Baby Led Weaning Support Thread - Part 10

[amayzie]

http://crunchyprogressiveparenting.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/homemade-yogurt-its-awesome-and-easy.html

Blog entry by Deb for making yoghurt at home...

[beckygatt]

I could give her some pear but I worry its not filling enough for lunch... Any veggies for constipation?

[creations]

satsuma/clemantine/oranges move DS rather too much, I have to limit him to a couple of small segments which he shouts about because he loves them!
Also if DS is a little firm I avoid carrots and sweet potato for a few days, they really firm him up which is useful to know when he needs that!

[amayzie]

Seen this?

http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/constip.htm

[*Ali*]

Peas and sweetcorn go through pretty well Becky. And mushrooms.

I could be wrong but I thought dairy such as yoghurt was constipating no?

Colby had cream of mushroom soup yesterday and he loved it. We had to help him with the spoon but he ate a food 4tblspoons of it. And the mushroom chunks came out whole the other end in his morning poop. Which wasn't until 8.30 this morning rather than his previously favoured 5.30.

We tried fried egg white with bread and police oil spread with the egg yolk spread on it. It wasn't such a hit tbh. He seemed pretty frustrated. 

[amayzie]

police oil? Is that peanut oil?

[londonlady]

I was just wondering the same thing!!

[beckygatt]

Thanks will try some of those things!

Is runny egg yolk ok to give before 1year?

[amayzie]

No- i've read well cooked egg till 12 months.

[creations]

I think it's advised not to give runny yolk before a year.  I think it's a salmonella risk?  But in the UK there are lion marked eggs showing the hens are vaccinated against salmonella so I would expect the risk to be much lower with those eggs.  I still fully cooked eggs up to 12 months though as I'm a bit of a rule follower

DS really liked hard boiled eggs and fritatas (whisk egg dash of milk, put in a ramekin with grated cheese, a few veg, shove in the oven until well risen and cooked through, like a quiche but without pastry) and would eat an entire egg that way, but after a while he went off well cooked egg and wouldn't eat any sort.  He will now eat a runny yolk (14 months no though) but not too much white.

[amayzie]

I still fully cooked eggs up to 12 months though as I'm a bit of a rule follower

I never would have guessed!! (i'm so a rule follower too... as you probably already know!!) Interesting about the lion brand eggs though!

[brookmom]

this has not been a good food day in our house! I made baby pancakes - she liked to grab them but couldn't seem to get anywhere with them! Lunch was chicken fingers, which she wasn't interested and I tried to give her a piece of red pepper which she got mad about as it was raw and too hard!

hoping the chicken patties i am making for dinner will go over better! Somedays it seems like there is not a lot going in and its hard when she refuses anything off of a spoon!!! Eeek!

[beckygatt]

Brookmum, how old is she? It will get better really quickly but it can be frustrating at first! Sophia eats huge meals now but when she started hardly anything went down at all.

[brookmom]

hi - she is 8 months next week.....no teeth at all either!!!

[Fiver]

Yoghurts - I've been really naughty this time and give DD the children's ones as I'm getting them for DS anyway.  I figure they're quite small and she only has 1 per day so the sugar content probably balances out as she's not having much else with refined sugar in it.

Runny eggs - I think you're meant to hold off on them until something bizarre like 5 YEARS, but can't remember where I saw it or why.  DD hasn't really had much in the way of egg (apart from omelette), but I've been giving DS runny eggs for the last few years and he's still with us   Like I said, not sure of the reasoning and with the lion mark they should be salmonella free anyway if that's the issue.

I imagine police oil was meant to be olive oil, btw!