereal. I was kind of reluctant to start on the cereals because there isn't much nutrition there but it was mostly for experimental purposes. Plus, *they* say to start on rice cereal because there is a less chance of a reaction. I hope to add some fruity flavour in the next week or so!

So rice cereal it was! Pretty easy to make... I use brown rice because there is more nutrients in it then white.

1 cup water
1/2 cup ground brown rice
1/4 cup breast milk

Boil the water and then add the rice. Reduce heat and simmer for about 10 minutes stirring constantly.

Let cool then purée in a blender. Add some breast milk until desired consistency is reached.

Voila! Homemade rice cereal!

It was fun to see Ella's reaction... She actually quite enjoyed it very much! Right now, I only feed her in the morning so just in case she does react to it, then I won't have to be up all night! She's taken to it very well though,

I then went on to make oatmeal which is basically the same thing. I think Ella liked this one better (more flavour maybe or more substance...) I then mixed the rice with the oatmeal so now I have a nice big batch that I can use throughout the week. (minus the breast milk- I'll add that to that separately so it doesn't go bad). Later I can add some other things to it, too!