chicken baby food

[jt2378]

Haha I wondered about trying this, I think based on your epic fail I won't bother, LOL! We are just starting out with solids as of two days ago so I haven't attempted anything yet.

[criscbish]

Maybe try ground chicken next time?
I've only tried egg yolks, liver and avocado so far. I had to stop liver cause of a bout of diarrhea and I was worried it was connected. Will try it again at some point as I read it could take a few tries to get them to like something.
Just curious OP, what spices did you use in the chicken?

[judyblume14]

We have only done pureed fruits and veggies over the past several weeks. I'm so afraid of choking with anything other than purees - like I'll forget what to do. I need to re-take infant CPR or something.

As for reactions - we haven't had any "violent" reactions, but I did get a ridiculously confused and upset face from LO when I gave her a little piece of banana at a party. When i had a bite, I realized it'd been spinkled with lemon juice to prevent browning. Ooops. She didn't like that much.

We gave her a sippy cup of heavily diluted apple juice yesterday. She just gnawed on the sipper and played with the cup. She seemed to have fun, even if she had no idea what to do with it!

[jt2378]

judyblume14, yes BLW looks interesting to me but completely freaks me out with my paranoia about choking.

How many times a day do you all give solids? We are just starting so I feel clueless.

Thanks Ladies!

[judyblume14]

Mar 17, 2015 7:29:10 GMT -5 @giamia923 said:

LOL! We haven't done meats yet but LO cried when I tried giving her peas. Don't say I blame her! She's very hot and cold about solids these days. One min she loves them can't get enough then the next she doesn't want anything to do with them. Sigh.

Peas are fucking gross.  Especially if they lack 6 pounds of butter and 4 tablespoons of salt.  Oddly enough, peas were the first food where LO finished the whole container in one sitting. ew.


jt2378, we send one little Gerber Organics "first foods" container to day care. She eats the whole thing.  Then at home in the evening, a little bit after nursing, we'll offer some, but she only eats about half the container.  When she routinely finishes that evening feeding, we might start with a serving in the morning (OH MY GOD how will we ever get to work on time, we're oging to have to wake up 30 minutes earlier than we already do!!!).  

I really do want to get away from purees and have her eating what we eat though. But again, the whole choking thing. ugh.

[jt2378]

thanks judyblume14, I'm so afraid I will dry up and not be able to nurse her if she takes in too many solids, totally irrational thoughts, ahhhh!!

I hear you, I can barely get out of the house in the morning as it is now!

[judyblume14]

Mar 17, 2015 8:11:05 GMT -5 jt2378 said:

thanks judyblume14, I'm so afraid I will dry up and not be able to nurse her if she takes in too many solids, totally irrational thoughts, ahhhh!!

I hear you, I can barely get out of the house in the morning as it is now!

Yes - totally irrational!  She should be backing off of milk intake just yet.  Always, always nurse before offering solids and you should be fine!  If you're still nervous about it (i know you said you were having supply issues maybe because of your wisdom teeth?), perhaps you could pump while your husband offers solids?

[judyblume14]

@beckaroo - are you feeding LO the smooshed banana on a spoon, or is she trying to feed herself with her hands?

[jt2378]

Mar 17, 2015 8:17:48 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

Mar 17, 2015 8:11:05 GMT -5 jt2378 said:

thanks judyblume14, I'm so afraid I will dry up and not be able to nurse her if she takes in too many solids, totally irrational thoughts, ahhhh!!

I hear you, I can barely get out of the house in the morning as it is now!

Yes - totally irrational!  She should be backing off of milk intake just yet.  Always, always nurse before offering solids and you should be fine!  If you're still nervous about it (i know you said you were having supply issues maybe because of your wisdom teeth?), perhaps you could pump while your husband offers solids?

Yes I have been nursing first always, just tried a piece of mashed banana, she could care less, LOL

Thank you, I will keep an eye on supply and try another pump in the evening if need be!

[judyblume14]

Mar 17, 2015 8:47:20 GMT -5 @beckaroo said:

judyblume14 a little of both. I will mash it up with a spoon and some milk. I take out some of the chunks and put them on his tray and I've also held on to bigger pieces while he did a combo suck/chew.

I see those little mesh bags for things like banana, but every single person I know that's used them said they are awful to try and clean.

My husband would have a heart attack if we attempted using one of them.  I think our babe is relatively tidy when we feed her, but he freaks out every. single. time. over the small mess that's made!

[alioop1028]

LOL @beckaroo, at your baby's reaction. We're trying chicken tonight so I guess it will be more interesting than I thought it would be. I'll have back-up apology bananas in case. Haha

[thelittlesrunmylife]

Our best reaction to the most hated food was green beans. I got the 'what the f is this shit?' Look and then he gagged. Yes, actually full on gagged rather than swallowing and he wouldn't spit it out just made that gagging face and let it run off of his tongue.

Fruits are a hit. He even likes pears and prunes. Apples and chicken is the absolute fav right now. Sounds terrible to me.

