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Homemade Baby Food May Help Baby Eat Healthier Later On - from "TheBump.com"

It can be tough to squeeze in extra time to make your own baby food, but a recent UK study suggests it will pay off in the long run. The study, conducted by Bristol University and psychology expert Helen Coulthard from Leicester’s De Montfort University, studied data on about 7,500 different moms, which included whether they made their own baby foods for their kids and how many fruits and vegetables those kids ate as they got older. Babies who were served homemade baby food at six months were more likely to be fruit and veggie eaters at seven years old than those who ate packaged foods. But the study’s findings aren’t 100 percent conclusive -- it's not clear whether the babies who liked fruits and veggies were influenced just by the baby foods or by their families’ meal habits in general (Note from Erin: Either way - I'm showing Dean how good "real" food is!). The researchers admit that fact, but also stress the importance of starting healthy eating habits early on. Coulthard says that relying too much on packaged food can lead to a pattern of using ready-made foods on a daily basis, which usually aren’t as healthy as the fresh stuff. She also advises that parents give baby “foods that vary in taste and texture, and ultimately represent the foods that the family eats” from the time the child start to eat solids, since babies tend to be more open-minded about trying new things before their first birthday than they are later in childhood.

Dean eats everything I give him - most recently, turnip greens and bits of turnips! He prefers the turnips. But mix this in some baby bulleted carrots - yum!

Spaghetti!

Andrew Plays Guitar & Dean Loves It!

I Did Not Know the Kitchen Needed Rearranged

If You're Happy and You Know It...Take it Away Dean!

Dean's Girls

Trading kids with the friends is the best way for everyone to get a night out!! Mid-August we made homemade pizza and watched "Mary Poppins" with Maya (7) and Meela (3). It was just us girls and Baby Dean came over and wanted up too! Dean loved the company! Don't worry they piled on Andrew too!

Louisville Zoo

We went to the Zoo on August 1. Dean had a wonderful time. Reaching for the animals and smiling. in the photos below he played with Andrew's hat and then cuddled up and went to sleep - he only missed a couple exhibits.

These Geese did not want us to cross the bridge - they were not happy with me even getting near the bridge. Dean thought it was funny that the geese were honking at me and I moved really fast to get to this "safe" spot. Birds and I do not get along - the feeling is mutual.

And just like that Dean fell asleep on Andrew and slept through the last couple exhibits!

Sleeping Dean - He's Glowing!!