Babies: 9 - 12 Months

When your LO eats table food, how much of it do they eat?

DD still prefers to eat purees but I offer her table/finger foods before offering the puree to encourage her to hopefully get rid of the puree stuff soon. The only problem is that there are some stuff that she won't eat and the stuff that she does eat, she doesn't eat very much of... 

When I give her chicken, she gums it and probably ends up eating maybe 2 actual decent bites and then she doesn't want any more.. She does this with pretty much any food I give her (pasta, green beans, banana, toast, etc..) so after she's done with the finger foods, I offer her puree and she'll eat a whole bunch!

I should add that I cannot give her any lumpy purees because she throws up everytime and i've been trying to offer her those for the past 2 months! Any tips? TIA! 

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Re: When your LO eats table food, how much of it do they eat?

  • If he feeds himself, he doesn't eat as much.  He is really wanting it off a fork like we eat, lately.  He can totally feed himself with his fingers, but when we're eating together, he wants us to feed him with a spoon/fork. 
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    If he feeds himself, he doesn't eat as much.  He is really wanting it off a fork like we eat, lately.  He can totally feed himself with his fingers, but when we're eating together, he wants us to feed him with a spoon/fork. 

    DD wont let me feed her finger foods, only puree so it makes it hard. 

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    DD wont let me feed her finger foods, only puree so it makes it hard. 

    It must just be a textural issue since she's so used to purees. If you want her to start transitioning you might have to deal with her coughing or spitting it out a little bit. I would try with a food she prefers and likes. Start giving it to her chunkier but still pureed and then move up to tabe food texture. Something softer like banana or avacado. Brady rejected purees so I don't know long that method would take but it seems like if you're feeding her foods she will generally eat pureed that she's just not used to any chunks yet. A little coughing or choking shouldn't be a bad thing as she gets used to the texture. DS still coughs once in a while if he doesn't chew good enough or shoves a big chunk in his mouth.

    As far as quantity- she can get the nutrition she needs from BM or Formula at this age. Food isn't a MUST it's just supplemental. You could try going chunkier for a week or so and if you get uncomfortable just go back to purees. It's all about your comfort level and hers.

    Thanks but when she eats table food (she wont let me feed her but she feeds herself), she's not bothered by the texture, she just doesn't eat much of it... And for the puree, I've been trying for 2 months now to get her to eat chunkier puree stuff but she throws up everytime.. I think she associates that food on a spoon should be smooth? I don't know..

    All I can do is keep trying to push table food I guess and hope that soon she'll eat more of it so she can be off puree by the time she turns 1. 

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  • L gets approximately 1/2 cup of veggies, 1/4 of meat or beans, and 1/2 cup of grains for supper, a bit less than that for lunch and 1/2 cup of fruit and a piece of toast with cream cheese for breakfast.  On my days off, she gets pancakes (she'll eat 3 4" pancakes in addition to the fruit) or eggs (she eats 2).  

    Most of the time less than a tbsp is lost.  It's harder to gauge since she's taken to throwing her unwanted leftovers to the dogs. 

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  • Some examples of amounts she will eat (in one meal):

    Breakfast:  She will eat a whole Nutrigrain cereal bar and a half a cut up pear.  (or a whole waffle and some pear chunks)

    Lunch: she will eat a half a grilled cheese sandwich, some cheerios or crackers, and some cut up fruit

    Dinner: Usually eats 2 ish chicken nuggets (sometimes a little more or less) or two to three meatballs (cut up) and then some chunks of veggies (sweet potatoe for example) and some yogurt melts or cheerios or cut up fruit (for "dessert").

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    DD wont let me feed her finger foods, only puree so it makes it hard. 

    It must just be a textural issue since she's so used to purees. If you want her to start transitioning you might have to deal with her coughing or spitting it out a little bit. I would try with a food she prefers and likes. Start giving it to her chunkier but still pureed and then move up to tabe food texture. Something softer like banana or avacado. Brady rejected purees so I don't know long that method would take but it seems like if you're feeding her foods she will generally eat pureed that she's just not used to any chunks yet. A little coughing or choking shouldn't be a bad thing as she gets used to the texture. DS still coughs once in a while if he doesn't chew good enough or shoves a big chunk in his mouth.

    As far as quantity- she can get the nutrition she needs from BM or Formula at this age. Food isn't a MUST it's just supplemental. You could try going chunkier for a week or so and if you get uncomfortable just go back to purees. It's all about your comfort level and hers.

