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Would Really love some Advice here if you have time??
« on: August 26, 2006, 09:07:40 am »
I would really love some advice and feed back here if you have time please??

My Ds is 8months old,and would like to try and add more variety to what he is eating right now.I have to make sure he is use to having home made food and jar food as we areflying soon,and he will be on jar food when we arrive until the jet lag has disappeared..

This is what he is eating now,so if you could give some more ideas it would be very much appreciated.

Breakfast.

Baby cereal and baby cereal with fruit already mixed into it.
Have got weet-bix to try but haven't got around to it,as when we buy formula we get baby cereal free with it now,so trying to use it all up first.

Lunch

pear&banana
apple&pear
banana&kiwi
apple,pear&banana
mixed fruit(jar food)

Snacks
plain yogurt
banana&yogurt(this isn't cold)
apple,pineapple,banana&cereals

Tea
mixed veggies&potato
pumpkin&potato
carrot,peas&potato
pumpkin,potato,peas&carrot
mixed veggies&chicken(in a jar)

I have tried him on chicken with some of the above and he liked it then he was sick and wouldn´t eat the chicken but is better now and will be trying it tonight.

Our main problem is DH is an athlete so we normally only eat plain food,like chicken,steak,mince,fish,roast with either salad or veggies,so we don't have meals so to speak made up.DH is having lentils in a pressure cooked,would DS be old enough to have it like that?

Any feed back or advice you have I would really appreciate it.

Thank you

Andrea...



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Re: Would Really love some Advice here if you have time??
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2006, 13:38:15 pm »
You're "plain" food is great, much healthier than the average mixed, prepared food. I eat "plain" food as well as my dd has a milk protein allergy and she's bf. It makes it easier when you start feeding more solid table food, don't have to worry about the salt and sugar added in prepared food as you control it yourself.

I started to give dd protein at 8 mths (as suggested by our ped), I give her beans, meat, chickpeas, (lentils). The beans or chickpeas I puree on their own. I actually do most veggies on their own as well (then cube and freeze) this way I select 2-3 items to mix together for new flavours ie. chicken and mango, chickpeas and spinach, etc. I've also added pasta, I found one that is in very tiny star shapes that doesn't have to be blended or cut up, in addition we've done rice. My ped (and the local bfing clinic) told us to give cereal for breakfast and dinner (to total about 10 tbsps in a day) so that dd gets her required iron, they said they often see babies low in iron but if your lo is ff then he may already be getting enough.

Other items I've done (in addition to the ones you've done) are mango, peaches, avacodo (very high cals and nutrients), blueberries, zuchini, spinach, green beans, turkey, beef, boiled egg yolk, yams, orange pepper, tomatoes (dd loves the peppers with tomatoes and pasta). One thing my ped said was to avoid the jars of mixed food with meat and opt for the jars of just meat because there isn't enough protein in the mixed jars- there's so much filler instead. I do jars when we go away weekends so I had asked about jarred food.

So, basically, we do-
breakfast- cereal and I add 2 tbsps fruit
lunch- protein 2 tbsps, veggie 2 tbsps, starch food 1 tbsp (I do potatoes, yams, pasta, or rice here)
dinner- cereal and I add 2 tbsps fruit or veggie
1-2 snacks if needed could be yogurt or cheese based (my dd's are bf snacks due to her allergy)
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Re: Would Really love some Advice here if you have time??
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2006, 09:04:42 am »
Hi!!

Thanks for that...

We have tried avocado but his is allergic to it.Tried him on bread yesterday and he just looked at it an played with it in his hand.The same with some banana,so think he might not be ready for finger food.

I did chicken up last night with his veggies,had to be pureed up so to speak and he had no trouble with it at all,so will keep him on that for one week and then try something new.

Think will try pasta next,would you try it with a sauce and mince or in veggies?

When you do the eggs,what do you do it with?

One thing I find here the supermarket I go to doesn't have a big variety of fruit and veggies,so I don't want to have to drive 20Min's all the time to another one if i am not going there.The one that is 20Min's away is where i can get pimpkin from.

Thank you For your advice...

Andrea...



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Re: Would Really love some Advice here if you have time??
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2006, 09:21:17 am »
DS loves the pasta and ham in tomato sauce... But if he is already allergic to avocado I would maybe wait with the tomatos as well... dunno... it is a common allergen.

He also loves shepherd's pie and everything with pork.

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Re: Would Really love some Advice here if you have time??
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2006, 21:25:41 pm »
Hi Andrea,

I just hard boiled the eggs and gave the yolk mashed up. The whites shouldn't be given until after 12 mths, higher possibility of allergy w/ los. For the pasta I first sauteed orange pepper and tomatoes with parsley (all finely chopped) and added it to the pasta. I also did pasta with spinach (steamed), I do pasta with veggies, haven't done sauce yet as I don't want to give sugar or salt and am not about to make my own sauce!

You don't need a huge variety of fruits/veggies as you can blend and mix individual ones for new tastes and textures, I don't think they'll know they're really eating the same things over again ;).
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