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[caitty13]

Ah, no. Nursery- take the baby away!


Since I know some of you guys get WIC.. I've got a question. I now have a ton of kidney and pinto beans in the can. I have no idea what to use them for. I stocked up (before I got at WIC) because I use them to make Taco Soup.. but now that I've got WIC I've got more beans than I know what to do with. So what do you make with all the canned beans?

I have no idea about the kidney and pinto beans but do you have options for other beans? I have gotten black beans and refried beans recently. Do you like salads?

Couple of idea's but no recipe's. You can put them on top of a salad or make a bean salad, or a chili.

 

[Piecey]

I use chili beans to make chili (w/ the flavored sauce). I did swap one can of chili beans for kidney beans last time I made a pot of chili and DH didn't HATE it... but we didn't love it either.

WV WIC only pays for 16oz cans and they said the only people who make 16oz cans now are Busch's. The store I prefer is smaller and only carry Busch's in pinto and kidney. I didn't see black beans but they might be there hiding out.
I could go to a bigger store but I like the little store because they carry the local dairy companies milk... which is sooo much better than Kroger/Walmart brand milk-- especially if you get the chocolate! It's fresher so it even lasts longer... and my beans/peanut butter option are on the same vouchers as the milk. I'd rather have a plethora of beans than milk we're 'eh' about.

I thought about a bean salad but I don't have recipes.

 

[yellowfish78]

Patsy - how about Calico Beans? It's a main dish that also uses baked beans...I haven't made it in a while, I'll have to try to find my recipe. (Or All Recipes might have a copy of it...)

 

[Piecey]

Hmmm. I'll have to poke around.

I looked in my WIC shopping guide, Caitlin, and I can't get refriend beans. Great Northern, Black, Pinto and Kidney. Beans, beans, beans!

Lucas had elbow macaroni tonight. He made a MESS but enjoyed it... even better, the dog cleaned up the mess.

 

[caitty13]

It's funny how each state's food options are so different. I have a pantry full of evaporated milk, powdered milk and tomato juice that I have gotten from my WIC office. It's from a different food package that I was offered after Lilliana was 6 months old. Not sure if those will ever get those items used or what to use them in.

 

[DznyFanAmy]

It's funny how each state's food options are so different. I have a pantry full of evaporated milk, powdered milk and tomato juice that I have gotten from my WIC office. It's from a different food package that I was offered after Lilliana was 6 months old. Not sure if those will ever get those items used or what to use them in.

Caitty,

Lurker here but here's a great recipe that would use up the powdered milk and makes great gifts!

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Hot-Cocoa-Mix/Detail.aspx

 

[ShootingStarMom2]

Red, White, and Bean Minestrone
Ingredients
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup Italian turkey sausage, in small pieces
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 cup chopped carrots
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 (16 ounce) can chopped canned tomatoes
5 cups chicken stock
1 (15.5 ounce) can BUSH'S® Cannellini Beans, with liquid
1 (16 ounce) can BUSH'S® Red Kidney Beans, drained
2 cups zucchini cut into 1/2-inch pieces
2 cups baby spinach
1 1/2 cups cooked bowtie pasta
2 tablespoons fresh grated Parmesan cheese

Directions: Heat olive oil over medium heat in a medium sauté pan. Add sausage; brown well. Add tomato paste, cook 5 minutes until brown. Add onions, celery, garlic, carrots and oregano. Cook until garlic is aromatic, approximately 5 minutes.

Pour into a 4-quart slow cooker. Add tomatoes and chicken stock. Cook on low setting for 6 to 7 hours or until the vegetables are tender. Stir in beans, zucchini, spinach and cooked pasta. Cook on high setting until beans and pasta are warmed through and spinach has wilted.

Patsy, here is a super easy bean recipe my family loves. We leave out the sausage and sometimes will add cubed stew meat instead. It freezes really well for quick meals down the road.

 

[Maggimus]

About how much do they run? I know there are the pills, sticks, and drops. My DSIL is thinking of doing something my nephew.

The drops are $35 a bottle, the bottle lasts me one month (5 drops a day)... honestly it goes on the list of best money I ever spent. I tried to stop giving it to him after i ran out of the last bottle... and i saw a major difference (he actually was passing gas terribly in the night and it woke him up several times which isnt normal since hes been on it). I had DH go pick up another bottle before he went into work one day- i wanted to get a dose in him so bad. It is great stuff... really! I give it to Jake in his food in the mornings... he gets 3 drops in one bite, and 2 drops in another. I just let it drop onto the food and it goes in his mouth. I do it at the beginning of every feeding because i know thats when my little bird opens his mouth the widest. For 5 drops, I "think" its like 1 million live bacterias. So each drop means a lot.

 

[harleyquinn]

Thanks for the support ladies. He came over with my mom to watch Lily this morning and started crying when he saw me. He said he's so sorry to put me through this. I can't ever remember him crying before.

