baby food vs table food

Coleen - posted on 04/19/2009

The only things that are right off limits are honey, egg whites, and nuts. Try to keep it simple-easy on the salt, sugar, fat, etc. I feed our little one the same things the rest of us are eating. Diane: start mixing things she likes with other foods to slowly expand her tastes. It sometimes can take 10+ tries before a new food is accepted so don't give up too quickly. Also, try experimenting with textures. She is old enough to chew bits of food and she may prefer to feed herself. Believe me, you want to try to get her to eat a wide variety now (even things you don't like!) or you will have a picky eater on your hands. Keep on trying.

Dianne - posted on 04/19/2009

My girl is 8 months on the 28th of April. She only eats purity butternut or carrot. She doesn't want to eat any home cooked food or any other veggie or meat purity. She's keen on any fruits though. Any help on that would be apretiated.

Kayla - posted on 04/19/2009

Oh geeze...I dunno about that! The only thing we watch with our son is salt intake because he has a heart defect! I know they aren't supposed to have honey until they're a year old. Or eggs (they can have the yolk, but not the white) until a year because so many kids have egg allergies. We tried Oliver eating the whole egg and he did just fine with it, so he gets all the goodies!

Crystal - posted on 04/19/2009

my next question would be, what table food is not ok for him to eat?

Kayla - posted on 04/19/2009

We feed our son table food! The only baby food he'll eat is prunes, which is something I find quite odd! I don't see anything wrong with it!

Crystal - posted on 04/19/2009

thanks, i think i did forget that i was the one incharge of what he ate! i got caught up in worrying if he was eating enough, but he will when he gets hungry enough.

Coleen - posted on 04/18/2009

He is going to like table food more than baby food. It tastes better! My little one is 8 mos and she will take some baby food but she prefers table food most of the time. What I do is put some meat, veggies, and starch (pasta, potatoes, rice, etc.) in the food processer and chop it until it is a little chunky. You always end up making more than you need for that one meal so freeze the leftovers in ice cube trays so you have some when the grown ups are eating something not so baby friendly. Remember one thing...It is your job to decide when and what he eats but it is his decision to eat or not. That is very hard to do sometimes, I know. Keep offering him food and he will slowly eat more and more solids. Relax, you're doing fine.