Let's talk foods again

[aggiebug]

Update how foods are going. I think everyone has started solids now and questions keep popping up I figured a new thread might be helpful.

Purees or finger foods or both?

What foods have you given?

What is on your list?

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing?

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting?

Any questions?

[aggiebug]

Purees or finger foods or both? both we started with finger foods and DD was too impatient so we added in purees and now she gets ticked if she doesn't have finger fooda



What foods have you given?
Avocado, carrots, sweet potatoes, broccoli peas, zucchini, chicken, pork, apples, pears, banana, nectarines, oatmeal, Apple cinnamon Puffs, Apple sweet potato Puffs, Black beans (almost all im puree and finger food form.)


What is on your list?
(I confess I am looking for inspiration partially) eggs I think. Green beans.

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? not really. I bought a few packages of Gerber purees for our trip and they were mixed

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? Nope. I confess I also wanted to poll the audience on this too. I know they sat start before 12 months now, but it's scary!

Any questions?

[kaydee0402]

Purees or finger foods or both? Both! Little Man is so independent that he has zero patience for purees, so we do a lot of BLW. But I send purees to daycare because I don't expect them to take the time to let him feed himself when there's 11 other babies running (crawling? drooling?) around.

What foods have you given? Sweet potatoes (love), bananas (love), broccoli (love), yogurt (love), carrots (love), beets (love), applesauce (love)...actually there's a ton of stuff we've tried that the little chunk has loved. The only thing he won't eat is avacados.

What is on your list? Toast, tofu and chicken is up next. I'm debating on eggs and peanut butter. My mom had an egg allergy as a baby that she grew out of, so my pedi recommended waiting until one year, but I might try them at nine months.

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? Beets and applesauce, kale with cauliflower and broccoli with carrots, and banana.

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? Not yet. see above about the eggs. I think we'll do peanut butter at seven months. I also need to go ahead and do berries. Any recommendations on how to serve strawberries and blue berries?

Any questions? I'll probably have questions after I read other posts

[cloe111479]

Purees or finger foods or both? Mostly puree but she likes to play with the puffs, yogurt melts, and the crispy things. She can't always get them in her mouth, but she likes them.

What foods have you given? everything that comes in a single one. peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, banabas, apples, peaches, prunes...

What is on your list? I'd like her to get a bit better with picking stuff up and making it in her mouth, but i want to try some real chicken, beef, etc.

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? Yeah, we moved to the 2 mixes and she really likes them.

breakfast -- she loves the cereal/oatmeal ones with fruit. her fave being oatmeal with pears and cinnamon.

Lunch -- she just started this week at the sitter and has just done the single veggies or fruit. She loves sweet potatoes.

Dinner -- she usually does one of the mixed ones -- turkey with sweet potato, chicken and apples, chicken with rice. She really liked them all -- but vetoed Chicken noodle. that one is gross and too watery.

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? I haven't yet. I figured we wait until her 9 month appt to check with the doc. I'd like to get her trying peanut butter. Both DH and I love it, so I think she may too.

Any questions?

[PikoPiko]

Purees or finger foods or both?
Purees

What foods have you given?
Carrots, oatmeal, avocado, green beans, spinach, peas, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, butternut squash, apples, pears, bananas, strawberries, plums, peaches, mangos, onions, celery, herbs, parsnips, tomatoes, lentils

What is on your list?
Broccoli, cauliflower, blueberries, rice, pasta, chicken, egg yolk

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing?
Apples, peaches & strawberries
apples, pears & plums
carrots, sweet potatoes & squash
green beans, spinach & sweet potatoes
green beans, peas, spinach in a homemade veggie broth
sweet potatoes, carrots and lentils in veggie broth
minestrone soup
baked sweet potatoes, parsnips and carrots

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting?
Strawberries. he loves it and no rashes.
Celery (I'm allergic to it, he seems to be fine)
Eggs - I'll wait for his 1yr birthday, but I want to touch him with egg whites to check before I cook it.

Any questions?

[aggiebug]

PikoPiko why are you waiting until 1 yr for eggs? Family history?

[PikoPiko]

Sept 23, 2015 14:06:49 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

PikoPiko why are you waiting until 1 yr for eggs? Family history?

