The Easiest Way Ever to Transition Your Baby to Table Food

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Transitions can be hard on our little ones, and on parents too. Life changes so quickly in the early years, and there are so many things that never crossed my mind when I first held our sweet little baby girl a year ago. Things like. . .

1: Where she will go to college

2: What kind of car she might drive

3: If she’ll have bigger feet than me 🙂 (I have tiny feet!)

4: What big books she might love

5: Her least favorite foods (Would it be mushrooms? Potatoes? Tomatoes?)

6: How to transition her to toddler foods

Holding her a year ago just made my heart beat faster and swoon with so much love for her. I guess I got a little caught up in enjoying all the days that felt so incredibly long yet short all at once. It’s such a puzzling thing, how you can be trudging through the day, wondering how it’s not even lunch time yet (let alone bedtime!) and all of a sudden, you blink and they are six months old, and then they are turning a year! How does that happen?! Part of me just wants to hold her a little longer, but part of me is excited for the milestones she is going through!

Days old / Taken by S&J Photography

One year old already!

I’ve been on a mission lately. A mission to enjoy life a little bit more. A mission to intentionally plan simple moments that will give our kids great memories (without breaking the bank or taking tons of time). A mission to find some little things that can bring lots of smiles and laughter.

Some of our favorite “little things” lately have been:

Walks to pick blackberries

Fruit and whipped cream for bedtime snack

Having a daily “hug time”, complete with a few twirls

Making a miniature fort under the coffee table

Visiting the farmer’s market for honeysticks

Putting on mama & daddy’s favorite songs

Having a picnic dinner in the park

As you can tell, these are not elaborate or expensive, but that was my goal in coming up with some simple, fun ideas! Have you ever noticed how kids are so delighted by something that we might not even think twice about?! The box the toys comes in, the new toy they make with the bread clips, the walk to the mailbox, or the extra five minutes outside playing? All winners here!

The park picnic was probably my favorite idea we’ve done this week. I had something special for our little girl that I thought she would like, and wanted to see if I was right! We got our little picnic dinner set up, and then I broke out the new Gerber Lil’ Bits. After all, the boys might love pizza (their food of choice for the picnic!), but she isn’t quite there yet. She is a champ at baby foods, but we haven’t tried many of “big” table foods yet. I’ve found she can be somewhat picky with textures – and let’s face it . . . going right from smooth baby foods to chunky solids can be tough for some little ones. Learning to chew one or two (or three!) times plus conquering textures and little chunks is a pretty important milestone, and I have to say, it’s nice to have a helping hand! Apple Blueberry was our first pick. You see, this girl loves blueberries. I don’t think I could even say that enough. She will inhale blueberry sauce if we let her!

Smooth, with perfect little soft chunks to encourage baby’s first chewing? Sounds good to me!

I didn’t know if she would like it! The verdict? I couldn’t get it in fast enough! She was loving our little picnic too. Happy baby = happy mama!

Apple blueberry?Winner and on our list for family picnic nights!

Maybe some milestones are a little less scary than I thought! (Although I am still going to sneak in snuggles when she will let me!)

Introduce baby to chewing? Checked off the list!

Favorite things I discovered? (Because I like to know the story behind things I love!)

Lots of flavors! (Apple Blueberry, Sweet Potato Apple Carrot & Cinnamon, Butternut Squash & Potato, and more!)

Specifically made to help with learning to chew — offers a gradual texture progression to give baby the skills needed to transition to table food.

Made by the only company that uses a special cooking method giving it perfectly soft bits.

Ten new recipes are coming, made specifically for crawlers to learn how to chew & mash.

Plus available in convenient plastic tubs, making those family picnics a breeze!

And all of their baby food passes over 100 quality checks, so you know it’s a great choice for your little one! I’m happy to have found a lil’ something to toss into our picnic bag just for our little girl (and I think she might agree!). She’s in-between baby food and pizza, and it’s nice to know I have options now. Kids can tell when you go the extra mile to show them how special they are. Boys get to pick out some pizza, our daughter gets to pick out her favorite flavor of Gerber 3rd Foods Lil’ Bits, and we are all happy campers!

What flavor do you think your little ones would love? Tell us below! I can’t wait to see if she likes sweet potato apple carrots and cinnamon!

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