GoatSpawn Eats, Take Two

GoatSpawn's second food: Sweet potato!

Sweet potato, like avocado, is an increasingly popular first food for babies. Makes sense - they're nutritious, sweet-tasting, and easy to digest.


Sweet potato required a bit more preparation than the avocado to be GoatSpawn ready: boil chunks of sweet potato in water until tender, then puree until smooth, and thin out with a bit of liquid if you need to.

Foodgoat's philsophy: involve kids in cooking early on!

The verdict: GoatSpawn seems to like sweet potato better than avocado! She was grabbing at the spoon and putting it in her mouth.

I still don't think much of it gets swallowed, but she seems to be getting the idea.

Happy 6 Months GoatSpawn!

We celebrated her half year birthday by eating her cupcake (she would have wanted it that way). It was an especially delicious mocha flavored cupcake from the West Side Market.

The Tiny Frosty

At first I was indignant that the Jr. Frosty from Wendy's was so tiny - a mere 12 ounces, taking up about the same amount of space as the Baconator. But then I realized that, as sweet as it is and as thick as it is, it's actually the perfect dessert size. And, it looks hilarious with a regular straw.

Foodgoat Twitters!

Despite the fact that everyone's doing it, we here at Foodgoat are now Twittering! (Tweeting?)

Why Twitter now? Well, with GoatSpawn, time is limited, and coming up with blog posts has been a challenge. I'm hoping that coming with a 140-character Twitter is easier and more feasible. Perhaps even possible while lying in the bed waiting for her to fall asleep.

I was chagrined and unreasonably annoyed, though, to find that the username of Ladygoat was already taken. With his suggestion, I'm tweeting under the username Foodgoat. Frankly, though, it feels weird. And kind of fraudulent.

GoatSpawn Eats!

With her swiping at our food and her six month birthday looming on Saturday and Foodgoat antsy to get in on the feeding times, we decided it was time to see how GoatSpawn would like a food other than Ladygoat milk.

Foodgoat has said that if he could only have one food for the rest of his life, he's pick avocados. So what better food to start young GoatSpawn's eating career with? Plus, it's mushy and soft and packed with nutrients and healthy fats.

To get it extra soft, Foodgoat pureed a bit of avocado, along with a bit of chicken broth.

The result was tasty, even to Foodgoat - not like some of the jarred baby foods I've had in the past.

Her table is set!
So how did she enjoy her first foray into adult food?

All in all, it was a good start. She willingly tried it more than once, and while I'm not sure if more ended up on her face or in her stomach, she did manage to have some, and didn't cry. Clearly, it was a strange and unusual experience for little GoatSpawn, but we're encouraged that it is one that she doesn't seem completely opposed to trying again.


There was avocado left over, which Foodgoat was happy to eat. Which would not have happened if the avocado had been mixed with breastmilk instead of chicken broth, as I had suggested.