We don't have anyone allergic to eggs, but I figure I have some pretty weird allergies, perhaps better to wait.

Our friend intro'ed eggs at 9mos, and the poor little guy was covered in rashes. Now we're all freaked out with our food choices.

[lilyelayne]

Purees or finger foods or both? - finger foods. We did rice cereal twice, but he wasn't really a fan.

What foods have you given? - oh goodness. I've probably forgotten some.
Veggies: broccoli, carrots, zucchini, yellow squash, avocado, sweet potato (baked and steamed and roasted and fried - he likes oven sweet potato fries best), green beans, broccolini, asparagus, cauliflower, snap peas
Fruits: cantaloupe, pineapple, watermelon, lemon, pluot (plum/apricot hybrid)
Starches: tortilla, pizza crust, pizza with cheese & toppings removed, pasta, lo mein, pancake
Meat: chicken, steak, roast beef, pork rib, a tiny bit of ground pork from a tamale but he wasn't ready for that

What is on your list? - ground beef, rice, beans, more fruit.

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? - I guess? I try to offer at least 2 foods at each meal, but no more than 4. Preferably a meat and a veg.

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? - I really want to try eggs. Pedi said to wait until 1 year, but acknowledged that research on food allergies / when to introduce is changing. So right now eggs are off the table, which is a shame cause scrambled eggs would be a great meal for us to share for a quick lunch or breakfast, but I know DH won't want to go against pedi's recommendation.

Any questions? - I just don't know when I'll add a third meal. I try to do lunch and dinner every day. I eat breakfast right after his first nursing session in the AM, and I know he's getting a ton of milk then so he's not in any way hungry. I figure when he's more mobile or drops a nap or something, we'll do a snack? Most of the time now when we offer solids he wants them, whereas even a few weeks ago he only wanted to eat maybe once a day and only ~5 days a week.
He's still nursing 5-7x a day. Of course no idea if the volume of those feedings are changing...

[flyster]

Purees or finger foods or both?
Both. He has gotten pretty good at getting puffs into his mouth. Thats about it so far for finger foods that we have done. Figure once he masters that we will move onto bigger and better things

What foods have you given?
Lots of veggies and fruits. No carbs grains or meats yet. Did a few beans one time.

What is on your list?
Pasta. I want to start meats soon too.

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing?
We've done some veggie/fruit puree mixes. Also he had some chipotle with me once..beans and some guacamole.

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting?
No. I think he has a dairy sensitivity, so holding way off on that. once he gets good at picking things up we will try eggs.

Any questions?
Folks doing meats, are you doing purees or just soft cooked?

[cougarette]

Purees or finger foods or both?
Purees for now. But he really liked using his spoon yesterday, so I think I'm going to try some finger food this weekend.

What foods have you given?
Carrots (loves), peas (meh), green beans (meh), sweet potato (really likes so far)

What is on your list?
Everything else, haha

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing?
Not yet

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting?
I haven't even thought about this yet

Any questions?
Yeah I got one... wtf am I doing? How are you supposed to know what to do here? For something that's supposed to be fun, it sure is overwhelming.

[emilyz320]

Purees or finger foods or both? Purees, puffs, teething crackers, fruits in mesh feeder

What foods have you given? Peaches, pear, banana, Apple, tomato, avocado, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, green beans, grapes (in mesh feeder don't worry), cantelope, apricot

What is on your list? Plums, berries, oatmeal, spinach

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? Not yet but soon

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? I want to try berries, our pedi said to wait on the others. I feel like we will prob try eggs before 1 year.

Any questions? When did you go from 1 meal to 2, and 2 meals to 3? I am afraid of giving her gas. We were thinking about adding on breakfast starting at 7mo (next week).

[flyster]

emilyz320, we were doing 1 meal and then starting to try and feed him after day care. Then daycare said he was milling around the high chairs when some of the other babies were getting a 2nd snack, so we started sending more food. Today he had two meals at day care. In th elast week he has been really interested in us eating, so whenever we eat I try and give him some food, even if its just a little bit. He's almost 8 months and we've been doing solids since 6 months. He's just now getting into the groove I think.

[cougarette]

I've been thinking about sending a little bit to daycare, but I wasn't sure if he's ready for it twice a day yet. We just started last weekend (so about a week and a half). Also, I'm wondering if we're trying at the right time.

