Anyways, I was feeding Graham his very first bowl of oatmeal cereal (Gerber brand, from the store) when I thought to myself, "there's no way this has much nutritional content. There has to be a way I can make real oatmeal for him".
I searched online and finally found a website that taught me how to make it. Who knew?!! I seriously can't believe I didn't know this. And I couldn't believe how easy it was. All you do is put a few cups of steel cut or rolled oats into a food processor and grind them down to a fine powder and cook about 1/4 cup over the stove top with 1 cup of water for about 8 min.
Making oatmeal cereal at home is much, much more nutritional PLUS it's a small fraction of what the boxes of oatmeal cereal cost at Target. Maybe it's a sign of the season of life I'm in, but finding this out made my month!! Does that mean I'm lame? I think that might make me pretty lame.... Oh, well.
Anyway, on to some pictures of my little boyfriend.
I really don't know how so much preciousness can exist in one tiny, little boy :)
Oh my, he is such a cutie!! And way to make your baby food from scratch. I wanna do that too.....glad i know now i can do it with oatmeal:)
ReplyDeleteoh. my .goosh! I'm going to try this! Did he like it better than the store bought kind? I am starting to run out of ideas for baby foods to make. I've made yams, squash, broccoli and he eats applesauce and bananas mixed with whatever I add in. I think he needs more of a variety, but I hate to give in to the jars...ugh! I'm gonna try this oatmeal thing :) SO genius! Also, the last picture totally looks like Travis from a distance, but I can see you in him when I look at it close up. I'm gonna call you when I'm on my next walk!!
ReplyDeleteSteph- I don't know if he liked it any better or worse than the store bought kind. He ate both, I just like making it straight from rolled oats for nutritional reasons. I think jarred baby food still has it's place though, like when you're traveling, food storage and when you just plain don't have the time.
ReplyDeleteSaving money and keeping your kids healthy definitely can't be lame. Also, your boyfriend is a total cutie.
ReplyDeleteHe is so cute! We couldn't help but think he looks like Travis. Aren't little boyfriends the best?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Lindsay! :)
ReplyDeleteCollege is wonderful and I'll be sure to soak it up. Hope you have fun accomplishing your Fall To-Do List!! You and your family are beautiful, can't believe how big the kiddos are getting.
xoxo