Category Archives: Little Rascals Daycare

Making own baby food

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So this morning I made all of my sons fruit food. I am still sticking with number 1. He is getting very good at it now and knows when he sits in his high chair and his bib goes on what’s going to happen.  His favorite so far is peaches and sweet potatoes. He also loves his cereal at night. I still give him this to help him sleep at night.

A few tips on the fruits is make sure that you cook them except the bananas. I just peeled the pears and apples and then cut cored them and boiled for about 20 minutes or until they were soft. I then drained and put them in my food processor. 5 apples made about 6 jars for me. 5 Pears made 4 jars. Also I got everything in the organic section at our local Hy-Vee. That is how I made my sons baby food.

Blessed

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Today I just feel blessed. The good Lord has provided me with a beautiful place to take care of the children I have here. I just wanted to give him all the glory because without him this wouldn’t be possible. He always knows what I need and provides it just in time, and even when I don’t need it. What can I say I am so blessed I am on the winning side.

Feeding baby food to 4 month old

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Since my little man just turned 4 months we have started him on baby food. My doctor said there was nothing wrong with it. We started feeding cereal at 3 months and he went a few hours longer at night.  We have had good luck so far with this. He seems happier and it keep him more on a feeding schedule rather than sporadic. We have to give him prunes with his cereal now to keep his bowel movements on regular.

I have also been making his food and getting it in the organic section. It does take all morning to do 4 foods. I saved glass jars and freeze them so it doesn’t spoil. It has saved us a lot of money though and for me I would rather put the time in and save. Anyways…hope this helps someone on feeding baby food to your 4 month old.

Baby sleep through the night

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I have been working on getting my 4 month old to sleep through the night and am having some luck. I have been spoon feeding him cereal at night with some applesauce so he doesn’t get constipated. I give him around 2 oz of cereal and 2 oz fruit. Then I give him a bath and let him play till he gets sleepy and read him a book. When he goes down he only wakes up one time in the night. About 4:30 every morning like clock work. So he was playing but I tried keeping his light off and just picking him up and not saying anything and feed him his 6 oz bottle. I burp him and then rock him right back to sleep. So far it is working without him wanting to play. Anyways…hope this helps someone else. Hopefully he will sleep all the way through the night soon with this technique.

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Pirate Activity

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In the daycare today we worked on pirate activities. The kids wanted to make telescopes and eye patches. I took the left over paper towel rolls and had them paint them. Then we punched holes on both sides toward the top of the roll and took yarn and tide a not so they could carry them around their neck. Next with the eye patch I cut out a circle in the roll and took construction paper and glued that on one side. We then cut holes and tide yarn and measured their head. The kids are now using their imagination to play all around the room. It took about a hour and half to complete the project. That is how we did our pirate activity.