    Thanks but when she eats table food (she wont let me feed her but she feeds herself), she's not bothered by the texture, she just doesn't eat much of it... And for the puree, I've been trying for 2 months now to get her to eat chunkier puree stuff but she throws up everytime.. I think she associates that food on a spoon should be smooth? I don't know..

    All I can do is keep trying to push table food I guess and hope that soon she'll eat more of it so she can be off puree by the time she turns 1. 

    Is she actually throwing it up from her stomach or just choking it up once it gets to her throat??? Choking it up is fine that's just her getting used to the texture. You can still give it to her and let her get used to it and "learn" to chew it too just like she does table food.

    She's actually throwing it up from her stomach.. so her food and formula comes out which makes a big mess!  

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  • I should add that she doesn't throw up the table food though, she does fine with that, its the chunky puree that she'll throw up.
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    DD wont let me feed her finger foods, only puree so it makes it hard. 

    It must just be a textural issue since she's so used to purees. If you want her to start transitioning you might have to deal with her coughing or spitting it out a little bit. I would try with a food she prefers and likes. Start giving it to her chunkier but still pureed and then move up to tabe food texture. Something softer like banana or avacado. Brady rejected purees so I don't know long that method would take but it seems like if you're feeding her foods she will generally eat pureed that she's just not used to any chunks yet. A little coughing or choking shouldn't be a bad thing as she gets used to the texture. DS still coughs once in a while if he doesn't chew good enough or shoves a big chunk in his mouth.

    As far as quantity- she can get the nutrition she needs from BM or Formula at this age. Food isn't a MUST it's just supplemental. You could try going chunkier for a week or so and if you get uncomfortable just go back to purees. It's all about your comfort level and hers.

    Thanks but when she eats table food (she wont let me feed her but she feeds herself), she's not bothered by the texture, she just doesn't eat much of it... And for the puree, I've been trying for 2 months now to get her to eat chunkier puree stuff but she throws up everytime.. I think she associates that food on a spoon should be smooth? I don't know..

    All I can do is keep trying to push table food I guess and hope that soon she'll eat more of it so she can be off puree by the time she turns 1. 

    Is she actually throwing it up from her stomach or just choking it up once it gets to her throat??? Choking it up is fine that's just her getting used to the texture. You can still give it to her and let her get used to it and "learn" to chew it too just like she does table food.

    She's actually throwing it up from her stomach.. so her food and formula comes out which makes a big mess!  

    Have you brought that up to her pedi?  Just curious

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    DD wont let me feed her finger foods, only puree so it makes it hard. 

    It must just be a textural issue since she's so used to purees. If you want her to start transitioning you might have to deal with her coughing or spitting it out a little bit. I would try with a food she prefers and likes. Start giving it to her chunkier but still pureed and then move up to tabe food texture. Something softer like banana or avacado. Brady rejected purees so I don't know long that method would take but it seems like if you're feeding her foods she will generally eat pureed that she's just not used to any chunks yet. A little coughing or choking shouldn't be a bad thing as she gets used to the texture. DS still coughs once in a while if he doesn't chew good enough or shoves a big chunk in his mouth.

    As far as quantity- she can get the nutrition she needs from BM or Formula at this age. Food isn't a MUST it's just supplemental. You could try going chunkier for a week or so and if you get uncomfortable just go back to purees. It's all about your comfort level and hers.

    Thanks but when she eats table food (she wont let me feed her but she feeds herself), she's not bothered by the texture, she just doesn't eat much of it... And for the puree, I've been trying for 2 months now to get her to eat chunkier puree stuff but she throws up everytime.. I think she associates that food on a spoon should be smooth? I don't know..

    All I can do is keep trying to push table food I guess and hope that soon she'll eat more of it so she can be off puree by the time she turns 1. 

    Is she actually throwing it up from her stomach or just choking it up once it gets to her throat??? Choking it up is fine that's just her getting used to the texture. You can still give it to her and let her get used to it and "learn" to chew it too just like she does table food.

    She's actually throwing it up from her stomach.. so her food and formula comes out which makes a big mess!  

    YIKES! I would ask the pedi if it could be a digestion thing??? That's just weird if she's eating the same foods pureed and then with the chunks she pukes it up. She must have a reallllllly sensitive tummy. I would probably just continue to offer the table food prior to purees and see how much she'll eat before giving her the puree.  

    Thanks! Yeah I'll keep doing that and see how it goes = ) At least she doesn't throw up the table food and doesn't throw up the puree if its smooth! lol 

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