Good week, bad week

Well this week has had it's ups and downs...Sam still has lost the use of his arms when eating and remains my 'baby bird' - just squawking and opening and closing his mouth for food! As this coincided with him starting to crawl I have high hopes that it is just a phase.

Breakfast this week has been a pretty predictable affair, some or all of the following:

• Strawberry jam on toast
• baby porridge
• yogurt
• fruit
• fruit puree

Lunch and dinner have been a bit hit and miss with Sam deciding he likes cheesy scrambled eggs one day but not another. I got Annabel Karmel's latest book out of the library and have made and frozen some salmon footballs (which got squished in the freezer so they are more like patties), fruity chicken (with apricot cos I was worried about iron levels - for no good reason, just because I'm a mum and that's what we do!) and some 'lovely lentils' cos I happened to have the ingredients in the house.

Round Grandma Jones' on Wednesday Sam was v naughty and wouldn't even look at my freshly prepared fruity chicken - I was not very happy. However, the next day I cunningly added a bit of cream that was in the fridge and served it up again and he loved it and ate it all - he's a fickle little boy.

Having turned his nose up at houmous earlier in the week he happily ate loads on breadsticks and carrot for lunch today, and after the most impressive 'scene' ever (crying, shouting turning away) this evening I managed to put a bit of my freshly cooked lovely lentils into his open, crying mouth, after tasting it he changed his mind completely and ate the whole portion grrr he's a tinker!

We've got chinese for tea and I can't wait - special treat from the Sichuan Garden yummm.

We're back!

Hello again, it's been a long time - very busy doing stuff and growing and learning new tricks...

A lot has happened in the month or so we've not been blogging; we've had a family holiday to the New Forest, Sam had his first haircut and he's developed a very clever impression of a caterpillar and is now wriggling his way across the floor.

Sam has also worked out that he gets his food into his tummy a lot quicker if somebody else spoon feeds him, after months of him grabbing the spoon and feedng himself he is now on strike and keeps his hands firmly out of the way!

His diet is coming along too and he's tried many new foods. We had a craze on Plum organic babyfood for a couple of weeks (very handy when on holiday) but now he refuses anything from a jar. Here's a selection of what he's had:

• beef goulash
• mexican chicken
• chilli con carne (made very mild!)
• spagetti bolognese
• french toast/eggy bread
• cheese and tomato scrambled eggs
• vegetable rissole
• chicken and apple balls
• haddock fishcake and sweet potato chips

His favourites are still breadsticks and organix ricecakes, but added to this list is now strawberries (just like his mum) and blueberries and yogurt (from dad). He goes crazy for raisins and spends ages trying to pick them up and get them to his mouth (most go on the floor).