Table Food for 11 month old HELP!

JulySpark05

Ok, first off, haven't been here in a while and what a change with the bump layout! Anyways, on to my dilemma! DD1 was very easy when it came to transitioning to table food. She would eat anything and everything. DD2 on the other hand not so much. She is not a big fan of meat although she is now eating some chicken, she also isn't a fan of bread/toast or buckwheat pancakes even if I cook them with fruit, doesn't like blueberries, strawberries and doesn't like salmon but will be trying out some tilapia today. 

Here is what she eats at the moment: Eggs, chicken, peas, carrots (mashed), potatoes (mashed or in wedges), sweet potatoes (mashed or oven fries), corn, any type of squash, ditalinni pasta, cheerios, bananas (pieces,not mashed) any other fruit needs to be in a mesh feeder or mashed or she won't eat it.

I'm trying to expand her menu but having a bit of a hard time of figuring out what to give her. I would love to know what you ladies are feeding your babies and what you can recommend for my picky eater! TIA!

Mrs.RockyM

that sounds pretty diverse to me.  eventually as she starts getting used to more textures and flavors you can add more.

DD loves beans, and turkey, and avocado, tomatoes, broccoli, strawberries, blueberries.  Someone suggested using cheerio dust on small pieces of fruit, so they don't stick to everything and your LO can pick them up easier.  I haven't tried it, but she struggles so much with sticky fruits - like peaches.  I often have to pick them up and let her grab them out of my hand. Maybe that would help with her needing to use the mesh feeder.

JulySpark05

Mrs.RockyM said:

that sounds pretty diverse to me.  eventually as she starts getting used to more textures and flavors you can add more.

DD loves beans, and turkey, and avocado, tomatoes, broccoli, strawberries, blueberries.  Someone suggested using cheerio dust on small pieces of fruit, so they don't stick to everything and your LO can pick them up easier.  I haven't tried it, but she struggles so much with sticky fruits - like peaches.  I often have to pick them up and let her grab them out of my hand. Maybe that would help with her needing to use the mesh feeder.

Thanks for the reply! I will give that a try with the cheerio dust! I do find she eats quite a bit, I just find it's not enough, haha! I'll get some Avocado and give that a try again

alli84

I tried avocado with O and he hated it! I had done chunks of it and it just did not work, so I instead mashed it up and added a bit of natural applesauce to it and that did the trick! (I'm not a fan of plain avocado either, so I can't blame him,ha!)

heather3879

Try mixing new or less-favored foods with favorites. K doesn't like meat but eats it just fine when dipped in applesauce, for example.

melody921

How about some new steamed veggies? Yogurt or cottage cheese? Grilled cheese sandwich or pita with hummus?

&orchid&

My kid loves cod fish. I mash avacodo with banana to get him to eat it. I also just bought him canned carrots and he lives those. He wouldn't eat puréed carrots or roasted carrots though. So go figure.

&orchid&

Oh and we do tons of yogurt with different fruits. I get stony field plain since it doesn't have added sugar. I buy the large quart of it. I could only find it in the natural food aisle of krogers. They don't put it out by all the other yogurts.