 

[Rainydaze]

The drops are $35 a bottle, the bottle lasts me one month (5 drops a day)... honestly it goes on the list of best money I ever spent. I tried to stop giving it to him after i ran out of the last bottle... and i saw a major difference (he actually was passing gas terribly in the night and it woke him up several times which isnt normal since hes been on it). I had DH go pick up another bottle before he went into work one day- i wanted to get a dose in him so bad. It is great stuff... really! I give it to Jake in his food in the mornings... he gets 3 drops in one bite, and 2 drops in another. I just let it drop onto the food and it goes in his mouth. I do it at the beginning of every feeding because i know thats when my little bird opens his mouth the widest. For 5 drops, I "think" its like 1 million live bacterias. So each drop means a lot.

I thought most baby formula had probiotics in it. So is it still necessary to use the drops if you are using Enfamil Premium or Similac Advanced?

Also, why did you have to go to the GI to find out your son had an allergy? My son has severe reflux, so our pediatrician did the test for milk protein allergy - which thankfully came back negative! My best friend's little girl has a milk protein allergy as well and her pediatrician changed her to Alimentum and she never had to see a GI specialist. Is there something different that the GI does to find out if there is a milk allergy?

 

[Piecey]

Okay, that is weird!!

I'm pretty sure you can use evaporated milk in mashed potatoes. Makes them creamier than regular milk. Powdered milk I used to use to make hot chocolate mix but last time I did it DH and I weren't wild about it.... Tomato juice I use in chili and sometimes I make elbow macaroni and put it in with warm tomato juice with butter in it. Sounds crazy but it's something my dad always made me when I was sick when I was little and I still eat it (had it for dinner last night actually). They add onions/ground beef sometimes to it.
That is weird that you got new foods at 6 months! I still only get baby food/cereal/formula for Lucas.



Thanks for the recipe, ShootingStar. (I can't remember your name. ) I'll have to try that.. otherwise I'm going to have to start serving beans as a side to every meal. I'd like to find a recipe for a good bean salad. The one on the back of the kidney bean can scares the living daylights out of me.. mayonnaise and all sorts of stuff. Ick, I don't do mayonnaise.
Oh, and how do you freeze it? I'd like to do some stuff to have frozen for after this kiddo. I've never tried to freeze a meal, though.

 

[Maggimus]

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[Piecey]

Maggie, I just think it's totally crazy that they don't (right off the bat) think-- hey, maybe there is a cow's milk allergy!
I know that Lucas' allergy is a loooot less severe than Jakes so I can never begin to imagine what you went through... but if you remember, Lucas wasn't eating in the hospital. They were going to keep him, kept running x-rays on his belly (looking for the cause of the blood in his stool) and didn't even tell me until the day before we were scheduled to go home. It was ridiculous!! I had to ask them to switch him. Bingo, soy did the trick.
You'd just think they would realize it's common and treat it instead of beating around the durn bush.

 

[caitty13]

Okay, that is weird!!

I'm pretty sure you can use evaporated milk in mashed potatoes. Makes them creamier than regular milk. Powdered milk I used to use to make hot chocolate mix but last time I did it DH and I weren't wild about it.... Tomato juice I use in chili and sometimes I make elbow macaroni and put it in with warm tomato juice with butter in it. Sounds crazy but it's something my dad always made me when I was sick when I was little and I still eat it (had it for dinner last night actually). They add onions/ground beef sometimes to it.
That is weird that you got new foods at 6 months! I still only get baby food/cereal/formula for Lucas.

It's a food package for women and children over the age of 5. I pick it up at the WIC office, it's a box full of random canned and boxed foods.

I will have to try the evaporated milk in mashed potatoes. I tried to get my DS5 to drink it and use it in his cereal and he could taste the difference.

 

[Piecey]

Huh. Never heard of that before, but I've only ever been to the WIC office once.

I go again in April and have to meet with the breastfeeding consultant. Grr. It's a giant waste of my time!

Do you guys get your fingers pricked everytime?

 

[Maggimus]

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[staley7580]

Hi, no sorry I meant at the hospital. Came back to edit, LO had to nurse... NOW!

I was so much more relaxed after my second was born. I remember our pediatrician came in and asked to hold to the baby. DH was sitting on the couch holding him like a football and stood up and handed him over 1, 2, 3. The doctor laughed and said I can tell you've done this before. Most new dads will take a while to get up and hand the baby over.

Sarah, I hope everything will work out for your dad.

Oh yeah!! I was much more relaxed with each baby too! With my first, I heald him from the time he was born, until they sent us home. 3 days later!! I didnt sleep at all, I was a hot mess!! With Kaylee I was much more relaxed. I knew what to expect. I still held her a lot, and didnt sleep much. With the twins, when they slept.. I let them sleep in the bassinets. I held them to nurse, and to play with them.. snuggles... all that. But I actually letn them sleep in the bassinets.

