Intro and 1st birthday question.

VanessaB24

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum. I have a daughter that will be 1 next month and I'm pregnant with our 2nd due in February.
I have a question for all the moms about what you fed your child for their 1st birthday. Were you still feeding then baby food or did u give them their first non baby food meal.
Thank you

clickactual

Mine is turning 1 next month as well, but he refused baby food so he's been eating what we do for a few months now. You could try introducing a few "bigger" foods to her

daisy662

My sons first bday is today! We started him on regular foods a couple months ago. We just give him some of whatever we are eating and supplement with baby food if needed like if we are eating steaks or if we aren't eating until late that night. He still gets his 4 bottles of 8 oz of formula daily as well. He loves loves the regular foods though and is starting to reject the bottles...

LC122

We always made our own food and just changed the textures as our daughter got older. So, by a year, she was eating lots of steamed vegetables and baked sweet potatoes and such. We made a butternut squash lasagna for her first birthday party.
You might be surprised what your little one will eat if you just offer. Just make sure things are soft enough and bite-sized enough and you should be fine. And don't be afraid to offer up something that was once refused. Toddler tastes can change in both directions. Good Luck.

jllmb79

Started finger food at 8 or 9 months and stopped purees. At 1st bday party she had homemade mac n cheese, fruit and cheese. 

Candace52309

Our dd just turned a year old and she had been eating food for a while. She didn't eat puréed foods long. She loved the textured foods better.

Since I was past my due date when her bday rolled around we just grilled hamburgers and hotdogs. I gave her some cheese burger, grilled beans, baked sweet potatoe and pineapple and mandarine orange chunks. Her two friends from daycare (their bday a are all within 2 wks of each other) both had a grilled sweet potatoe and one of them had a cheese burger as well).

Eleventy11

Michelin82 said:

By 1, my DS was completely off purees and other baby food.  He was still taking his bottles, but ate table food with us.  If we ate anything that we weren't comfortable giving him, I'd offer him some other kind of table food that was softer and relatively easy for me to throw together (bananas, peas, pasta,etc.).

This.

VanessaB24

Thanks all. I have been giving her a few things lately. We ordering food for her bday and ill probably give her one or two of the things we ordered to try.