Introduction

     We all know Americans are getting fatter.   I've had my own life long struggles with weight.   And as a new mother, I want to not only feed my child healthy meals now, but I want to establish habits that will last a life time.    I want to give my son the the best start I can, so that hopefully he will have a positive relationship with food for life.  They say their taste preferences are set early, and I see this time as an opportunity to help mould those preferences.

      My son is now 14 months old.   Ben is a typical toddler.   He's growing more and more picky about food.  And capricious! One day he loves broccoli, but the next day turns his nose up at it.   I'm finding I have to get very creative and resourceful to make sure Ben gets his well rounded healthy meals.    

     From talking with other mothers, I know we all are trying to find creative and new, ways to keep our babies healthy.   I decided to start this blog to share my discoveries; my successes and failures.   I hope this will help other mothers with the same goals for their children.   If only one mother gets their child to eat one green vegetable because of something I've posted, then I all of my blogging has been for good cause! :-)

      I will try to share recipes where I can, but because of copyright laws I may not always be able to publish something.  But I will always try to direct you to the cookbook or website, if possible. 

      I'm going to start blogging about feeding my 14 month old, but at some point I would also like to share some of what I learned from feeding him from 6-12 months, what I can remember.   

      I'm hoping too, this will be a forum for other mothers to post and share their successes and failures.  And hopefully we can all learn from each other.