I thought nutritional planning for adults was time consuming
Logan is coming up on his eighth month this next week. His nutritional needs are changing drastically. He's now ready to eat protein & he'll need larger portion sizes to accommodate his new skills & activity.

We still haven't been able to get him in for his sixth month check up at the doctor because of insurance problems, or incompetence really. It looks like we're going to skip the sixth month & go in for the ninth month. I have yet to talk to his pediatrician about solids.

I wasn't too bent out of shape about it. Figuring it out for the sixth & seventh month was pretty easy. Logan loved all of his foods & other than balancing acidic fruits that caused more diaper rash, there weren't any problems.

I sat down yesterday to figure out his plan for the next month or so. It took me a little bit of time to balance it all out & convert measurements. I remember thinking, "Man, if I haven't had done this before, I wouldn't know what to do". It was easy to see how some kids don't get a balanced diet at home.

This is what a day will look like:
He nurses before every meal & one time in the early morning
Breakfast- 3 TBS cereal, 2 TBS Fruit, 1 TBS Protein
Lunch- 3 TBS cereal, 2 TBS Fruit, 2 TBS Vegetable
Snack- 2 TBS Fruit, 2 TBS Vegetable
Dinner- 2 TBS Vegetable, 1 TBS Protein

I'm going to wait a few more months before giving him cheeses because of the milk reaction a couple months back. I'm not going to regularly give him juice either. Maybe once a week or so. It's just not that nutritious. We've decided that we'll give him finger foods when we start seeing teeth, even though he can pick it up just fine. We tried giving him some puffs & he's not quite ready yet. We've been practicing drinking out of a sippy cup, but he would rather try to drink out of it like a regular cup. He ends up chewing on the nub if we don't take the lid off.

It looks like this next month is going to be a lot a fun & full of really good food!