Currently I nurse him at 6, then he has solids around 6:30-6:45. He then nurses again for bed around 7:30 or 8. Maybe he hasn't been all that into it because he's just not hungry enough? Like I said, I know it's just for fun, but he doesn't always seem to be having fun. :/

Eta: but that's really the only time we have available to do it due to when I get home from work and when he goes to bed. I know he'd have more opportunity to try food at daycare, but I don't want them having all the fun. I also don't think they would try something brand new, so we'd have to try it at home first.

[mands1125]

We send just breakfast and a snack to daycare. I sent lunch once and they replaced her bottle with the pouch. Nope, nope, nope!

[GeekBeagle]

Purees or finger foods or both? purees

What foods have you given? sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, green beans, apples, peaches

What is on your list? Purchased, but not tried yet: pears, bananas, squash. Want to try, but don't know what to do: meats, puffs, fruit for mesh feeder

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? no

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? no, I want to ask pedi about it

Any questions? I'm with cougarette on not knowing what I'm doing. I had dinner tonight with my friend with a 9 month old that was downing food like it was her job. At the rate we're going, I can't see DS being like that in 2.5 months. He generally fights eating, but the past three nights at dinner he got excited and ate after about 10 minutes of trying, then had no problem. I want to try finger foods, but don't know what to give. When discussing food, the doctor just mentioned purees and I didn't think to ask about anything else.


emilyz320 We just started two meals on Sunday. Pedi said to do 4 different vegetables at dinner (3 days each) then to start giving fruits at breakfast. We've just been doing solids for two weeks now. He still doesn't quite get it, so I don't know if we started a second meal too early. I was hoping that he'd be more excited about eating at a different time of day, but nope.

[lilyelayne]

cougarette doing BLW not purees, but as far as timing... When I first started solids, I'd nurse 15-30 min before offering. He was so uninterested. Now I try to nurse at least an hour to 1.5 hours before solids. Ehhhh don't know how much of his interest is just growing up / getting more coordinated / realizing what food is as opposed to timing change.
However, I'm pretty sure that to DS hungry still means milk, and food is fun/play/yummy. So too hungry and he'd just want me, not solids.
GeekBeagle could you try finger food version of a puree he likes? Steamed carrots or sweet potato?
flyster strips of cooked meat here.

[WittyLittle]

Purees or finger foods or both? primarily purees but he eats pieces of bread (cut up small) as well. I tried giving him a breadstick but he bit it off and had a big piece in his mouth. I panicked and took it out

What foods have you given? We've stuck to basic vegetables, chicken, turkey and beef.

What is on your list? Strawberry, orange, nut-test.

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? He usually only eats combos. His favorite is carrot, chicken and rice Then comes brown beans with beef and potato

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? Going to do a nut-test this weekend because none of us are allergic. Will be cashews first

Any questions? Those of you purreeing (pureeing?) your own meals for LO. Do you just make the meal salt free and add salt for you later, or do you give your LOs salt? I'm on a semi-diet for my kidneys so we eat very little salt anyway, but I was told to keep Jake pretty much salt free for the first year.

[cougarette]

GeekBeagle's comment about trying for 10 minutes reminds me - how am I supposed to know if he's not into it or is just being stubborn?

For several days DS was curling his lips in and turning his head away. After doing that yesterday DH handed him the spoon (with food on it), and after whacking himself in the face, he got it into his mouth and his eyes lit up. Then he took a few more spoonfuls from me.

Yesterday he started out enthusiastically, but then again after a bit was turning his head away. I don't want to associate eating with him being frustrated, though. But at the same time if he's just being stubborn I want to keep trying.

[johanna]

Purees or finger foods or both? Primarily BLW but occasionally if I don't have enough or appropriate fruits or veggies for her I will use a puree.

What foods have you given?
Veggies: broccoli, sweet potato, carrot, zucchini, cucumber, bell peppers, kale, spinach, bok choy, fennel, avocado
Fruit: peach, strawberry, kiwi (LOVES and very easy for her to eat and good for constipation), banana, mango, papaya, watermelon, cantaloupe, plum
Starch: pasta, pizza crust, potato, rice, English muffin, toast
Protein: eggs, yogurt, small tastes of cheddar and goat cheese, ground Turkey, chicken, ground sausage, steak, tilapia, salmon

Other: loves hummus

What is on your list? I want to try peanut butter soon.

