Baby in Greece: Food

When we left for Greece, the Squishy was on a diet of healthy puree's, cooked in water with no additives. Indeed, he was consuming so many fruits and vegetables he got a case of carrot anaemia or caretonosis, where his nose and hands actually turned orange!

Packing to go to Greece, I bought six days worth of packaged, puree baby food, enough for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. I also bought 30 banana rusks, which equates to at least 15 minutes of peace each. A good investment.

The Squishy never has a problem polishing off anything sweet, he polished off the sweet purees in no time. But the savoury purees he quickly decided were old hat, he was more interested in what was on our plate.

Eating olive tapenade

Most of the guidelines about what foods to introduce and when went out the window. He tried everything. He ate sour dough bread, pita bread, French toast, olives, olive tapenade, sundried tomatoes, tzatziki, kebab or gyros, zucchini salad, beetroot salad, lamb kifta, fresh fried fish, moussaka, scrambled eggs, hard boiled eggs, spinach pie and more. In short, he tried everything!

Fresh fruit was also on the menu. He ate copious amounts of kiwi, strawberries, cherries, banana, melon, apricots and more.


Travel tip: bananas are the absolute best food to pack for babies, they're healthy, they're inexpensive, they travel well and they fill them up.

It was necessary to have him eat our food as Greek supermarkets rarely stock commercial baby food and when they do the range is limited. I imagine this is because Greek parents prepare fresh food for their children. I do the same, but without kitchen facilities to cook in and being continually on the move this was not an option.

Strawberry fiend

With all this new food the Sqishy did put on a bit of weight, but I think this also had to do with the fact that he had few good opportunties to crawl about and work it off. In the fortnight since we have been home, he's been walking around and has slimmed right down. Sadly, the same can not be said for me!

Since returning home with the Squishy, we have abandoned purees, except for the fresh fruit I puree to sweeten his breakfast porridge. He now eats what we eat and we continue to stretch his pallet every day. Yet another great take-away from this fabulous trip.

Did you like this post and want to read more? Check out Baby in Greece: The 23 hour flight and recovery and Baby in Greece: Greek People