Molly has been ‘off’ her food all week, preferring the option of finger food to my homemade purees. I hasten to add that this bothers me – as I have ice cube trays full of the stuff in the freezer and most finger food ends up on the floor or wedged down the side of the high chair and not in her tummy! (Being hungry does not aid sleeping through the night!)

We have been out and about a lot this weekend which has resulted in us as a family eating a lot of meals out. I find this a real gamble with a young baby. Everywhere I go these places have different rules as to how they will heat up and provide your baby meal. Some places will not do anything – therefore you need to be armed with fruit or a meal that the baby will happily eat cold. Some places give you hot water – do they know how long it takes to heat a jar of food?! One restaurant had its own baby area –complete with a microwave. Great! However on opening it looked like it had never been cleaned. Yuk!

Meals aimed at Benjamin have not been much better. Sometimes it is very hard to steer him away from the chicken nugget option nicely photographed on the kids menu. As a treat this is ok – but more often than not the meal goes unfinished – perhaps not quite the ‘tasty’ treat he had hoped for.