what is your 8 month old eating?

jessvan96 · August 2010

my doctor told me lo should be eating cereal and fruit for breakfast, meat and veggie for lunch and cereal and veggie for dinner. he is getting SO bored! I sometimes give him pastina and a veggie for dinner but even that... boring! any other ideas for spicing it up at dinner or anywhere else?

jessvan96 · August 2010

forgive me for being naive about the tofu but how do you buy that/ prepare it? i feel like i give a variety of fruits and veggies but i am just stuck on a starch. doc said i cant give yogurt or cheese yet either.

cma1989 · August 2010

jessvan96:
forgive me for being naive about the tofu but how do you buy that/ prepare it? ?i feel like i give a variety of fruits and veggies but i am just stuck on a starch. ? doc said i cant give yogurt or cheese yet either. ?

Really? Does lactose intolerance run in your family? My LO also gets yogurt/oatmeal/fruit for breakfast, a fruit or veggie for lunch and some puffs, and for dinner a veggie, sometimes with cheese, sometimes with brown rice.

Instead of offering a single puree, have you combined them? LO's favorite is raspberry/banana/apple.

Edited to fix spelling errors.?

ACR · August 2010

on the menu this week...

breakfast: fruits mixed w/ cereal. Fruits we have going this week - blueberry/apple puree, roasted banana/roasted pear puree, peach puree, applesauce w/ cinnamon

lunch: veggie &/or fruit mix. Roasted acorn squash w/ apple puree, yellow squash w/ apple puree, carrot/mango/apple puree, sweet potato w/ green peas

dinner: cauliflower puree, mashed avocado w/ cumin, carrot & green bean salad, roasted chicken, salmon, butternut squash w/ cinnamon

penguincrazy · August 2010

DD gets anything that's soft enough to handle. She'll eat everything from burrito to pie. We keep it healthy, but since allergies aren't an issue, I don't usually limit what she can try as long as it's safe. Haven't tried eggs, peanut butter, or honey for the obvious issues.

jessvan96 · August 2010

thanks everyone!! no allergies in my fam at all... thought that was weird about the yogurt and cheese.. she said i can offer at 9 months. she also said no pork or fish till a year. strange too? also when you say oatmeal, is it baby oatmeal or real people oatmeal? ;-) i also think im going to try the tofu.