Feeding LO - January

HoosOnFirst

Because we are in a new month.

How's everyone doing??

janat1717

We did eggs today so tomorrow is the day for allergy to possibly strike. Fingers crossed! We cooked it like an omelet and cut it into strips for him to pick up

ciennah99

I know this has been discussed before but I've got a major Biter on my hands. LO will nurse & then bite me to tell me she's done. She seems to enjoy it too! I tell her no loud & push her head into my boob. I guess I just stop feeding her when she does this but sometimes it's hard to tell if she's done. We used to always nurse on both sides each time but now only one at a time due to the biting. Sometimes I try to nurse her when I'm not sure if she's hungry or not & she does it then too. Anyone have any tips for me? As I've said before this girl has a strong personality. I'm at a loss.

7425cait

If love to start proteins soon, but I'm just not sure how much to give LO. I was thinking freeze a chunky chicken purée in half ice cubes. His way I can mix it with other things like rice and apple. Does anyone know if that's enough protein for a baby? I don't want to over do it. She's also a petite 15 lbs. She will usually only take about an ice cubes worth of food per sitting so far and she's been eating 'solids' for a month. We give her 1 meal of solids per day about 30-60 minutes after I nurse her.

ETA I'd not if. This not his. Spelling is hard.

YouAreMySunshine15

I thought about freezing chicken, but it seemed kind of gross to me. Maybe just start with half a cube and work your way up? We plan to start proteins soon too. Right now my LO eats about 1-2 cubes of fruit and oatmeal at breakfast and then 3-4 cubes of veggies at dinner. She's also 15 lbs, but I swear she's like 18 lbs after I pick her up out of that high chair. Ha.

aj1327

ciennah99 said:

I know this has been discussed before but I've got a major Biter on my hands. LO will nurse & then bite me to tell me she's done. She seems to enjoy it too! I tell her no loud & push her head into my boob. I guess I just stop feeding her when she does this but sometimes it's hard to tell if she's done. We used to always nurse on both sides each time but now only one at a time due to the biting. Sometimes I try to nurse her when I'm not sure if she's hungry or not & she does it then too. Anyone have any tips for me? As I've said before this girl has a strong personality. I'm at a loss.

Mine started doing this too. He has no teeth yet, thank goodness. Is she teething? A friend told me her daughter only bit when teething. Not sure if LO is teething. I told him no pretty sternly yesterday and he turned around to look behind him. I seriously think he was looking for the dog, cat, or DH because surely I wasn't speaking to him that way....haha.

Sammy K

@ciennah99 DS was a biter. I don't have any suggestions since after the third time he drew blood, I stopped nursing and pumped exclusively.

LO has only bit me once, when I was trying to feed her at home before we had to leave and she wasn't hungry. If she's not interested, I don't push it. She also doesn't have any teeth.

ksimo6

My child likes to eat so we started protein. Chicken and turkey purees so far. The only thing he hates is green beans. Still pounding formula too. He's a tank.

ElRuby

For meat I personally tasted the chicken and turkey dinners from Earth's Best.. They were fine and she loves them.

janat1717

Eggs for the win! I'm eggcited about this as it's the only thing I really know how to cook

hudson202

ElRuby said:

For meat I personally tasted the chicken and turkey dinners from Earth's Best.. They were fine and she loves them.

We tried these with LO and she immediately gagged and then threw up. I'm sure it was more from the texture than the taste, but it was still really funny.

delujm0

janit368 said:

Eggs for the win! I'm eggcited about this as it's the only thing I really know how to cook

I eat eggs for dinner like 3-4 times a week.  I cannot wait until LO hits 7 months and i can try eggs with her.  It will make my life so much easier.

caitlincunn

Wait is there a rule about no eggs till 7 months ??

janat1717

I thought just after 6 months

YouAreMySunshine15

And is it still just the yolk? Or the whole egg? I hate all these rules.

caitlincunn

I didn't know about these rules.. I gave her some scrambled eggs the other day. Well I doubt she actually ate any so that makes me
Feel better

ElRuby

I think the official "rule" is no egg whites until 1 year... But lots of people start them early with no issues... I haven't tried either yet.

