[blparent] fruits and vegetables! Yuck!

Sat Feb 28 04:13:29 UTC 2009

That's weird!  Per serving 5 grams, that's alot.  If it stopped him up, he 
must not be drinking enough fluid. Weight Watchers recommends things made 
with pumpkin because of the fiber content.  I'm talking canned pumpkin, 
though, I don't know about the real macoy. smile! V
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From: "Amber Boggs" <amberboggs at socal.rr.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] fruits and vegetables! Yuck!


> Really? I have never hurd that! It stopped sean up when he had it. Very
> intresting
> Amber Boggs
>
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> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] fruits and vegetables! Yuck!
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>> Actually pumpkin is recommended for babies to loosen them up.  But you
>> have to remember to drink alot of fluids. VV
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Amber Boggs" <amberboggs at socal.rr.com>
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>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] fruits and vegetables! Yuck!
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>>> all grate ideas, I just want to add, if the bos are constapated, 
>>> anything
>>> in
>>> the squash family witch includes squash pumpcan etc will make them more
>>> constapated. But I bet they will like them. Grin
>>>
>>> Amber Boggs
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
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>>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:32 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] fruits and vegetables! Yuck!
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>>>> Hi Barbara.  I know you said your boys like meat.  Maybe you could try
>>>> the
>>>> baby meatloaf I made yesterday.  Sarah seems to be eating it okay. 
>>>> Just
>>>> take a pound of ground beef or turkey, put in some veggie purees--I
>>>> added
>>>> spinach and squash--a couple of eggs, and enough oatmeal or bread 
>>>> crumbs
>>>> to hold the meat together.  I used oatmeal and wheat germ.  Bake the
>>>> meatloaf in a standard pan for about an hour.  I left it covered with
>>>> foil
>>>> so that the top never got hard during baking.  You might cut the recipe
>>>> in
>>>> half the first time because it makes a lot.  I sliced up the meatloaf
>>>> and
>>>> wrapped the squares individually in foil so I could take them out of 
>>>> the
>>>> freezer one at a time.
>>>>
>>>> As far as purees to add to rice, pumpkin comes to mind.  You can get it
>>>> in
>>>> a can, and it is smooth and slightly sweet.  Maybe add a little 
>>>> cinnamon
>>>> into the rice.  You could do the same with sweet potato, which also
>>>> comes
>>>> in a can.  Or you could boil or bake fresh sweet potatoes and mash them
>>>> yourself, then add them to the rice.  If you want to cook a pumpkin or
>>>> any
>>>> kind of a winter squash like butternut or acorn, which would all make
>>>> nice
>>>> purees, just cut the squash in half, scoop out the seeds, and place the
>>>> halves cut side down in a pan with a little water in the bottom.  Bake
>>>> them till the squash is tender and comes off the rind easily.
>>>>
>>>> I would think you could add mashed banana, pureed pear or peach, or 
>>>> even
>>>> grated apples or carrots to rice.  Cooked carrots mash nicely if the
>>>> kids
>>>> won't eat the raw grated ones because of the texture.
>>>>
>>>> I hope some of these ideas work.  I'll keep thinking.
>>>>
>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>> "Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one
>>>> holds
>>>> water."--Swedish proverb
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
>>>> To: "blparent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:03 PM
>>>> Subject: [blparent] fruits and vegetables! Yuck!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Now I know a bunch of you out there use creative ways to get the 
>>>>> fruits
>>>>> and vegetables in your kids.  I'm thinking of the food processor trick
>>>>> to
>>>>> make a puree to mix in with the rice and more rice.  What kinds of
>>>>> vegetables don't your kiddos eat like this?  I know corn and peas 
>>>>> won't
>>>>> work so well this way and I've thought of green beans and carrots but
>>>>> what other are good?  And if you say any kind of squash, how do you
>>>>> cook
>>>>> it?
>>>>> Now for the fruit.  Would any fruit work like the vegetable trick?
>>>>> My twins are taking a capful of Miralax a day and still seem to be
>>>>> having
>>>>> tummy trouble.  I know rice is a constipator but they won't eat
>>>>> potatoes.
>>>>> I think I'm ready to try dabbling in different foods to expand their
>>>>> horizons.
>>>>> Barbara
>>>>> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of
>>>>> whom
>>>>> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
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