Yummy in My Tummy

I started Quinn on solid foods last week.  We skipped rice cereal and started with oatmeal.  He ate it okay but didn't seem too impressed.  I'm making his baby food just like I did with Mia.  It's so super easy (and way cheaper than jarred baby food).  Wesley baked a couple of sweet potatoes, and then I peeled them, cut them up, and mixed them up with my hand mixer with a bit of formula to thin them out.  To store it, you just spoon the sweet potatoes into ice cube trays, and pop them into freezer bags after they're frozen.  Quinn loved them, and we couldn't shovel them into his mouth fast enough.  Mia wanted to take a turn feeding him too, and did a great job at it.  Let me just say that this kid is one messy eater.  He had sweet potatoes all. over. himself. to the point that I just had to give him a bath immediately after dinner for three days in a row.  Haha!  I think he's getting the hang of it now.  I've given him mashed bananas the last few nights, and he actually didn't get it in his hair or his ears.  He wants to eat it so fast, though.  If you don't immediately have the next bite ready, he shrieks at you.  Haha!  I'm a little sad that we had to start supplementing with one bottle of formula at daycare this week.  I have nothing against formula, but I was just trying to exclusively give him breastmilk for as long as possible since it's good for him.  However, no matter what I do, my supply has decreased and won't go back up enough to cover three bottles a day for daycare.  It's hard to breastfeed when you work full time.  It's only one bottle of formula a day, though, and the other two are still breastmilk.  I hope he doesn't give the daycare ladies a hard time about it.  :)

Mia has been all about green things this month.  She wanted to wear green on Friday to show and tell.  She and her classmates all brought green toys for show and tell.  Mia took a green bowling pin.  I feel certain she is the only kid who brought that random toy, but it was that or a stuffed frog.  I figured that surely someone else would bring a frog anyway.  Mia was signed up to bring a green dessert for her class's St. Patrick's Day party.  I frequently just pick something up at the store for these parties, but once in awhile, I try to actually make something (that's simple).  I decided to have Mia help me make rice krispy treats.  We added a little vanilla to them which made them even yummier.  Once mixed up, I added some green food coloring.  Bam!  St. Patty's Day treat for the kiddos.  Mia said that her friends loved them!

 First bites of oatmeal

 The first food I made for Quinn is the same as it was for Mia: sweet potatoes

 Mia wanted to help feed him.

Quinn at 27 weeks old.  He was covered!

 Don't pinch us!  We've got our green!