Eating healthy??

I unfortunately grew up on cheap processed foods and I want to change my diet. Now that my baby is about to start eating solids I realized I want to give him fresh clean healthy food. But where do I start 😓 I've been trying to research and look at different recipes and such but it's all so confusing and stressful. I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm freaked out!

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I would just start with eating as much produce as you can.. fruits & veggies. Learn different way to cook veggies to taste good. Switch to whole grains, or even plant based pastas too! Making your own pasta sauces instead of canned. Feel free to pm me for simple recipes!

If you can afford it, a box service such as hello fresh could be a good option - even to just get you used to using different types of veg and methods of cooking - baby can eat virtually anything you eat if BLW so there would be no need to make separate meals for baby - just maybe separate off baby's before adding salt/overly spicy sauces etc

Also you can add vegetables to your fave meals quite easily, especially if there's seasonings/salts that can hide the flavours you're not a fan off (eg curry, you can add mushrooms, peas, cauliflower etc and the sauce can cover the flavour)

I got a subscription from Hungry Harvest with the biggest size they have ($33 per delivery). It’s enough to have a ton of produce at every meal as well as snacks for two weeks. A bargain in my opinion!
Like I get so much I can hardly fit it all in my refrigerator 😂
Having that amount of produce in my fridge along with my fear of waste makes me get creative and use it all up! It’s customizable so you don’t end up with anything you don’t want. And if you plan to make your own purée or do BLW you can get fruits and veggies your little one would like!
And obviously you can get a smaller box instead of going crazy like me. But bigger boxes get free shipping
http://hharvest.net/m5hwdgK

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Has the new government rules on screen time stressed anyone else out?

Screen time reliance was already stressing me but I'm home alone as many of us are...I have no village and a very full on and demanding boy. My son is 19 months and in a really hard phase whinging and clingy wise....we don't do iPads and tablets (unless I absolutely have to if he's throwing an absolute fit having a nappy change and I don't want shit all over the wall!)
We do however end up doing teletubbies and dancing fruits during "high stress times" of the day. Usually cooking or if he's having an awful meltdown...popping teletubbies on means he smiles and relaxes, and I can get our food cooked and the kitchen tidy.
In the evening we allow him another half hour whilst we make food if he's in a particularly demanding mood and wanting to be held the entire time. Then we switch off teletubbies and put something soft like quiz shows or comedy on for my partner and I and we play with our son at the same time. He usually zones the TV out if it's not his program.
I feel so guilty for every second of screen time now. By the time he's finally gone to bed at 9-10pm (he fights sleep like crazy) I just have to fall into bed myself. My partner can stay up watching his TV but I can't make it past 10 (proof that being a stay at home mum is harder than a regular job much!?)

Idiot husband

I am fuuuuming. Livid. Hubby went out to the pub last night, not a problem, you deserve it after a long week at work.

We have a baby and toddler.. so I said, sleep in the other room, take our toddlers monitor, as I don’t want you to disturb the baby.

I wake up to my toddler screaming, WITH HIM SLEEPING THROUGH IT!!!! When I checked her camera she was crying for 8 minutes. She has been awake over an hour now because she fully woke herself up crying so much. Her words: ‘daddy didn’t come’

Needed a space to rant before I actually go and bop him on the bloody nose😡😡😡😡

Baby girl enjoying her first slice of pizza

I was just giving her pieces off my slices. She kept a screeching until I gave her a slice of her own.

Edit: she ate one full slice and the toppings off a second

Based off of the boys and dolls post: if you have a son and daughter, do you let them play dress up or tea party together?

In relation to the post asking about dolls and getting them for boys... If you have a son and daughter, do you let them play dress up together or tea party together? Or do you make them play separately over a fear of a child's game or toys? And yes I said child's game and toys instead of gendering them on purpose. Just wondering how deep rooted this ideology is and does it make people make decisions that affect sibling relationships and playtime.

Personally yes they can play with any toy and any imagination play they want because it's great for their relationship, it also benefits both in the future ESPECIALLY the male in my opinion.

Any WFH moms with little/no childcare?

I start back to work from home in a little over a week. My LO will be almost 4 months then (16 weeks). What are your best tips and tricks to make things go smoothly for you and for baby?

Am I doing this wrong ?? 🥲🥲

My baby just turned 9 months old and I move had her on purées since 6 months. She’s now on thicker and lumpier purées but after she was doing a better job at eating 2 meals a day she’s now back to refusing food most of the time. She’d take a spoonful or 2 and I can tell she likes the taste but then she’d refuse to eat any more. She used to do this at 7 months I can’t believe we’re back to this again 😭😭

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong here… should I just go the BLW route instead ?? Am I progressing her too slowly into solids?