For Every Problem There is a Solution

This has happened to many of us moms. They are not being naughty just exploring and being curious.

If you want to pay money, you could buy this.

If you DON'T want to pay money you can do what I did. Take an old Huggies wipes box and stuff it with whatever you like- toys, washcloths, lost socks. 

The top opening is silicone and safe for a baby to put their hand through.

We usually put widowed socks inside for him to dig out.

Jackpot!

Hiding Veggies

        When River was starting to eat people food, I did a lot of online reading about how to make homemade baby food. The idea appealed to my budget and so I tried it. I read articles about how to steam and cook the food. Then I put it into our blender or you could use a food processor. Mostly everything can be frozen so I would put it in ice cube tray followed by permanent storage in a freezer bag. Unfortunately River's interest in finger foods made him reject the baby food puree. We tried giving him cut up steamed veggies but he apparently did not like the taste. Dinner time became a fight to get him to eat foods other than grains and fruit. The internet told me how to prepare the puree but I couldn't find much advice on where to hide them for toddlers.  Here are some suggestion that have worked for us.

Hide veggies purees or chunks in:

• Applesauce
• Banana Mash
• Oatmeal
• Potatoes/ Hasbrowns
• Sweet Potatoes
• Yogurt
• Marinara Sauce with/out Pasta
• Soup
• Avacados
• Eggs 
• Re fried Beans or Bean Salad
• Rice

I'm sure there are many more ways to hide food but these are what works for us now. Also here is my mom confession = almost every meal I pretend to dip his spoon in my bowl before feeding him so he thinks he is getting what I'm eating. Seems to work...

John 8:1-11

John 8:1-11

^“ But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst  they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. ⁷ And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”  She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”

What if the story was this:

Accused- Man or woman

Jesus- As Himself

Sin- Homosexuality

Argument- 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

 

Stones- Comments on Social Media as well as negative encounters with Christians. 

 

Jesus Response- Same “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”

 

Solution- Same: Encounter with Jesus

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       When I think about the intensity of this argument between churches and people today it makes me even more sure that logic and reason are not enough to heal the heart. My impatience and anger will champion over my best efforts to be righteous unless I hear and see the Lord. I know all the Bible verses that say those things are wrong yet those emotion/feeling still burst inside me. So for me today I wait and listen for his voice and pray daily for an encounter with him. 

Isaiah 43:4
"Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life."