Food question - DC edition

[SheilaTheTank]

DC suggested we start sending stuff other than purees for K since they are comfortable with her eating real food now. I currently send a fruit puree with oatmeal or yogurt for the morning and a veggie puree for lunch. I get a mix of stage 1, 2 and 3 foods. Today I threw in a pack of those yum yum bar things for her to have. I'm reluctant about puffs because I have read on here that a lot of babies have constipation issues with them and I'm worried that she'll fill up on them and then not eat the fruits and veggies. I want to send a mix of fruit, veggies, and protein with little carbs. Do you have any ideas of what foods I should send and how much of each? 

[halfahippy]

Scrambled or hard boiled egg, string cheese they can cut up, banana, soft pear or plum, frozen mixed veggies, little pieces of chicken.
ETA-cottage cheese, A really likes toast with applesauce on it for breakfast.

[zombiesquad]

I agree with halfahippy . Baked sweet potato that can be cut up into little cubs, veggies and fruits that start with P (plums, pears, peaches). Frozen mini pancakes or waffles are good too. We use those at home and just break them up into smaller pieces.

[paloslee]

Max loves egg. I give it to him at least 3 days a week. Fresh fruit cut up is another good option. I haven't given him meat or yogurt yet but I plan to introduce it soon.

[SheilaTheTank]

For the fresh fruit, do you soften it first by cooking? She only has one fang tooth. lol

[peachesncream]

Are you looking for something she can feed herself or does it really not matter? C loves deli meat, cheese cubes, bananas. With DD1 I would get a frozen bag of mixed veggies (corn, carrot cubes, green beans, peas) and send that, I need to start doing that with DD2! We still are not sending food with her to DC.

[peachesncream]

Nov 10, 2016 10:53:41 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

For the fresh fruit, do you soften it first by cooking? She only has one fang tooth. lol

No teeth here and she loves going to town on bananas, oranges, even apples :-)  we don't cook any fruits.

[SheilaTheTank]

Nov 10, 2016 10:53:50 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

Are you looking for something she can feed herself or does it really not matter? C loves deli meat, cheese cubes, bananas. With DD1 I would get a frozen bag of mixed veggies (corn, carrot cubes, green beans, peas) and send that, I need to start doing that with DD2! We still are not sending food with her to DC.

I'm pretty sure they are looking for things she can feed herself. I rarely give her purees at home because she just grabs the spoon from my hand, but DC didn't have a problem with it. I think she is becoming more insistent. 

[peachesncream]

Nov 10, 2016 10:55:52 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Nov 10, 2016 10:53:50 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

Are you looking for something she can feed herself or does it really not matter? C loves deli meat, cheese cubes, bananas. With DD1 I would get a frozen bag of mixed veggies (corn, carrot cubes, green beans, peas) and send that, I need to start doing that with DD2! We still are not sending food with her to DC.

I'm pretty sure they are looking for things she can feed herself. I rarely give her purees at home because she just grabs the spoon from my hand, but DC didn't have a problem with it. I think she is becoming more insistent. 

I think most of my list is self-feeding, I could have listed more if she was having people feed her.  As far as quantities, 1/2 a banana, a few apple slices, a few orange slices, 1/4 cup or so of veggies, a few slices of deli meat, 5-7 cheese cubes.  Those are the portions we use and feed 1-2 things from that list per meal.

[SheilaTheTank]

Nov 10, 2016 10:59:01 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

Nov 10, 2016 10:55:52 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

I'm pretty sure they are looking for things she can feed herself. I rarely give her purees at home because she just grabs the spoon from my hand, but DC didn't have a problem with it. I think she is becoming more insistent. 

I think most of my list is self-feeding, I could have listed more if she was having people feed her.  As far as quantities, 1/2 a banana, a few apple slices, a few orange slices, 1/4 cup or so of veggies, a few slices of deli meat, 5-7 cheese cubes.  Those are the portions we use and feed 1-2 things from that list per meal.

Did you cut up everything at the beginning of the week or did you do it each day? I'm trying to find an easy way to do this without going overboard. 

[peachesncream]

Nov 10, 2016 11:00:39 GMT -5 SheilaTheTank said:

Nov 10, 2016 10:59:01 GMT -5 peachesncream said:

I think most of my list is self-feeding, I could have listed more if she was having people feed her.  As far as quantities, 1/2 a banana, a few apple slices, a few orange slices, 1/4 cup or so of veggies, a few slices of deli meat, 5-7 cheese cubes.  Those are the portions we use and feed 1-2 things from that list per meal.

Did you cut up everything at the beginning of the week or did you do it each day? I'm trying to find an easy way to do this without going overboard. 

The only thing there that needs cut up would be the apple and those don't keep.  Everything else is zero prep!  I am hashtag lazy.

[sunshineshades]

Hard boiled eggs
Banana
Cheerios
Pancakes (you can cook a bunch and then freeze them)
Ritz crackers
Cheese sliced thin
Toast
Berries
Peas
Sweet potato
Zuchinni (I cut off the peel)
Any pasta
Meatballs

I made E mini muffin tin meat loaf and froze them.

[katespade]

I bought a box of mini silver dollar pancakes from Trader Joe's for $1.99. She loves shoving them in her mouth.