Get Fruity

Now Baby A is over ten months old, we are well into weaning. It's going pretty well so far. It turns out he is totally NOT an advocate of baby lead weaning, not when there is a mummy present who will spoon feed him with very little effort on his part. And despite putting anything and everything in his mouth when we are not at the dinner table, he seems oddly reluctant to do finger food himself. Strange! But if someone else puts the effort in to feed him, he will attack almost everything with gusto. We've tried fruit and veg, fish and meat, bread, porridge (so much porridge), yogurt, cheese and all sorts of things. So all in all I'm calling it good progress so far.

After porridge, I think Baby A's all time favourite foods are fruit. Fruity porridge is practically Nirvana for him. My latest onesie design is fruit themed inspired by Baby A's love of all things fruity.

I have a craving for pineapples now...

Strawberries

One of my favourite things about summer is it is strawberry season. I have a few plants of my own. Strawberries always taste better when you pick them yourself, fact of life.

Here is a strawberry themed onesie I drew recently.

Citrus

I find something beautiful about the natural form of citrus fruits. 

I loved making them in miniature from polymer clay. 

And with a US penny for scale

I still enjoy drawing citrus fruit. so here is a citrus themed onesie I drew recently, 

including oranges, lemons and limes. 

Another citrus themed crafty thing I saw recently are these fruit jellies. 

There is a helpful tutorial on NotMartha.org. 

I am so going to give this a go when baby Andrew gets older!