Spinach and Farina

I have made progress in meeting some other moms. I found a group online, through Meetup.com that seems ok. I may try to meet 3 other moms at a local farmers market next week, when it is not so damn hot. I'll keep y'all posted...

New foods for this week are spinach and farina aka cream of wheat. I'm not so sure how any of this is gonna go. The spinach was not the sweeter baby spinach (the grocery didn't have any - grrr) so its just normal, big-leaf spinach. I washed it really well, then just put the still-wet-from-washing spinach in a hot, dry fry pan til it wilted. Then into the food processor with some of the leftover cooking liquid, and ta-da! It is a beautiful dark green, but a touch bitter. Yummy for mom, I'm not sure what the Critter will think. I think we'll go 1 part spinach and 3 parts apple/pear/sweet tater. And hope for the best.

And farina! I'm excited to see if she will eat this - given her dislike for the baby cereals thus far. I got just normal-people farina (also know as cream of wheat - but in my Italian upbringing world, it is always farina) made by Bob's Red Mill. Yum. We'll make enough for the both of us and eat it together for lunch today. I hope she likes it.

Other than that, things are going well over here. It's hot as hell, which has put a damper on our outdoor time. Hopefully it will cool back down by the weekend, fingers crossed. The Critter is working on sitting up on her own. She is still tippy turtle, but she is getting better. She is also beginning to show some stranger anxiety, it is not all the time, but sometimes she clings to me for dear life when presented with new people. Especially new, loud, in-her-face people. I cling to her too with those people, lol.