Recently on facebook one of my friends and fellow bloggers had a picture of her son, about the same age as P, eating waffles.
Waffles.
Hmm.
I was scratching my head and looking at my son. Holy crap is he behind already?
Even though I am Ps mama and essentially make all decisions for him, I automatically deterred to my ingrained knowledge to feed him puree jar food.
But why?
It wasn’t till I saw her photo that I thought…I can feed him REAL food? Like real food that I eat?
Duh. Of course I can…tiny bites of real food. I never even considered it. So we have been trying to give him a few random things. The issue is that most food items soft enough for him to gum up are not overly healthy for him.
Although he isn’t complaining…
The great thing is he really enjoys gumming real food over jar food.
But I need some help!
Other than mashed potatoes, bread, waffles, and doughnuts, any thoughts on what can I give him that isnt in a jar?
~Trisha
my daughter never liked jar food so i thought about giving her actual food around 6 months, i’m actually glad i did as she learned to swallow things and learned to control her needs. she loves any and all foods given to her, just trying to get her to learn to keep her food on her plate lol
EVERYTHING. It’s called Baby Led Weaning. Have fun!
cut up bananas, cooked carrots, peas, green beans, squash, any kind of beans, baked apples, peaches, yogurt, pudding, kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, mangos, avocado. Pretty much anything that is too hard for him, you can cook to soften and then let him eat it.
You can boil apples (peeled) make them very soft and mash them with the water; same thing with baby carrots
Matilda does good with Cheerios
Scrap a banana with a spoon was or #1 go to food. Also baby yogurt, strawberries, sweet potato, homemade apple sauce, small pieces of pasta, grapes without the skins are easy too.
With the twins i would purée whatever was for dinner. I can’t wait to get to this point with my baby. Rubbbermaid makes a perfect size freezable container to store your baby food
In.. I stocked up for when we get to that stage.
If I made a lentil/spinach soup i would purée it. Roast beef, gravy, potatoes and veggies pureed together- always nice to purée and freeze. I would do a lot bulgar dishes(super easy and good) add either onion,tomatoes and chick peas or broccoli and onion and purée them. I use a blending stick- I find it convienent over using a processor- easier to clean.
what does meat taste like Puree?
The same as before it was pureed
it may not look tasty to us but it isn’t going to change the taste or nutrients in it. (I do remember that Pureed roast looked like canned flaked tuna ) I would puree roast with whatever cooked veggies we had, gravy and mix with mashed potatoes. I always looked forward to roast dinners because I always felt like it was a filling healthy meal for them. We did the same for chicken dinners.
I remember my boys loving pudding, yogurt, and when they were teething frozen bagels or pretzels (no salt). They also ate pierogies that my ex-MIL made from scratch… they were AWESOME.
I made all my baby food. I either baked or steamed fruits and veggies, blended them up and froze what I couldn’t use right then in ice cube trays. Take a cube out of the freezer, heat it up and serve. Cheaper and healthier than jarred food.
I made all of our baby food, with the exception of when we traveled. Basically, anything you eat you can feed him, but only introduce one new food every 4-7 days, as it can take that long for an allergy to surface.
I agree with grinding whatever you are eating up!
Wholegrain bread (crustless) as well as any pureed veggies were really easy to feed to our little one. Mashed fresh bananas and avocados were great as well. One of our friends gave here little girl sliced tomatoes and she gummed them pretty well. I always thought the peel would get in the way, but she was fine with it.
Bananas, avocados, poached pears and apples. What is that seat that P is sitting in? Looks much better than the Bumbo seat. My little one is due in May so I need to get shopping and am looking for “the must have” items! Thanks!
I am hoping to skip jar food as well. It is so expensive.You can give him mashed carrots and other kinds of veggies. I also plan on using our bullet (not the baby one) to make whatever we are eating for dinner into dinner for him. Hoping it works out.
avocado is great for the brain & has healthy fats, bananas, cooked apple, frozen green beans (if he’s teething), cooked carrots, there are LOTS of lists online, especially if you google “baby led weaning” which basically means they are learning to eat solid foods at their own pace instead of having purees poured down their throats. I love Mum Mums (rice crackers) for an on-the-go snack. Not a lot of good stuff to them, but they aren’t going to hurt anything either and are great for occupying busy hands/mouths while you eat a meal out!
Ditto on all of this — there are lots of good BLW resources. Google!
FYI, Jude has had banana, avocado, the whole grain waffle I posted, and a steamed pear. Roasted veggies are good to offer too.
Oh, and yogurt (if he is ok with milk) and cooked custards are good for them at six months.
Does yogurt count as “real food?” My girls used to (and still do) LOVE yogurt!
We’re in the midst of this right now too. Shredded cheese, avacados, pureed veggies (peas, carrots, squash)
Trisha, get yourself a Magic Bullet. After we went through the basic jarred foods with Kaydee (checking for food allergies) we starting grinding up dinner in the baby bullet to make a puree of it. Things I cooked for dinner are the same things she ate, just in the pureed form.
Example – If I made baked chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy and corn, I would combine all of those and grind them up. She LOVED it.
Our pediatrician recommended muffins but I haven’t been brave enough to try it yet. Right now my little one is barely eating the baby puffs.