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And he was still hungry...

For dinner, Luke ate:
1 baby food jar of sweet potatoes
about 5 baby carrots (on the larger side) from our beef stew
about 1/3 cup cheerios

I think he would have eaten more, if he could have. I was hesitant about feeding him the carrots from the stew: he's not supposed to have meat until later. Amanda is allergic to wheat, dairy, egg, soy, peanut, treenut, barley, and possibly rye, and I really don't want to create any problems for Luke by feeding him something too early. I washed off the carrots, but I think that they still tasted like meat, and he loved them. One of his favorite "snacks" is my leather purse strap---I'm not raising a vegetarian here.

He definitely ate more than Eleanor, and tonight he ate more than Amanda (although sometimes Amanda really chows down on the stew). Definitely a growing boy!
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mathmom said…
In case anyone wants an update: today (the next day) Luke ate hardly anything. I guess the bottomless pit does have a bottom (please excuse the pun... mathmom ducks...)
October 25, 2007 at 10:28 PM
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