I need a sanity check.
DS turned 1 on Friday. He self-feeds finger foods just fine. He will eat breads, cheese, fruits, and some veggies as finger foods, but he doesn't like meats on their own and some veggies are a no-go so far. He doesn't get how to use a spoon to feed himself yet. We send finger food for the morning snack at daycare and some finger food to eat after his yogurt in the afternoon. He gets purees at lunch with milk. Dinner is sometimes puree with meat in it, sometimes just table food, and sometimes a mix depending on what we're eating.
Today, daycare told DH that we need to start sending in only finger food because "when he moves to the next room, they won't feed him at all." They transition rooms usually around their birthdays. DS was moved early, at 10 months, because he was walking early.
Did you ditch purees at 1? Did you still spoon-feed things like yogurt after you stopped with other pureed foods? When did your LO figure out how to use a spoon?
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Re: When did your LO stop eating purees?
If my memory serves me right, I am pretty sure we stopped giving purees around 10 months. If you LO doesn't like meat, I would suggest to still keep trying but you can offer him other alternatives with lots of protein in it that is not meat. Also would like to add that if you chopped up meat in small pieces, DD would not eat it but if you gave her a big piece that she could hold in her hand, she would eat from that no problem.
I did spoon feed yogurt for a while after stopping purees and honestly cannot remember how long it took for her to master spoon/fork but I remember being surprised that it didn't take her very long.
Same.
DD never liked purees, so we quit trying with them around 7mo and moved to finger foods. We ended up following BLW because that's what she preferred.
At 9-10mo she was on the daycare menu. They broke apart whatever was too big for her to bite/chew into smaller pieces and would spoon feed her the stuff that was more mushy. She also didn't get choking hazard food (grapes, carrot sticks, etc). They would substitute with something toddler friendly.
When she moved to the toddler room, it was pretty much 100% of the time her self-feeding, even stuff like yogurt they'd have her try eating with a spoon on her own. They of course helped her learn how to use the spoon at first, but after awhile they stopped with that also.
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Same.
my LO is 15 months. he still has one from time to time--usually only if he's being extra picky, we'll give him his favorite puree. (usually at dinner.) I'd say we've been phasing them out since about 12 months.
At daycare, he has to have all finger foods but they will feed him one item. i don't send purees but i do send yogurt or applesauce some days. a lot of times we'll send leftover dinner and it seems to work. LO has just started wtih a spoon at home, but he gets mad trying to use it so i still end up feeding him. but i do let him have a go at it himself first. Also, we do a lot of "hiding" if he's having pasta, we'll hide meat or chopped spinach in it.
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Exactly this.
As soon as DS was able to feed himself he was pretty much over the idea of purees.So maybe 9 or 10 months. He was willing to eat them much longer at daycare than at home, peer pressure and all
Yogurt is apparently tasty enough that he'll agree to let me spoon it in since you can't pick it up. I know I need to work with him more with the spoon. DS will usually eat chicken 100% of the time, but stuff like ham or ground beef can be really hit or miss. I find it works better when it is mixed into stuff like adding ham to grilled cheese, quesadillas, lasagna, spaghetti, meatloaf, etc. Have you tried that type of stuff?
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This for DD - we use Happy Tot veggie/fruit blends often at lunch and for either breakfast or snack we use Earth's Best fruit/yogurt smoothies in addition to other foods she eats at those times. She feeds herself with the pouch. I use them to get extra veggies/fruits into her. DD doesn't go to daycare though, so I don't know what their reaction would be.
Both of mine were completely done with purees by 9 months old and that is when I pretty much stopped spoon feeding them. I specifically gave them foods that I knew they could pick up and feed themselves. I think the only thing I spoon fed them after 9/10 months was yogurt.
DD learned to use a spoon and fork around 13 or 14 months old. DS was quite a bit older than that, so he just used his hands. I put a spoon or fork on their tray with every single meal though, whether they used it or not so they got used to it.
we stopped puree's around 10 or 11 months once he was able to eat a variety of finger foods/small cut portions of regular food. He still eats the fruit/veggie & yogurt smoothie pouches though for snacks like once a day so that we know he is eating enough fruits and veggies. He loves those pouches, they are like baby crack. We still spoon feed yogurt- he is pretty good with a fork feeding himself but the yogurt he gets everywhere and I would rather know he actually ate most of it.
Maybe about 10ish months? I can't quite remember.
He is just now starting to learn how to use the spoon to feed himself things like yogurt, oatmeal, & applesauce.