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firefightermama -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/13/2008 2:03:41 PM)

Amber, I went from jarred baby food to my own baby food, and Chase gagged on it too. It was definitely a texture thing. I needed him to eat my homemade food though, because at the time we couldn't really afford to buy enough of the jarred food.

Anyway, when I realized that he didn't like it (for whatever reason...taste, texture) I started adding a bit of the beans to his plain cereal, and then a little more each day. Now he takes my homemade stuff no problem.

We also give him food off our plates, whatever we're having, I just give lots of bites. Potatoes, cooked veggies, cheese, ground beef etc.

Have you tried Cheerios? ...to get him used to "chewing" and not so smooth textures?



JoyfulLady -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/13/2008 5:16:51 PM)

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When you brown your ground beef just set some aside for him. His pincher grasp may not be real good yet, but it will give him a chance to practice. I would just put it on his tray and let him have at it.


His pincher grasp is really pretty good, so I'll start trying that. I definitely want to start getting him to eat stuff with texture so he gets used to the whole "chewing" thing.

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Anyway, when I realized that he didn't like it (for whatever reason...taste, texture) I started adding a bit of the beans to his plain cereal, and then a little more each day.


My MIL mentioned the same thing to me last night. [:)] I think it may be worth a shot.



nicole6598 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/13/2008 10:14:58 PM)

Cheerios are a bit high in sugar really for only 7 months of age I would think. That's what our health nurses here say anyway.

Amber what are "biscuits" you said you eat those as a side. Here biscuits are sweet :)

I think it was Ryanne who said just mash the table food with a fork, that's what we do. Nath only had pureed stuff for a few months then went onto lumps. They need to move onto mashed and soft lumps so they can learn how to chew etc. Seeing as he has been on solids for 3 months now you could probably try mashed stuff now.

So if you are eating steak (we eat lamb chops) then we would have mashed potato, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and pumpkin. You could cut the steak into tiny tiny pieces and mash the rest of the vegies together and stir in the meat. Same with chicken. With casseroles I do the same thing, he has only moved on to eating small bits of pasta with casserole, before he would eat his casserole with mashed potato or rice.



PrincessDonna -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/13/2008 10:17:01 PM)

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Cheerios are a bit high in sugar really for only 7 months of age I would think. That's what our health nurses here say anyway.


Are Cheerios the same there? That sounds odd to me. It's often a first self-feed food here, and one that WIC will pay for...and they don't pay for sugary cereal.



Mrs.Wifey -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/13/2008 10:24:26 PM)

I think Cheerios and Kix are the like the least sugary cereals here...



nicole6598 -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/14/2008 6:54:11 PM)

Well your Cheerios look the same, but I did see that there are some different types like frosted and honey, so maybe she meant those ones? or maybe ours do have more sugar here.



PrincessDonna -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/14/2008 6:57:15 PM)

We do also have frosted, honey, apple cinnamon, and other kinds of Cheerios. When people talk about giving them to babies, they are *usually* talking about the plain ones. I can't even eat the plain ones without putting brown sugar on them.[:'(]



MamaMilty -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/15/2008 8:42:56 AM)

Not me, I love the plain ones best! [:D]



JoyfulLady -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/15/2008 4:10:54 PM)

Yeah, I've only heard of giving plain unsweetened ones to babies.
And biscuits are just basically bread in a different shape, lol. They're not sweet unless you put honey or jam on them. [:)]

Last night, we had smoked chicken. I gave him some teeny, tiny pieces of that and he acted like he really liked it. He really chewed on it for a long time. I also gave him some tiny little piece of bread. He again wanted nothing to do with the cooked green bean....think it's safe to say he doesn't like beans! [:D]



locomom -> RE: Feeding solids....help (7/18/2008 1:04:04 AM)

You might try making mashed sweet potato. After cooking it is very soft if you buy smaller potatoes. You can add cereal to it and formula to dilute it. My daughter didn't like what came in the baby food jars, so we just minced, mashed, pureed, etc. Mostly I did it with a knife and fork. However, my daughter started solid foods at 9-10 months, because she had been on antibiotics which gave her diarrhea. At around 1 year, my dd refused to let us feed her, so we cubed, and chopped for little fingers.



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