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If she seems hungry, maybe make those two meals just a little bigger. Myles eats 1/4 – 1/2 cup of cereal and 1 stage 1 jar of food for his two meals.
Also, I think it would be fine to add a noon meal as long as she is still drinking an adequate amt. of formula. At her age the formula is still more important than the solids, especially because of the fat it provides for her brain development which is ongoing until age 2. I’m pretty sure my girls were eating three meals at 9 months, and 3-4 bottles.
That’s great that she has a healthy appetite! Is she interested in table food yet? If so, I think cheerios would be fine. I gave Liza and Ellie puffed wheat at this age and they loved it. They dissolve quickly so they are great for toothless babies.
I wish I had more food suggestions for you, but my babies were not MSPI, so there were a lot more options at this age like yogurt, cottage cheese, etc. Hopefully other moms will have more suggestions for you.
Hi Karen
Glad to see things are going so well with the solids. We are having some sucess here too! Chicken can be started from 7 months so you shoud be able to start on that. To start off with I just boiled up some chicken pieces until they were cooked and soft, and then chopped them up with the hand blender with some of the water that I cooked them in so it was like a puree. If chicken is ok, then you can try lamb.
Have you tried sweetcorn? Once corn is tolerated then you can try lots of different things. Maize cornflour can be used in cooking, you can make custard out of formula, you can cook corn pasta spirals, corn cakes etc.
If you want to try a different grain, you could try buckwheat, millet or Amaranth. I have to go to a specialist health food store for those, not sure if you can get them at a regular grocery store.
As far as finger foods go, at the moment we give Tyler, steamed carrot sticks, potato pieces or french fries, sweet potato pieces etc. You could steam or microwave some pieces of apple or pear so they are soft but still hard enough that Marissa can hold in her hand. Tyler hates eating off a spoon at the moment, he wants to eat everything with his hands, it is so messy.
We are also trying to find the right mix between solids and formula. The doctors want him to have 28oz per day plus solids and he just wont have that much. My daughter finished with bottles at 12 months and I feel like Tyler eats almost as much as she did so why should he still have to have so much formula? I know he doesnt eat any dairy so we have to compensate for that, but it is difficult to find the right mix.
Good luck
Karen ~ We were pretty much in the same boat as far as solids vs formula. There came a point where Hailey would not take in any more formula regardless of the solids she ate. We added in a third meal at the same age. Luckily, after a couple of rocky months of vomitting because of textures – Hailey picked right up on solids. At Marisa’s age, Hailey was basically on the same diet – she didn’t tolerate sweet potatoes or peas until about 10 months though but other than that all was fine. We started jarred meats at about 8-9 months. Hailey LOVED them. I had better luck with the “yucky” plain ones that Gerber makes. She really liked them and it was good because a little jar was a good amount of calories. Have fun!!!
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