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? Ya. I am now pretty much serving her what we are eating with some supplementation.

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? No issues so far. Neither my husband nor I have a personal or family history of food allergies.

Any questions? Not really. She is not that into eating either. She likes to taste and play. She is not really a super hungry baby (never downs her bottles either). I'm not sure when to expect her to pick up with the eating though. I currently tend to feed her breakfast 1 hr after her 1st bottle and give her dinner (trying to give her a bottle approx 1 hr before dinner).

[mishka29]

Purees or finger foods or both?
Purées mostly, started a few things like bread crust and apple slices.

What foods have you given?
Lots of fruits and veggie but still a few more to explore

What is on your list?
Beets, eggs, other chucky foods.

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing?
I make meat and fruit mixes for iron intake. Pork and apples, chicken and nectarines.

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? Umm peanut butter. It was more of an accident since LO grabbed DD1's snack and then shoved her hand in her mouth.

Any questions?
So far we do 2 meals a day and LO loves to eat. Sometimes I worry that my milk isn't enough they way she gobbles down her food in record time.

[GeekBeagle]

lilyelayne Yeah, I might try that after I figure out what he likes. Sweet potatoes could be a possibility.

[taberbtb]

Purees or finger foods or both? Both, but a lot of finger foods. DD is very independent and isn't that into being fed.

What foods have you given? Pretty much everything except broccoli and cauliflower since B is already a gassy baby.

Are you mixing foods yet? Pretty much all the time. Most of what she eats is our food, so it's multiple ingredients anyways.

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? Yes B has scrambled eggs with me for breakfast a couple of mornings a week, and if she eats a cracker or mum-mum I try to make myself feel better about it by spreading it with peanut butter or hummus. Then it's nutritious junk food right? We are waiting for strawberries. I don't know why I think she can eat other high allergen foods but not berries? It's all in my head.

Any questions? How many meals should we be doing a day? Right now we do breakfast and dinner.

[taberbtb]

flyster we are doing soft cooked/shredded meats

GeekBeagle the first finger foods we gave DD were things like banana and toast. Anything you can squish between your thumb and forefinger are soft enough for them to learn with. One of B's favourite foods is avocado on toast strips.

[kartish]

Purees or finger foods or both? Both, mostly purees though [/b]

What foods have you given? I haven't really kept track. I feel bad, we started off with the pediatrician's recommended same food for the days in a row, but we haven't kept with it. I know he has had carrot, zucchini, green beans, squash, apples, rice, avacado, yogurt, Peaches, melons, strawberry some others.

What is on your list? Not sure, I need to go pick up more purees

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? Not mixing yet

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? Pediatrician's recommended was asap, so we have tried eggs, dairy and peanut butter. Just a tiny bit if each at first, then more. No adverse reactions so far. Those were the three the pediatrician mentioned, I don't know if there are others wr should try?

Any questions?

[seamonster]

Purees or finger foods or both?[/b] Both. Mostly purees or mashed foods. MH is still nervous about finger foods so he's just had puffs, bread, and pancake. The bread and pancake freak out MH so those are mommy time foods for now. If it were up to MH DS might be on purees until 15.

What foods have you given? Pretty much everything aside from a few tropical fruits.

What is on your list?Kiwi, eggs, and oranges. Also want to try more finger foods. Maybe after his 8 month appointment.

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing? He eats normal adult meals, just ground up. Salmon, asparagus, and sweet potato or cottage pie or red chile pork and beans (with peas to cool the taste if it got too spicy)

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting? I want to try strawberries again. DS seemed ok the first time, but I want to take those slow. I also want to find a no salt added peanut butter. I've given him tastes of peanut butter and he likes it, but regular peanut butter has too much salt.

Any questions? Not right now. One comment, self feeder with frozen milk or fruit is great for teething babies. He hates frozen teething toys but goes to town on his Popsicles.

