Being Part of This Fam Bam Means Loving to EAT!!

My Luna is real human being -- there are foods that she does not like.  She does not like broccoli.  She will tolerate it and eat it but she doesn't do a number on it like she does zucchini. She doesn't really care for avocado either (gasp!!).  But she is a child -- she loves her snacks!

We initially started out with the Mum-Mum which is readily available in the States.  We brought some over back in March.  We also like the yogurt drops which is made by Gerber but another brand, Koochicoo, is available at Costco here in Korea.  I like the fact that Koochicoo is packaged into little packs so that not everything turns soggy in the pack in this humidity in Korea.  With the Gerber, I had to keep it in the freezer from soaking up the humidity and as is, I already don't have enough space in the freezer because of my growing stash of breastmilk.

Since we're running low on Mum-mum, I decided to check out some of the Korean brands.  So far, we have tried "Mean Mommy" haha It's called Mean Mommy because mommies do not feed infants the sweet/salty/savory/delicious snacks but the bland yucky ones.  However, Luna loves it! It really does taste disgusting.  The Mum-mum is heavenly compared to Mean Mommy.  As long as Luna likes it....  Also, the shape of the snack is really helpful too.  It's like the size of my pinky finger in terms of thickness and length so it's easy to grab and gnaw.  The selling factor for this first Korean snack was the sugar content of the snack.  I don't know too much about nutritional value or how to judge one content over the other so I think with sugar and sodium levels.  The sugar (당류) here is 0.2 g per serving (1 serving = 20 g) and the sodium (나트륨) is 4.3 mg. That is why is tastes disgusting :)

We also recently bought babyO.  It tastes like the communion biscuits from church.  It tastes ok, not as bad as the Mean Mommy.  However, I don't like the shape of these things.  This snack, which is supposed to be appropriate for a 7 month old, is round and the size of a 100 won coin but thicker.  So, a 8 month old who does not have their fine motor skills cannot hold it in order to gnaw it.  Hence, Luna ends up shoving the whole thing in her mouth but it's too big for it be gnawed and she gags on it.  If I want to feed it to her, I will have to break it in two.  (Nutritional value per 25 g:  Sugar 1 g; Sodium 0 mg)

I didn't really pay attention to the nutritional value to the yogurt drops because I didn't buy them but eek!  These things are packed with sugar and sodium!  ahhhhh!!!!  I'll have to think twice before buying them again.  Poor Luna!  She loves those snacks!  But for now, she's still got the little Cheerios looking things from back home and Mean Mommy and babyO to keep her busy.

I try to limit her snacking and give her real food instead.  She generally gets her snacks while we eat our meals.  She likes to participate in our eating and her meal doesn't last as long as ours so when she finishes her meal, she gets her snacks or else she will start screaming at me. sigh. she loves eating. hahaha she is definitely part of the family.  :)