Friday, April 27, 2007

Is it a cracker?

There's a scene in the movie "Elf" where "Elf's" (Wil Farrell) dad says to him, "you really like sugar, huh?", to which "Elf" asks, "is syrup made of sugar? Then YES!". I'm starting to feel that way with Lincoln and crackers. People that know us, know that we've had a struggle with getting Lincoln to eat food. Well, it seems that we just weren't feeding him the right things. Lincoln loves anything and everything crackers - Graham Crackers, veggie crackers (which don't actually have veggies in them), Sweet Potato Puffs (once again, with no sweet potato in them), and Baby Cheetos (yes, they make baby Cheetos).

So I have this question/challenge for our readers - since I'm assuming babies can't survive on carbs alone, what other foods have a nice crunch, are easy for baby to eat, and have *any* nutrional value? Or, for those that have experience with children, what are good toddler foods that *aren't* pre-packaged by Gerber?

1 comment:

AnneKaelber said...

I haven't stopped by in a while, so this comment may be late. We used to live in Ohio where "Big Boy" restaurants were common and the salad bar was free to infants when we had a salad bar. He'd gum away on "baby trees", cheese cubes, honeydew melon slices and jello. Oh, a "baby tree" is broccoli, by the way.