It still blows my mind that the nurseries take your babies!! Our hospitals were 100% room in. They never took the babies, unless they need to go to the nicu, or special care. In fact, when I had the twins, the only nursery the had was the special care. No standard nursery for the babies to go to. I dont know what happened when mom had a c-section though. Maybe they trucked them on over to special care. Next time I have a baby, I am heading out your way!! Take my baby away!! I dont want them back til they sleep through the night!! KIDDING!!

About how much do they run? I know there are the pills, sticks, and drops. My DSIL is thinking of doing something my nephew.




You mean he can FOLD? DH isn't allowed to fold the laundry, with the exception of socks.




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NO!!! If I left the folding to him, all the laundry would be wadded up in the drawers! I fold, and put away..

Thanks for the support ladies. He came over with my mom to watch Lily this morning and started crying when he saw me. He said he's so sorry to put me through this. I can't ever remember him crying before.

Im so sorry. That is really rough.

 

[Rainydaze]

Well he wasnt born constipated. See... I breastfed for 4 weeks and then my milk dried up because at 2 weeks i had to start supplimenting bc Jake wasnt gaining at all-- he was losing way too much. Once i started supplimenting my milk went dry (I even tried Reglan). At that point we started formula and he was put on rice. It wasnt until about 8 weeks or so that the constipation came in strong. I think they thought if something were to happen it would have happened earlier. It was a slow build up and we would tell the dr before the constipation started that Jake was extremely gassy. We got the "some babies are just gassy" line. I realize that is true-- but i realize he wasnt like this all the time before. Jake never did get fussy or anything either.. he just stopped going to the bathroom, or when he did it would be very very hard. I would have to "poop him" everyday with a suppository and it would be about 3 inches long and about 2 inches around, solid hard (harder than any animal or human feces ive ever seen). The end of his BM would be runny like straight water. Almost as if he was getting hard out that had collected and the water was coming around it (kind of like a deadening in the bowel, i.e. hirschsprungs). Scared the life out of me... but the drs just thought that some children need laxitives (which i realize a ton of them are on it-- but i wasnt satisfied with that. Kind of like treating the symptom and not the problem) Thats when concern started. I think it took him a while to react but once he did his body was really in shock by all of it. The hemmroids and bleeding.. it was terrible. My pediatrician wasnt as concerned as I was... and that in itself concerned me. I think we as mothers know instictively when something isn't on point-- regardless of how much of a "paranoid first time mom" they want to make you out to be.

I have never done this before so I didnt know what to expect... or that people even were allergic to cows milk. I didnt know there was an in-office test that could be done... i just knew i needed an answer and wasnt going to stop until i got one. I pestered the you know what out of my office and really made a stink. I no longer go there and im pleased with the decision i made. Im just glad i got an answer. My GI see's a lot of patients in Jakes position... Jake has a great one and im super happy with him. Unfortunately he cant ever have any of the baby yogurts, and even some baby food has casein and whey in it. Baby cereals also are made with stuff Jake can't have. Its been a ride... i'll tell ya that. But the amazing thing is he has never been a fussy baby. He had stomach pain- but you would expect much much worse from someone who was put through the ringer like he was. He was never as bad as a baby with a little bit of colic. He's a trooper )

Seems like your pediatrician really dropped the ball. From the sound of it, your pediatrician could have figured out all that stuff for your son and fixed the problem, and you could have avoided seeing a GI and having a colonoscopy. I'm thankful to have a wonderful pediatrician who does necessary evaluations to avoid putting babies to sleep, and I'm thankful that there is medication to help my son!

 

[ShootingStarMom2]

Thanks for the recipe, ShootingStar. (I can't remember your name. ) I'll have to try that.. otherwise I'm going to have to start serving beans as a side to every meal. I'd like to find a recipe for a good bean salad. The one on the back of the kidney bean can scares the living daylights out of me.. mayonnaise and all sorts of stuff. Ick, I don't do mayonnaise.
Oh, and how do you freeze it? I'd like to do some stuff to have frozen for after this kiddo. I've never tried to freeze a meal, though.

Sure! It's a really easy meal and makes a lot. Just let it cool in the crockpot or stockpot, which ever you are going to use, and then put it in plastic containers. Or you can use freezer bags but just be sure to let as much air as you can out. When we're going to have it for dinner I just put it in a pot with about an 1/4 inch of water and let it melt. That way the beans don't get fried in the microwave. Chop with a wooden spoon occasionally. I made this, spaghetti sauce, lasagna sauce, and chili all before the baby was born.

I use the crockpot a TON! It saves so much time and running around. We went outside for a while today to play in the snow and get some much needed fresh air. The chicken taco meat has been cooking away.

Can you buy greenbeans at all? My name is Jen, btw.

 

[Maggimus]

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