Sammy K

I wasn't aware of the egg rule. DS definitely had scrambled eggs a LOT before 1. *shrug*

ElRuby

You also are supposed to avoid tomatoes but I gave LO my homemade vegetable soup with a tomato base oops

virginiaunicorn11

Really?! LO ate three cherry tomatoes last night (not the skins - he bit them open and sucked out the insides while I held onto them). Oops? I thought the new rules were that nothing but honey is forbidden, and that's ok at one year. Wrong?

ElRuby

virginiaunicorn11 said:

Really?! LO ate three cherry tomatoes last night (not the skins - he bit them open and sucked out the insides while I held onto them). Oops? I thought the new rules were that nothing but honey is forbidden, and that's ok at one year. Wrong?

Depends on who you ask lol

The tomatoes are not an allergy issue but more of an acidic issue and possibly being a little rough on LO's tummy.

She loved the soup so I am not worried about tomatoes... And by now you would know if your's had a reaction.

In a few years they will be recommending pop tarts and sugar donuts and telling us not to feed them anything green lol

janat1717

We are going by everything except honey is ok before 1.... Although, we personally don't really eat gluten and I've read things that babies don't have great enzymes to digest it until they get back molars so we are deciding if we will intro some for allergies now or hold off

Accidently posted in Dec but my guy freakin loved gnawing on a chicken drumstick last night.

delujm0

caitlincunn said:

Wait is there a rule about no eggs till 7 months ??

I had read not to start meat until 7 months so I was grouping eggs in with that? Since it's protein? I don't know. She barely eats an ounce of puree at a time so I don't even know if she'd know what to do with eggs.

My pedi suggests starting whole eggs and PB at 7 months in small doses unless there is family history of allergy. They are of the "starting early reduces allergies" mindset.

hudson202

Our ped said "everything is ok but honey" as well.

DolphinLover2002

Same here on the "everything is ok except honey" train. Our pedi said even peanut butter is safe. DS is 3 now, and when he was born, it was no pb until 2. Crazy how much things constantly change!

upandbelow

My doc said no eggs and honey until 1 and no pb until 2, but the nurses that do LOs vaccinations said only no to the honey. Doc also said to start meats asap

ElRuby

I made a big pot of vegetable barley soup.... I am going to purée this and freeze it for future dinners and lunches... So easy and you can put whatever you want in it (I have a ton of organic veggies from our CSA) I added beans and barley... And my whole family enjoys it!

moz3518

I've read too of the no egg white till 1 year old but my doctor said she was ok with giving him whole egg. He LOVES scrambled eggs.

Tomatoes or anything acidic for that matter she also said was fine, but she'd hold off to closer to a year so his tummy could handle the acidity better.

Basically the only thing I'll be holding back on till a year is honey.

dancegurl1118

I'm really struggling with how to continue feeding LO solids. I feed her pre made purrees because I'm a bad mom but don't know how to progress into real food. She chews and doesn't gag.

ElRuby

dancegurl1118 said:

I'm really struggling with how to continue feeding LO solids. I feed her pre made purrees because I'm a bad mom but don't know how to progress into real food. She chews and doesn't gag.

You are not a bad mom! I use pre made purees all the time I just find it fun to experiment with baby food because I don't like to cook grown up food lol.... And I literally have boxes of vegetables so I figure I better cook them and freeze them instead of trash them! Like just yesterday I got a huge bag of beets .... And DH hates them and how many can you really eat so LO will be eating some beets this week!

47923ang

dancegurl1118 said:

I'm really struggling with how to continue feeding LO solids. I feed her pre made purrees because I'm a bad mom but don't know how to progress into real food. She chews and doesn't gag.

You're doing just fine!

We've got their whole lives to get them on "real food." Don't worry that you're not there at 6/7 months. She'll be ok.

