Ideas for breakfast (no milk/dairy)

Tracy, glad to hear that Ian’s feeding himself well. What about pancakes and/or waffles for breakfast. You can make the pancakes yourself and add all kinds of things to them like fruit etc. Then for a spread/dip, you can use fruit puree, apple sauce, or jam. Homemade carrot muffins or blueberry were also big hits with Sarah. We also would do avocado or banana.

As for the spoon, I wouldn’t worry. It’s normal for them to be control freaks and to want to do it themselves, even if they can’t control it at all and just end up getting it everywhere BUT in their mouths. The more they practice, they somehow just figure it out with time.

Good to hear from you.

If eggs are ok you can maybe make french toast. When I make french toast or pancakes I make tons of them and freeze them in idividual servings. That makes a quick breakfast the next morning. I never give them syrup though. I usually put a small amt of jam on their pancakes/waffles/french toast. They love it and it’s healthier than syrup.

How about toast with almond butter and jam? (Good source of fat and very yummy).

Maybe whole grain muffins. Hard to find here but I bet you can find them where you live.

Berries are so healthy and they really are an acquired taste, so I gave them to my kids very young. I never heard about the choking on seeds thing. Melons are also an acquired taste. If they don’t eat them early on they probably won’t like them, so maybe try some cantaloupe or honeydew.

As for the spoon, Liza and Ellie both went throug that too, where they wouldn’t let me feed them by spoon anymore. I used to put some purees or yogurt or whatever into a small bowl and give them a spoon of their own, and like Jill said, I’d have a spoon, too. I’d sneak some bites in as they was trying her own spoon or eating finger foods. Eventually they learned to self-feed and also gave up the power struggle with the spoon so I could feed them easily and they could also feed themselves.

That’s great that he’s eating so well.

At that age, Seth loved mini muffins. You can buy several mixes that are dairy free and bake with either rice or soy milk. We liked the blueberry and cinnamon ones. I would make a batch and freeze them.

We’d also do a lot of different dry cereals.

Mom2Seth2006-10-2 11:1:56

Cherry jam….YUMMY. I’ll have to look for that.

We used to do the double spoon thing with Kaelyn as well. She was a control freak about her spoon, but as long as she had one we could often sneak a few bites in. I still add blackstrap molasses to her pancake and muffin mixes to sneak in some calcium and iron. We also add it to her oatmeal. I just add a little bit so it doesn’t really make much difference in the taste. Around that age she loved scrambled eggs. Even with all of her other allergy issues, the eggs were fine.

you can make pancakes out of muffin mix that does not have milk in them. just add an egg along with water or soymilk. what about apple sause with the mixed fruit in it? in most stores you can get it with out extra sugar.