I only give him baby food when I feel like it. At this point, he is still getting 99% of his nutritional needs from bm, so I'm not worried. He is far from ready to feed himself but does really like the baby puffs and yogurt drops which dissolve really easily. The chewing part isn't where he needs improvement though, it's the act of letting go of the food once he puts it in his mouth. We are having some disinterest lately so I'm not pushing him to keep going. Maybe it's time for the high chair as I've been feeding him in one of his activity chairs.

[rkang01]

Do any of you ladies use any baby food cookbooks, if so which ones? I cook a lot and make DD's food but I am a total recipe follower. I cant just throw things together, I found a lot of recipes on line but I find actual cookbooks a lot easier to manage.

[judyblume14]

Mar 18, 2015 7:51:48 GMT -5 rkang01 said:

Do any of you ladies use any baby food cookbooks, if so which ones? I cook a lot and make DD's food but I am a total recipe follower. I cant just throw things together, I found a lot of recipes on line but I find actual cookbooks a lot easier to manage.

So, honestly, I thought that "recipes" for babies were like this:

Cook and puree squash.
Cook and puree apples.
Mix them together.
Attempt to feed baby.


That said, we keep saying we're going to make our own. But I'll be stopping at the grocery store on the way home to buy more purees to re-stock.  I think until she's eating 3 good "meals" a day, we'll stick with Gerber. Then we'll start to introduce her to "our" food.

Aka - I think we bought a Ninja for nothing...

[rkang01]

Mar 18, 2015 8:03:09 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

Mar 18, 2015 7:51:48 GMT -5 rkang01 said:

Do any of you ladies use any baby food cookbooks, if so which ones? I cook a lot and make DD's food but I am a total recipe follower. I cant just throw things together, I found a lot of recipes on line but I find actual cookbooks a lot easier to manage.

So, honestly, I thought that "recipes" for babies were like this:

Cook and puree squash.
Cook and puree apples.
Mix them together.
Attempt to feed baby.


That said, we keep saying we're going to make our own. But I'll be stopping at the grocery store on the way home to buy more purees to re-stock.  I think until she's eating 3 good "meals" a day, we'll stick with Gerber. Then we'll start to introduce her to "our" food.

Aka - I think we bought a Ninja for nothing...

I mean more of what to mix together, at what age and stuff like that.

[melw629]

rkang01 @beckaroo, I have The Best Homemade Baby Food on the Planet. It gives suggestions for which foods to try each month and has lots of recipes. I haven't tried many yet...my plan is to start with individual foods before we start mixing things, but I like having the recipes for when we do start to get more adventurous. The only thing I dislike about the book is that it suggests introducing juice to 6-month-olds after cereal, and before eating fruits/veggies. Just seems unnecessary to me. A lot of the veggie recipes seem to be sweetened with juice or fruit puree as well, but I'm just planning on leaving it out. On the whole, though, it's a great resource.

[judyblume14]

melw629 - my doctor suggested introducing diluted juice around 6 months as well. Her reasoning was to get LO used to drinking from a sippy or straw cup instead of a bottle. She said to use juice instead of water so that she was still getting calories, whereas water would just fill her up (babies gets plenty of water and hydration through breast milk or formula).

So, it is technically unnecessary, but can be used as a teaching tool i guess for people who want to keep milk/formula in bottles until 1 year, but want to start teaching baby how to drink from a non-bottle vessel.

[judyblume14]

Mar 18, 2015 9:51:10 GMT -5 @beckaroo said:

Mar 18, 2015 9:36:45 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

melw629 - my doctor suggested introducing diluted juice around 6 months as well. Her reasoning was to get LO used to drinking from a sippy or straw cup instead of a bottle. She said to use juice instead of water so that she was still getting calories, whereas water would just fill her up (babies gets plenty of water and hydration through breast milk or formula).

So, it is technically unnecessary, but can be used as a teaching tool i guess for people who want to keep milk/formula in bottles until 1 year, but want to start teaching baby how to drink from a non-bottle vessel.

is there a specific reason why milk/formula can't go in a sippy now instead of water? Just something I've wondered.

Not that I'm aware of. Many of my friend have given milk/formula in a sippy.  We haven't done that though for the following reasons:

a) I produce just enough milk to send to day care the next day and don't want any to go to waste (she hasn't gotten the hang of the sippy yet, so I don't want to warm up BM then have to toss it because she can't figure the cup out.
b) LO doesn't take a bottle very well from my husband. And I've never given her a bottle. I think we want to jsut keep milk separate from all other forms of nutrition?  I'm weird. Whatever.

[jt2378]

Mar 18, 2015 10:09:39 GMT -5 @beckaroo said:

judyblume14 I'm the same. There's no way I have enough to put in one to potentially just toss later.

Just joining in and same here, I used to have extra but not lately so can't afford to waste any.  I don't think LO is even interested, she isn't all that excited about any solids yet, no biggie just keep nursing and trying here and there for now!

[melw629]

Mar 18, 2015 9:36:45 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

melw629 - my doctor suggested introducing diluted juice around 6 months as well. Her reasoning was to get LO used to drinking from a sippy or straw cup instead of a bottle. She said to use juice instead of water so that she was still getting calories, whereas water would just fill her up (babies gets plenty of water and hydration through breast milk or formula).

