Homemade Baby Cereal!

WOW! What a new experiance! We have decided to make Jameson's baby cereal and even though he just turned 4 months old we decided to start the process of making the food, knowing I can't cook worth a diddley so this may take a few tries :)

We bought a new food processor and decided to go with Organic Jasmine Brown Rice, but apparently it would have been better to get short rice insted of long rice. It made it very difficult to grind. It was way more time consuming to blend than what I though, but it was WELL worth it :)

This is how...

Ingredients:

1/4 c. rice powder (brown rice ground in blender or food processor)
1 cup water



Directions:

1. Bring liquid to boil in saucepan. Add the rice powder while stirring constantly.
2. Simmer for 10 minutes, whisking constantly, mix in formula or breast milk and fruits if desired
3. Serve warm.

(I found that starting out you should cook only 1/8 of the cereal and also add cold wateer to the cereal after its cooked to make sure its the thickness right for your baby.)

I soooo wish I had a pic of Jameson's face when we fed him! It wasn't a big hit, but better luck next time!

Omega 3, Fish Oil

A part of having a Home Birth I have learned so much more about natural alternitives to medicine! This past year not only have we welcomed Jameson into this world, but we have had situations with Josslin and Cecelia we had to take care of too. Jossslin started losing her hair in July. She went through many test at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, only to find out almost 6 months later that it was caused by 2, 105.5 fevers she got last Spring. Cecelia has also gone through a variety of test at Children's because she is going on her 3rd year of chronic acid reflex. In addition to the Acid Reflex Cecelia had her first teacher conference this year and we have came to the conclusion that Cecelia may have symptoms of ADD.

The doctor's solutions were?... Josslin would eventually grow hair back. Cecelia would need to change her diet and as far as the ADD goes, we would have to put her on ritalin when she turned 5!

Of corse that wasn't a good enough answer for me, so I found a solution! OMEGA 3, FISH OIL! The pediatrician even said that it would strengthen and thicken Josslin's hair, it would help with Cecelia's acid reflex, and it has been proven to help children with ADD.

They have Children's Gummy Omega 3 Fish Oil Vitamins, the kids loved them! So we started it yesturday and I will let you know the results!