sethrak

My little Zodling has cut his eighth tooth. :D All his incisors are present and accounted for now.

Now if he could just get a bicuspid or two, to help with grinding food.... He hasn't quasi-choked on his panda puffs in a while, but I'd be easier in my mind about trying new finger foods if he had more teeth to work with...

I seriously need to find a baby cookbook, and maybe buy a foodmill. I don't intend to hand-grind all his food, but it'd be easier to avoid his wheat and milk allergies as we progress to thicker and more complex foods if I make some of it.

I did try Trader Joe's, as recommended by

jeff_morris and Mark's dietician; unfortunately it wasn't as sucessful a trip as I'd have liked. After much searching through the cereal aisle, we found the aforementioned Panda Puffs, and they did sell soy milk - but so does the commissary, at cheaper prices. The very chipper store manager, who happened to be our cashier, told me they had a list of all their allergen-free products, broken down by type, by the customer service desk. Their wheat-free list.... leaves much to be desired. Granted, one doesn't generally discover one has wheat allergies until much older than Mark is... But cream-based soups are not exactly what I was looking for, even if he weren't allergic to cows' milk. And raw veggies? On the wheat-free list? WTF? Of course organic broccoli is wheat free! Wheat-free rice cakes were a good idea, but Mark, as previously mentioned, lacks sufficient teeth for that sort of thing. Sigh.

I found some really interesting wheat-free crackers at the commissary, called "Mary's Gone Crackers". ^_^ Very tasty, and Mark loved them too. But a bit too hard for him to break up, and they don't respond well to my attempts to crush them. Again, sigh.

I even have to police the strained meats we buy. >_< Of the three Stage 2 Gerber meats at WalMart, two include wheat. The remaining flavor, he's not too keen on. So, a food mill, and experimenting to see if Mommy can make baby food that is at once tasty, non-allergenic, and non-lethal. ^_^; I'm not Akane Tendo, but I'm not Kasumi Tendo or Belldandy either.

I also need to work on his sippy cup skills. So far, he protests vociferously before he even gets a single sip. Maybe the spill-proof valve is too hard for him to suck the milk out. I'd hate to have to throw it away;

davner bought it for him, and I don't want him to feel bad.

Now to go make a snack and clean the bathroom before he awakens...