Finger foods at 7 months?

[Livingmom]

My lo is almost 7 months old and has been introduced to almost all of gerber stage 1 foods. My doctor mentioned finger foods at our 6 month appointment and I have read a little about it in the baby books,
I have given Zoey some little puffs and ripe banana to play with in her high chair--just to see what she does--she doesn't seem to enjoyit at all.

I am just curious as to what type of finger foods your babies are eating and do they lilke them?

[jessica and emilys mummy]

Both of mine loved the baby breadsticks,they're shorter and fatter than normal breadsticks so won't choke,also marmite sandwiches,soldiers,diced mangoes,we get rusk biscuits here,they look like bonios (dog biscuits shaped like bones) and are easy to grip.
If you're going to try carrot,boil it to soften first (sorry if this is common sense but I didn't know this and nearly choked dd :roll:  :oops: )
HTH

[tylersmommy]

When we first started, Tyler really liked cheerios and gerber puffs. It took him until 9 mo before he even tried to pick them up, much less eat them. :roll: In the meantime, I'd keep some out on the tray for him to explore, and I'd feed them to him with my fingers. Once he was able to pick those up and get them in his mouth, we moved on to steamed broccoli (his favorite), squished peas, steamed carrot, and soft fruit bits coated in baby cereal (made it less slippery). Don't worry if she isn't interested yet, 7 mo is still pretty young...she'll catch on when she's ready!

[cwolff]

My DD doesn't like a lot of textures, and kind of gags when I try to give stuff like mashed potatoes, which are a totally different texture to her normal purees.  But, I do give her hard cooked egg yolk mixed with her veggies 2-3 times a week.  It blends really well with it, but also I think I'm going to do it as a first finger food.  It's not as dense as some of the other finger foods, even such as bananas.  I know that those puffs things melt in their mouths, so to speak, but they do require that the baby know how to at least do the chewing motions.  I'm not sure mine does, so I'm waiting on them too.  I really wouldn't worry too much about finger foods yet, because the pincer grasp develops later and that's what they need to pick up tiny finger foods.  Plus, you want her to enjoy her foods, and if she's not than there's no hurry to force her.

[Hubbafer]

My son loves the baby Farley cookies (broken up) and I've been giving him the Baby Mum Mum rice cookies too.... he has been shown cheerios (picks them up) but doesn't have the knack for putting them IN his mouth.... rather tosses them to the floor and giggles!

[ambersmum]

I've tried toast fingers, grated cheese, rice cakes( a favourite) and I've made my own cheese straws, which she loves and so does her dad so I have to hide them from him! :oops:

DD is nearly 9 months and only just getting the idea. They'll do it when they're ready.

[cookie cookie]

DD started with Baby Mum Mum rice rusks and loved them. They're great. Melt in her mouth immediately. From there we went to bananas and avocado. Both of these she loves. Then we started cheerios/nutrios. She loves them too. She is now 9 1/2 months and is eating lots of steamed veggies like broccoli, peas, corn, green beans, asparagus... anything that gets soft when steamed. And she now eats very ripe pieces of pear and melon. Oh yeah, she also eats plain unsalted soda crackers. I waited until about 8 months to start her on those but she did great with them. Hope some of this helps. Sydnee's Mom.