Feeding

CJPowers

What type of foods do you feed for breakfast, lunch and dinner?

For us:

breakfast: rice cereal, oatmeal, Cheerios, or small pieces of banana 

lunch: smashed up fruit or veggies like avocado, banana, sweet pot, apple sauce, pear sauce, pea pur?e, asparagus 

dinner: stage 2 meat and veggies, small pieces of bread, rice, mashed potatoes

 i need some more variety, but I hear feeding them peas or other small finger foods could get caught in their wind pipe. Not sure. Need some other ides. 

miniray

We usually give LO whatever we are eating, he's very good with table food.  He refused purees after about 2 weeks of having them.

Breakfast: GF oatmeal mixed with a fruit (left over pureed plums or frozen blueberries), scrambled eggs, toast with jam (cut into bite sized pieces)

Lunch and dinners are usually the same kinds of foods: salmon or chicken in bite sized pieces, steamed carrots/potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash, GF pasta with sauce, risotto (we spoon feed him that)

We also give him chunks of banana and avocado, blackberries cut in half

SteelCity44

We've done BLW since 5.5 months, so he only eats table foods.

Breakfast: Cheerios, Kix, Mini Wheats, Chex, Cream of Wheat (congealed so he can self feed, and he can easily eat an adult serving of it), Baby Cereal Bars

Lunch: Leftovers from dinner, a cup up pear or apple or orange slices

Dinner: Whatever we're eating

Snacks: Puffs, Mum Mums, Wagon Wheels, those cheese puff looking things, Yogurt melts or any of the dry cereals that he has

Occasionally, we'll give him a pretzel stick after we pick off all of the salt. 

CJPowers

SteelCity44:

We've done BLW since 5.5 months, so he only eats table foods.

Breakfast: Cheerios, Kix, Mini Wheats, Chex, Cream of Wheat (congealed so he can self feed, and he can easily eat an adult serving of it), Baby Cereal Bars

Lunch: Leftovers from dinner, a cup up pear or apple or orange slices

Dinner: Whatever we're eating

Snacks: Puffs, Mum Mums, Wagon Wheels, those cheese puff looking things, Yogurt melts or any of the dry cereals that he has

Occasionally, we'll give him a pretzel stick after we pick off all of the salt. 

I'm just curios when you give fruit like cut up apples or pears do you cook it first? Although she has 6 teeth I don't know if she could chew a chunk of hard apple. Also, do you feed a blander version of what you eat for dinner or exactly what you eat? For example, we had parm crusted chicken, sweet pot fries and peas for dinner last night. Is that stuff ok? She eats puffs and Cheerios fine... But I just don't know about other table food.

CJPowers

miniray:

We usually give LO whatever we are eating, he's very good with table food.  He refused purees after about 2 weeks of having them.

Breakfast: GF oatmeal mixed with a fruit (left over pureed plums or frozen blueberries), scrambled eggs, toast with jam (cut into bite sized pieces)

Lunch and dinners are usually the same kinds of foods: salmon or chicken in bite sized pieces, steamed carrots/potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash, GF pasta with sauce, risotto (we spoon feed him that)

We also give him chunks of banana and avocado, blackberries cut in half

i didn't think babies could have eggs till they were 1? That would be a good one though I would like to try that. Also, what type of pasta do you give? I'm worried she will choke on a noodle. I have tried risotto but I find that it doesn't freeze well. 

SteelCity44

CJPowers:

SteelCity44:

We've done BLW since 5.5 months, so he only eats table foods.

Breakfast: Cheerios, Kix, Mini Wheats, Chex, Cream of Wheat (congealed so he can self feed, and he can easily eat an adult serving of it), Baby Cereal Bars

Lunch: Leftovers from dinner, a cup up pear or apple or orange slices

Dinner: Whatever we're eating

Snacks: Puffs, Mum Mums, Wagon Wheels, those cheese puff looking things, Yogurt melts or any of the dry cereals that he has

Occasionally, we'll give him a pretzel stick after we pick off all of the salt. 

I'm just curios when you give fruit like cut up apples or pears do you cook it first? Although she has 6 teeth I don't know if she could chew a chunk of hard apple. Also, do you feed a blander version of what you eat for dinner or exactly what you eat? For example, we had parm crusted chicken, sweet pot fries and peas for dinner last night. Is that stuff ok? She eats puffs and Cheerios fine... But I just don't know about other table food.

He gets the exact same food as us before we add any salt to it. The pears are pretty ripe, so they're very soft, but the apples are raw. He chews on them and will eventually smash some smaller pieces enough on his own, but it's usually just a chew toy that he sucks the juice out of. I know that it's more about experiencing textures and flavors and less about a balanced diet at this point.

I think your dinner last night would be fine for LO. The chicken, I would cut into strips for him to hold. He still likes to have control of food before shoving it into his mouth. Peas still scare me, but I'm getting over it, since he eats green beans, and well, the seeds inside those are similar to peas. If you're nervous about table food, I would offer a little bit at a time to see how she handles it. I was terrified at first, but within a week realized that he can handle quite a bit on his own. My little chipmunk can fit quite a bit of food in his mouth, continues to shove more in while coughing on it, and then just as easily spits it back out when he's done playing with it. 

CJPowers

miniray:

We usually give LO whatever we are eating, he's very good with table food.  He refused purees after about 2 weeks of having them.

Breakfast: GF oatmeal mixed with a fruit (left over pureed plums or frozen blueberries), scrambled eggs, toast with jam (cut into bite sized pieces)

Lunch and dinners are usually the same kinds of foods: salmon or chicken in bite sized pieces, steamed carrots/potatoes/sweet potatoes/squash, GF pasta with sauce, risotto (we spoon feed him that)

We also give him chunks of banana and avocado, blackberries cut in half

i didn't think babies could have eggs till they were 1? That would be a good one though I would like to try that. Also, what type of pasta do you give? I'm worried she will choke on a noodle. I have tried risotto but I find that it doesn't freeze well. 

WildcatPrincess

Breakfast: Pancakes, eggs, yogurt, cereal, cheese, fruit (melon, banana, pear, kiwi)

Lunch: Cheese or hummus sandwiches, leftovers from the night before, tortellini or bean salads, vegetables (broccoli, peas, carrots, cauliflower, green beans, beets), fruit

Dinner: Whatever we have. Turkey or chicken burgers, meatballs, pasta, chicken, veggies, sweet potato, chili, soup, beans, etc

Snacks: Crackers and cheese, rice cakes with hummus, fruits, veggies

liz.eckel

we were given the OK for eggs, whites & yolks, at 6 mos visit. doc said the new teaching is that they can have pretty much any foods at 6 mos, except:

honey

nuts (peanut butter is OK)

salt

hydrogenated fats

shellfish

gluten/wheat

cow milk

 citrus