[tortor4]

Purees or finger foods or both: mostly purees but she's had puffs and we've tried one or two finger foods
What foods have you given: pretty much all the fruits and veggies gerber has. I was making purees myself but DD likes the gerber ones way better. Figures lol.
What is on your list: meats, but for some reason the thought of puréed meat grosses me out so I've been putting it off.
Are you mixing foods yet? If so, what combos are you doing? Yeah, any of the gerber second stage mixes.
Have you tried any high allergy food yet? Not yet. I'm sure we'll talk about it at her 9 month pedi appointment.
Any questions? Yes! So for finger foods, am I supposed to be giving them to her in tiny bite sized pieces or long stick like shapes for her to hold? We tried a long slice of banana and she just bit off a huge chunk and started really gagging. I know gagging and choking are different, but DH and I both panicked and took it out. Help! No clue what I'm doing lol

[duckker]

Purees or finger foods or both? Both. Started w finger foods at home, switched to purees to check foods for daycare. Now she has our food at dinner and purees at daycare.

What foods have you given? Lurd. Avocado, green beans, broccoli, sweet potato, carrots, celery, bell peppers, peas, applesauce, pears, grapes, banana, peaches, mango, brown rice, oatmeal, gf toast, yogurt, cottage cheese, chicken, pork. Stuff I'm forgetting. This week she had chicken white bean and kale soup and HOUSED it.

What is on your list?
Everything else except honey. Scrambled eggs this weekend. Was nervous, but my IBCLC sister said to just wipe potential allergens on her upper lip and wait ten mins to see if there is a topical reaction. And my ped is pro try it all. So here goes!

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing?
With purees I would just kind of throw two or three cubes in a bowl. I used sweet potatoes to introduce new foods and cauliflower/greek yogurt as a base for spices. Now she's just having our dinner, so lots of mixing.

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? If now when do you plan on starting?
Peanut butter by accident (DH), went fine. Is it bad that I can't really remember the others? We don't have any wheat stuff in the house because I'm allergic, but I'm going to try a little something when we are out w her. Is it bad that I'm not sure what the other allergens are?

Any questions?

For people doing BLW and finger foods, at what point did/will you have daycare do the same? She's got a ton of purees in the freezer so I'm in no rush. But I'd love to hear what everyone's up to.

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Sept 25, 2015 6:14:52 GMT -5 tortor4 said:

Any questions? Yes! So for finger foods, am I supposed to be giving them to her in tiny bite sized pieces or long stick like shapes for her to hold? We tried a long slice of banana and she just bit off a huge chunk and started really gagging. I know gagging and choking are different, but DH and I both panicked and took it out. Help! No clue what I'm doing lol

^^this is my question too.

[kerrigrooves]

Purees or finger foods or both?
Purées mostly. He loves puffs but cant really figure out the others, he spits it out

What foods have you given?
most fruits and veggies and meat in the pouch form

What is on your list?
meat and chunky purees. More finger foods

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing?
Yes, a lot of the plum and sprout pouch combos

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? Strawberry seems fine. Im allergic to peanuts so Im waiting til 9 mo. He's also got eczema so I need to watch his skin

Any questions?
When I offer purees, he loves them and eats a lot but then I try to offer bottle an hour later and he doesnt finish it (about 1/2) so I dont want to replace formula with food. What is your spacing like?

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Sept 28, 2015 14:05:00 GMT -5 kerrigrooves said:

Purees or finger foods or both?
Purées mostly. He loves puffs but cant really figure out the others, he spits it out

What foods have you given?
most fruits and veggies and meat in the pouch form

What is on your list?
meat and chunky purees. More finger foods

Are you mixing foods yet? If so what combos are you doing?
Yes, a lot of the plum and sprout pouch combos

Have you tried any high allergy foods yet? If so how is it going? Strawberry seems fine. Im allergic to peanuts so Im waiting til 9 mo. He's also got eczema so I need to watch his skin

Any questions?
When I offer purees, he loves them and eats a lot but then I try to offer bottle an hour later and he doesnt finish it (about 1/2) so I dont want to replace formula with food. What is your spacing like?

I'm nursing, but I usually offer solids 30-45 minutes (no more than an hour) after nursing. Then I offer to nurse again when she would have had we not done the solids. Sometimes that means she's not as hungry, so the nursing gets pushed back, but so far this way doesn't replace the amount of milk she's getting, it just may extend the time between two nursings once or twice a day. If that makes sense.