Eating for Two: Papaya Sorbet
Has your baby reached the "papaya" stage? Image from The Nest
Earlier in my pregnancy I kept coming across books and websites that would inform me of baby’s current size by comparing her to a fruit or vegetable. This struck me as very funny, and I kept hoping to find or create a website that laid all those yummy baby sizes out in a week-by-week parade of fruit.
Sure enough, someone had already done it: I discovered this baby/fruit chart at The Nest while conducting my ceaseless research about what infant paraphernalia we actually need and what we can skip. Apparently our baby is now the size of a papaya, soon to move into eggplant territory. Yes, I’m trying to ignore that alarming watermelon looming in the future. Meantime, here is a recipe for papaya sorbet in honor of baby Bellinger.
