It happened to me again tonight. Another mother said I was amazing and that she could never do what I do.
First of all, that’s crap.
Second, she is a great mother. She gives so freely of her heart to both the children she gave life to and those who came to her through marriage, even when her love is not returned, even rejected. I admire that about her a lot.
Our families were having dinner together tonight, and she was admiring my refrigerator (Yes, I know how lame that sounds, but whatever, I like my fridge.). She opened my freezer and noticed the ice cube trays were filled with something orange. When I told her it was baby food for Thor, she looked at me with a look of a combination of amazement, bewilderment, and shame. She told me she didn’t know how to do that, and her kids had never been able to have homemade baby food. When I told her it wasn’t hard at all to do, it was obviously she didn’t believe me and the conversation moved on.
But even now, I’m bothered by her disappointment in herself. Ladies, it really isn’t that hard to make homemade baby food, I’ll show you. Before I do, I want you to remember something. If you do not make your own, and you buy whatever you can from Wal-Mart, that doesn’t make you a second-class mom. Moms have been buying store bought food for decades and you know what? Their kids are now happy, healthy, contributing members of society too. So, there will be no self-mom-shame about this. Okay?
Here is what you need:
- A pot with a lid OR a steamer of some kind
- A blender OR food processor
- Ice cube trays
- Desired vegetables