Joy of Eating

As many of you know, eating remains a central pastime for us in the Smith family. We love to eat at restaurants, cook our own elaborate meals (well, at least we try!), and experiment with new recipes. Although Ava has recently become somewhat of a picky eater (more posts about THAT later), she too enjoys both cooking and eating. Her specialty is homemade pizza. I provide her with the dough and the ingredients, and she assembles pizzas for everyone. Adorable!

Even Hudson has recently discovered the joy of eating. Within the past week, he has tried rice cereal, sweet potatoes, and squash. And—let me tell you—he appears to follow in our family footsteps in the eating department. My little man LOVES to eat! Until recently, his only source of nutrition was breast milk. As many of you know, I have been very blessed to be able to successfully nurse both my children. In fact, I am a huge supporter of breastfeeding; if possible, I would nurse exclusively for a year.

Of course, that’s not always possible. With Ava, I had several months of exclusive nursing before I had to return to work, at which point we switched her over to formula. With Hudson, I started school when he was only a few months old, so I have been toting the ‘ol breast pump with me every day to school. Still, it was hard to keep up with the demand, so he is currently on half breast milk, half formula bottles. And now, of course, he is beginning to try baby food!

Soon, I’ll try and post some pics of his adventures with eating! First rice cereal. Then sweet potatoes and squash. What will it be next?!?