solids help…again

[Anonymous]

Natalia

We started out with brought baby food- I am absolutely the worst cook-seriously!. Well once alana started daycare and got the taste of the real thing…no more eating canned food. So I had no choice and started doing my own at home…she now eats like a trooper…occasionally she turns up her nose but not often. I’m kind of proud of myself each weekend for not burning the veges (yes I have done that before). I also buy tinned fruit (no added sugar in juces) and mash this so I don’t have to cook the fruit myself (yes I have burned pots doing this myself). Have you tried watermelon…letting him chew on a little bit left on the rusk…Alana loves it and goes nuts when she finishes it. Sultanas as finger food. Avacado…it took maybe 5 goes but know she loves it (and it is so full of goodness). I have just started toast (found some no soy or milk powder) and she loves that to (thanks again Lauren)

It is soooo an adventure

We have done chicken and lamb…the chicken being the most popular. I just finely chop it and mix it with veges…she loves to “chew” on it!

[Anonymous]

thanks everyone…i am using beechnut baby food brand.

i am still looking for bread without soy in it to make toast with avacado.

and for some reason i am nervous about the whole meat issue, i dont know why, im worried it would be hard for an MSPI reflux baby to digest?

also, the fact that he couldnt even tolerate carrots gets me worried…so i really dont know what foods to try..i am thinking about potatoes, i think we may be safe with those.

i will have to wait with the watermelon until summer…i havent seen any around here cause its the middle of winter..

also, are things like berries okay? i heard berries are a big allergen and to avoid them before a year old?

[Anonymous]

Oh bugger, it is summer here. I have also heard that berries have a higher allergen factor and haven’t given them a whirl. I can udenrstand being nervous about the meat thing and Alana is only mildly intolerant to milk protein I think…but chicken might be worth a try…maybe some free range that you cook up yourself so you know exactly whats in it.

Have you done sweet potato…probably. Alana was not a big fan of normal potato (neirther am I unless it is deep fried as a chip…which she did have a go at one night-naughty daddy-and loved!). Mango…Alana loves mushy mango. Kiwi fruit—might be a summer thing but Alana seems to like that as well.

I kind of find the whole solids thing exciting in a weird way…I am even trying some new things

[Anonymous]

Natalia, can you get a blender, hand blender, or magic bullet and make your own baby foods? It’s so easy and tastes really yummy. I did it with Sarah, but got frustrated that Hailey wouldn’t eat anything, and eventually we skipped the spoon feeding stage altogether, but that’s another issue.

If you’re able to try to make some on your own (which is super easy and then you know exactly what’s in it) then you can start with straightforward ones like, butternut squash (which most kids love), sweet potato (yum!), avacado, and you can boil your own meats, like chicken, beef etc. Then based on what he likes you can make your own combinations like potato and chicken, etc.

The great thing about making it yourself other than the obvious, is that you can play around with the texture. You can add more water to make it thinner, or keep it thicker, or chunkier based on what he likes and does the best with. The thing I don’t like about mashing foods for kids with feeding issues, reflux, gagging or whatever, is that the texture is inconsistent. That means that one bite may be thick, the other thin, one smooth, the other with a lump, and that can be confusing or even scary to kids who are apprehensive about eating.

You said that he loves cherios, and it’s probably because of the hard texture. Some people say that hard textures give more feedback and control in the mouth then mushy textures that slip all over the place and are harder to maneuvre. Of course that depends on the baby- some babies are the other way around.

The magic bullet is great for baby food making if you have one! We borrowed one, but as I said, we skipped that stage with Hailey.

As for fruit, I would personally stay away from berries. Our ped said they were okay and we’ve given them to Hailey. In fact, she used to go nuts for strawberries (by her standards). We’ve more recently noticed an association between berries and reflux and nightwakings with her, and funny thing is that she might have noticed it too, because she suddenly stopped eating the berries.

Good luck, and try not to get discouraged. Some kids take longer to get the hang of it then others.

[hellbennt]

steam some apple slices & coat them in cheerio crumbs/crushed cheerios

why are cheerios so magical?

Ari won’t eat purees either & he’s not mspi or refluxer…it’s so weird for me bcse Joanh was a & gobbled up everything!!!- I mainly made my own babyfood, but he’d go right through a jar, mashed stuff, you name it…this kid (ari) is freaking me out (just a bit, but I know he’s still young, 7 months, and we’ve got time)- just goes to show each baby is different!!

at 9 months you can start w/ proteins like chicken (buy free range or kosher and boil it up and then put tiny pieces on the tray) & beans- I agree that meat seems like it’d be harder to digest…

here’s ari eating (nibbling) a banana – see the cheerios?lol

[Anonymous]

Laura, Ari is so cute! Such a big boy already!

About meat, for Sarah, I always used to like to get a Kosher chicken and boil it up in a soup (with carrots, potatoes, whatever). Then it comes out SO tender, and you can blend it up alone or with whatever vegetables you put in the soup. You use the soup itself to pour back into the puree to thin it out.

[Anonymous]

That’s a good idea, Lori. I should try that. My kids are not as fond of chicken as they used to be. Maybe they’d like it better if it was more tender and juicy like it is when it’s cooked in a soup. I’m going to make a big pot this weekend so I’ll be sure to add some chicken and see how it flies with my little conoisseurs!

[Anonymous]

i have a question..

is the chicken nuggets o.k for them? i found some organic ones that are gluten free @ the natural food store.. they are for kids ..and you bake them. i gave one to shane last night and he ate it while walking around in his walker.. the whole thing! but i didnt know if its o.k for him to digest .. and if any of you guys have done them this early.

[Anonymous]

Organic Chicken nuggets??? Oh, how I wish I could find things like that in small town America!

I’d just make sure they don’t contain tons of sodium or hydrogenated oils. Otherwise I think they’d be fine.

[Anonymous]

yep they are right around the corner from my house! its kind of like wild oats.. if you know what that is.. or whole foods market.

its great.. and has soo many foods for kids and people that cant do milk&soy

[Anonymous]

Lauren – You’re so lucky to live so close to the health food store!! That’s fantastic that he liked the chicken nuggets! What are they called? MAYBE I could find something like that around here. I’m with ya Christine…small town America….

It’s funny that I pay NO attention to what goes in my own body but I’m such a fanatic about Sarah…I wonder how long that will last???

[Anonymous]

I could probably read more closely and find out for myself, but I’ll take the easy route…I’ve been reading all about this “avocado and toast” thing. How do I find/make the avocado? Is it already prepared for putting on toast, etc?

[Anonymous]

well i just buy an avocado.. and cut it in half.. scoop out the inside and spread it on toast!! i dont toast it all the way maybe 3/4 of the way.. and spread it on fast so that it melt on it.. and makes it soft… than i cut it in squares and he holds it and loves it. he wouldnt eat the avocado by itself.. only this way.

[Anonymous]

Ditto, thats what I do. I have a new found love of avacado…so Alana gets a thin spread and I get a thick spread (you know “are you going to have toast with that avacado!!”). Lauren, Alana wouldn’t eat the avacado either…at first…but mean mummy kept trying…it being a “superfood” and all…and know I can get a tablespoon into her

The soup idea is a great one…I have just been roasting mine in the oven…but this way i get some nice soup as well. Great because it will be winter soon.

[hellbennt]

avocados are ripe when they feel soft, lol- just in case- you did ask about them

I looove avocados! I craved them while pregnant w/ Jonah and he loves them, too

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