Eggs

Eggs are more than a staple in our home. They are the most complete nutrient we get each day. It has been said that eggs are nature's perfect food... a "super food". Its a good thing too because eggs fit nicely into our budget for nutritious foods. I've been sure to keep my egg intake up especially while I have been nursing. I found that it helps keep my milk supply up, and the benefits for Evelyn are incredible.

Well the time has come for Evelyn's first solid food. After years of preparation and research about first foods (since I had been planning for a baby for over 2 years) I knew her first food would be eggs. I know its a controversial first food, but all my nutritional sources emphasized the importance of an animal based protein for a first food. I could go into it further but that isn't what this post is intended for. So I'll just post some links here for anyone interested in researching it. My top three resources for nutrition are -  The Weston A. Price, Foundation, Great Physician's Rx for Children's Health, and Mercola.

So we prepared the eggs by hard boiling them making sure they were cooked thoroughly. Also she will only be fed the yolks until after a year. The white is the part that babies tend to be sensitive to. The yolks are quite easy for them to digest. Easier than grains actually. So we made sure they were good eggs. Organic, etc...

Anyhow, on to the cute part -

Little Evie loved it!

What I learned? Next time she'll have a BPA free spoon of her own and not a "big person" spoon. I'll also mix the egg with breast milk...duh mommy!

We waited the 4 day period for allergies and she hasn't had any...yay! So we'll be trying it again very soon. She can also have banana. That will be fun. We'll be sure to put some pictures up!