Aashita - Eating Is Fun

by Poonam Parashar
(Lucknow, India)

Getting Aashita to eat well is an exercise, for I have to make her busy using various things... it could be anything from a bottle, bowl or a toy. It's a difficult task to open her mouth to put something in!

This photograph is from when she was 7 months. She is now 1 year old and loves to eat everything. She likes to have all the fruits, but guava is her favourite and she finishes it by cutting and chewing using her front teeth. That is her favourite finger food!

She enjoys yogurt mango shake, potato (salted and garnished with coriander and lemon juice) and peas as well. I give her chapati well mashed with dal (pulses) which is very rich in carbohydrates and protein and khichidi (dal OF moong and rice), which is easy to digest and very nutritious. She is a happy child and hardly cries. She is my world - a real treasure for me.