If I recall correctly, you were pretty worried about her rolling over. That turned out ok. Food will turn out ok, too.

Sammy K

@dancegurl1118 If it makes you feel any better, my LO really has only gnawed on breads and broccoli. She still has no interest in being fed.

KaLikeAWind

I've been trying to decide about starting some kind of protein. The premade ones, I just assume they taste yucky. I mean, canned chicken? Yuk. My Dr gave us the go ahead to try something like chicken blended with some formula to thin it. Only problem is - I eat like crap. I very rarely make myself dinner, microwave dinners are my jam. I'll make fish or chicken every now and then, but its always after LO goes to bed because I don't think he'll sit contentedly in the high chair the whole time I'm preparing a meal. And I have no other way to keep him safely under watch while in the kitchen. I guess one night I could just make some chicken and blend it up and freeze it like y'all are doing... I dunno. I'm uncertain how to proceed beyond the current purées I am using, like @dancegurl1118

My Dr didn't really give me age limits for anything. Maybe its because he knows i bother to read the current recommendations. He did advise waiting on pb until 9m tho. Its his compromise for the old way (not until 1 year) and the new study (prior to 1 year).

I'm excited that I've picked up some regular cheerios, tho, for LO to (maybe) try to pick up and eat. He's pretty dexterous with his hands, he can pincer grab larger items (I tested with a bottlecap). Gotta review my baby Heimlich maneuver tho, before he gets any cheerios

dancegurl1118

Sorry guys I should've used my sarcasm font for being a mom who uses pre made baby food...in reality I have no interest in making my own good to know that there's no hurry in moving on to real food.

7425cait

@dancegurl1118 I'm a nutcase, and worried about LO choking. So to move her from purees to chunkier stuff, I bought some puffs. I know they dissolve quickly, so that's good for my neurosis, and it's nice to watch her learn to feed herself and have something with more texture.

caitlincunn

@mellymar my lo loves sweet potatoes. I found sweet potato and chicken purée. I think it was beech nut. She loved that the other day when I tried but of course they were out at the store yesterday.. Also they have earths best dinners which are meet mixed with something so it actually smells good.

aj1327

@dancegurl1118 store bought purees here too. I did want to give him a tiny piece of a noodle but DH was scared and against it. I did buy happy baby tethers so he picks those up and chews those. They dissolve as he chews and he loves them!

henrytviii

@ElRuby Beet Pankcakes! Recipe is on weelicious.com. So good, adults like the too. You can freeze if LO isn't ready but for your toddler too.

@dancegurl1118 I really don't have time to cook either. You could try frozen broccoli or even frozen rice for finger food. Frozen salmon patties. I do a lot from Trader Joes. Just check the salt content. I try to roast son veggies for him once a week and then reheat for 3-4 days. It's also easy to microwave steam a carrot or zucchini stick. Cucumbers raw. Toast with humus or peanut butter or another store bought puree. It doesn't have to be gourmet.

ChardeeMacDennis

@mellymar can you get him set up and happy in another room while you cook and just check on him every few minutes? Or can you pull a jumperoo/playpen/whatever up to the kitchen doorway so he can play and watch you? Or just put a blanket on the kitchen floor and let him play around your feet during the safer parts of cooking? My baby won't happily watch me from the high chair either and I don't have the option to not cook so I do all of these all of the time. I also do a LOT of cooking one handed with a baby in my other arm.

Sounds like you still spend almost all of your baby's awake time entertaining him and I know he doesn't nap a whole lot. That's gotta be tough.

caitlincunn

Now that our lo's are 6 months I think they can be worn on our backs in a carrier. I have an ergo and haven't tried on my back yet but that would help for cooking if you had lo on your back. He would be out of the way and probably pretty happy!

47923ang

@mellymar do you have a crock pot?

I made a bunch of chicken breasts in the crock pot, ate some for dinner 2 nights in a row, and pureed some.

Though, my babies liked the Ella's Kitchen Chicken Casserole pouch better.