Where There is a Will, There Will be Puke!

Tonight was interesting on many counts. We had some baby corn on the cob, some cucumber sticks and some cheese too. All were touched and tasted, but the most amazing thing was the corn!!

The corn was surveyed with suspicion and then gnawed on. A few gags but nothing serious. Then the Wee One got brave and started shoving the whole thing in her mouth, engaging her gag reflex with gusto. She's sitting retching, Him and I poised ready for action to collect any puke, and instead of removing the corn, she proceeds to try and stick it further down her throat!! The resultant puke was abundant.

Still, she plodded on, not one bit fazed or upset about losing a large portion of her last milk feed. In fact, she continued with the corn and retched and puked again and them repeated the exercise with the cucumber and the cheese.

If you measure the success of the meal on what remained in her stomach it was a catastrophic failure. If you measure it on how much food was put into the mouth and chewed on and sucked, we had a fabulous night!

The other thing I tried tonight was offering food from my own plate. Once we've established enough food going into her with less mess, we plan on giving the Wee One the exact same as we're eating (also a great excuse for the menu to improve in healthiness!). So tonight I had made some meatballs and pasta. In future I'll be making the meatballs myself. Also have made a mental note to lay off the ricotta until the gagging/puking stage is done. The finished article was a little reminiscent of milky puke.

Meatball Bake

12 Meatballs of your choice
1 Courgette, sliced in 1cm slices
1 Onion, roughly chopped
1 or 2 Cloves of Garlic, crushed
2 Tins of Chopped Tomatoes
1 tbsp of Tomato Purée
1 tub of ricotta
1 handful of Hard Cheese, grated

1. Brown the meatballs in a pan, add the garlic, onion and courgettes and stir fry for around 3 minutes.

2. Add the tomatoes and tomato purée and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees celsius.

3. Transfer to a casserole dish and spread the ricotta on top and the sprinkle the hard cheese on top of that. Cover and cook in the oven for 15 minutes. Uncover and cook for a further 5-10 minutes, until the cheese is browned. Serve with pasta of your choice.