http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/11/16/homemade-baby-food/

CNN photojournalist Jeremy Harlan is based in Washington D.C. This is the third installment in a series on what to cook for a pregnant spouse – and now, a newborn. In this instance, beast is a loving term. Read the first and second installment.

You don’t ever want to meet Mungry. Trust me.

My wife and I have been super blessed with the most unfussy, spirited and sleep-loving baby. Lucy has truly been the model infant. But, when that lower lip begins to quiver and Sophie the Giraffe is flung head over hoof from the Bumbo perch, we know Lucy has left the dining room. We are now face to face with her very angry alter-ego: Mungry (Her scowled face looks as if she’s howling, ‘Mmmm, Hungry!”). These genes came from her dad. An unfed Harlan is a very unhappy Harlan.

For six months, my wife was able to satisfy the half-pint howler with breast milk. If she was not around, I had bottles of milk ready to go. But a month or so ago, we noticed Lucy was giving our food the eagle-eye. From her chair in the kitchen, she would stare at the chopping block while I cut colorful fruits and vegetables. We could no longer hold her at the dinner table because she would dive-bomb our plates. It was then we realized milk alone would not keep Mungry at bay.

As a new parent, it’s been hard to know when it’s time to transition your baby to new things. They develop so quickly. Just when you’re used to a routine, it’s time to move on to something new. Food is no different. But where in the world do you start?

“Your best place to start with a child is the very first spoon. You’ve got to start fresh,” believes Tyler Florence. “Your child is a blank palate that will literally taste anything.”
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