So, it is technically unnecessary, but can be used as a teaching tool i guess for people who want to keep milk/formula in bottles until 1 year, but want to start teaching baby how to drink from a non-bottle vessel.

That makes sense...I didn't think of it that way. I wouldn't want to waste my precious 10-oz stash on teaching LO to drink from a cup either

[alioop1028]

@beckaroo chicken was a no go. I had offer apology apples. Haha
I totally thought of you when I saw her disgusted face and mouth clamp shut. I'm like dammit beckaroo was right!

[alioop1028]

Mar 20, 2015 11:49:52 GMT -5 @beckaroo said:

Mar 20, 2015 11:19:37 GMT -5 alioop1028 said:

@beckaroo chicken was a no go. I had offer apology apples. Haha
I totally thought of you when I saw her disgusted face and mouth clamp shut. I'm like dammit beckaroo was right!

I don't know about you, but lo was pretty skeptical of me the rest of that feed. Like he was just waiting for me to sneak in more chicken.

I have a bunch frozen. I'm thinking I will probably mix some in with something he really likes next week.

Haha! My LO likes to eat too much. She's in the 90th percentile for weight..
She was only suspicious for the first 2 tries with apple and then she forgave me. 

[jt2378]

Mar 20, 2015 12:46:52 GMT -5 alioop1028 said:

Mar 20, 2015 11:49:52 GMT -5 @beckaroo said:

I don't know about you, but lo was pretty skeptical of me the rest of that feed. Like he was just waiting for me to sneak in more chicken.

I have a bunch frozen. I'm thinking I will probably mix some in with something he really likes next week.

Haha! My LO likes to eat too much. She's in the 90th percentile for weight..
She was only suspicious for the first 2 tries with apple and then she forgave me. 

Yes I thought DD would be the same since she was like 87th percentile for weight but NOPE, shows very little interest in solids so far.  I gave her a bite of banana like 3 days ago and she had a big poop today and I totally freaked, it had black string like thread looking pieces in it! I googled of course and everywhere says it can be from bananas? Just surprised since she barely ate any! 

[alioop1028]

Mar 20, 2015 13:44:57 GMT -5 jt2378 said:

Mar 20, 2015 12:46:52 GMT -5 alioop1028 said:

Haha! My LO likes to eat too much. She's in the 90th percentile for weight..
She was only suspicious for the first 2 tries with apple and then she forgave me. 

Yes I thought DD would be the same since she was like 87th percentile for weight but NOPE, shows very little interest in solids so far.  I gave her a bite of banana like 3 days ago and she had a big poop today and I totally freaked, it had black string like thread looking pieces in it! I googled of course and everywhere says it can be from bananas? Just surprised since she barely ate any! 

That's interesting! Are you trying different foods? Maybe it's the flavor?
And yeah solid food poops are gross....

[jt2378]

Mar 20, 2015 14:27:20 GMT -5 alioop1028 said:

Mar 20, 2015 13:44:57 GMT -5 jt2378 said:

Yes I thought DD would be the same since she was like 87th percentile for weight but NOPE, shows very little interest in solids so far.  I gave her a bite of banana like 3 days ago and she had a big poop today and I totally freaked, it had black string like thread looking pieces in it! I googled of course and everywhere says it can be from bananas? Just surprised since she barely ate any! 

That's interesting! Are you trying different foods? Maybe it's the flavor?
And yeah solid food poops are gross....

Well maybe she just hasn't tried enough yet, we only started a week ago and its only been oatmeal (not overly excited by that) and that one taste of banana, lol..I was going to try avocado or sweet potato tonite but now she had two loose poops today so probably going to hold off at least for today.  Babe just loves the boob, LOL

[alioop1028]

Haha jt2378! Of course she loves the boob! She gets to be with mama!
Can't wait to hear about how the other foods go. Keep us updated!

[jt2378]

alioop1028, Tried avocado today and still not too much excitement, waiting for something to be a hit! haha

[criscbish]

Mar 16, 2015 21:41:28 GMT -5 @beckaroo said:

Mar 16, 2015 20:31:03 GMT -5 criscbish said:

Maybe try ground chicken next time?
I've only tried egg yolks, liver and avocado so far. I had to stop liver cause of a bout of diarrhea and I was worried it was connected. Will try it again at some point as I read it could take a few tries to get them to like something.
Just curious OP, what spices did you use in the chicken?

I actually have some ground turkey, so I may try that next. I figure I can mix the chicken I have now with some of his vegetables too.

I just added a pinch of garlic powder and a little Italian seasoning along with low sodium chicken broth to mix.

Do you mix up the egg yolks with anything?

Sorry for the late reply!
No, don't mix yolk with anything. Just warm and runny with no egg white and a tiny touch of sea salt.

[yuristar]

LO loved chicken, but it was in chunks. He hates anything mashed, so BLW it is...

[designaddiction]

Just jumping in to say that I can't WAIT to join you guys in these conversations. We are starting solids tomorrow

That is all...carry on...