What your 7 month old eats?

Anna - posted on 04/13/2012

My 7 month old daughter started eating solids last month. I feed her 3 meals of solids followed by her formula every 4 hours as well. I first started out with rice for each feeing as well, then oatmeal for a week or two at a time before I started her on vegetables and fruit, which is preferred by her pediatrician and a very informational book entitled "What To Expect The First Year", as well as online. I do feed her her bottle only in the evenings before she goes to bed and like your son she sleeps all night and wakes up on her own in the morning. I feed her rice or oatmeal for breakfast and a variety of fruits and vegetables for lunch and dinner. she eats green beans, peas, carrots,sweet potatos, and a garden blend for her vegatables, and bananas or apples for her sweets. Her favorite is green beans. I have heard about how some mothers feed thier babies mashed potatos but i am afraid that it would be hard on her stopmach. I am going to ask her doctor about it as her next well baby check up. One thing that concerns me the most is that she has not gained a significant amount of weight since birth and since she has been on solids she has a bowl movement ony a few minutes later which makes me worried that noe of her food is getting digested (anotherthing I am going to ask her ped. about). I hope this helps for your little one. BTW, how long after he eats does he have a BM? Best wishes!

Danielle - posted on 04/11/2012

give him sweet potatos that are mashed betty croker makes them

Eve - posted on 09/10/2010

My 8 month old hass been eating Earths Best organic baby food since he was 5 months. They have country dinners and etc.. . He loves it and honestly I do too. . I tried it and it tastes SOOO much better than that othe rcrap out there

Cheyenne - posted on 09/10/2010

my son doesnt have a set feeding. i feed him formula mostly. but he also gets pureed fruits and a little veggies. and sometimes i give him mashed potatoes(without salt or butter), some grapes, and he just started eating teething biscuts.(he has 2 teeth). you can pretty much give him anything if u puree it.

Kelly - posted on 09/07/2010

I feed my lil girl anything off my plate that is soft enough for her she likes avacados, mashed potatoes, and all the gerber finger foods, My duaghter doesnt have any teeth so i give her real soft or easy to disolve foods

Joanne - posted on 09/06/2010

my little girl is 7mths old and im still breastfeedin so she has that when she wants it but she also has, her breakfast of any normal cereal eg sugar puffs, rice crispies. for dinner she has a ham sandwich cut into little pieces and then a yoghurt. for tea she has same food as us i just cut it up smaller. i dont puree her food as she wont eat it like this. she manages to eat it all wivout any teeth too

Natalie - posted on 09/06/2010

my little man is currently having 2 bottles a day and 5 feeds! he has some sort of cereal for breakfast (weetbix, porridge etc), yoghurt for morning tea, meat veg and pasta that i cook for lunch, custard for afternoon tea and then either tinned fruit or cooked veg for tea (now with meat in the veg too). he is also having a bottle of kiddies juice each day, generally to wash down the meals. i got to the point where i wasn't sure what else i could feed him but he's started just eating now whatever we eat, cut into small pieces ie. last night we had steak and veg for tea so he did too. and tonight sausages and veg

Marisa - posted on 09/05/2010

My daughter eats mostly organic baby food. They make so many different kinds, from fruits like blueberry combos to different meat and poultry combos. She especially likes the veggies like carrots and green beans. I also will give her tastes of things that I am eating, provided they are very very soft (able to mush) and are Dr. approved. My Dr. said I could give her cheerios and frozen bagels to chew on, but I am not comfortable with that yet. She has no teeth so I will not give her anything that is not super soft or meltable. I know a lot of people think it is fine, but I am scared. I feel there are enough options out there that give her the same learning tools she needs (chewing, hand to mouth coordination, learning how to pick up small objects) as foods that I don't feel comfortable with. She loves Puffs and these cookies called MumMum. They are great because they allow her to feed herself and I feel safe knowing that they melt in her mouth. When she gets some teeth I will start to give her more stuff.

Jackie - posted on 09/05/2010

Anything i make a portion of it goes in the puree machine I have and PJ has that as well

Sammie - posted on 09/05/2010

my twin daughters hav just turned 8 months old n hav no teeeth n they eat anyfin they hav pureed food but i dnt puree it fully n keep lumps in it n they eat lots of finger food they seem 2 enjoy it more wen they can hold it themselves n get every every messin n find it funny they hav breakfast dinner n lunch also have snacks in between an also hav between 5-6 9oz botttles

Shannon - posted on 09/05/2010

At this point almost anything you eat he can eat. Try putting some rice and veggies or noodles and veggies in a blender or food processor. I have even made soups and then just blended them up for a few seconds. I always mix a few things together to get more foods in at the same time. Also you could go with beans like black beans or garbonzo, and avacados. Good luck!

Agnieszka - posted on 09/04/2010

my son eats breastmilk! only!:)

Janine - posted on 09/03/2010

My guy doesn't have teeth yet either, but I give him small chunks of soft foods. I'll give him cubes of anything - beets, sweet potatoes, peas, toast, avocado, peaches, plums. Pretty much whatever I'm having he wants to try so I let him as long as it's not a choking hazard, potential allergen, spicy, etc. I've even given him cheerios! He manages to gum everything pretty well and I stay right with him in case he chokes. Pretty much as long as it's a soft food or cooked until soft he can eat it.
Something he eats as a main meal each day is Quinoa Dream. It's very healthy containing quinoa, brown rice and millet. I mix it with applesauce or some other fruit/veg chunks and he loves it. That way he gets an iron source mixed with something containing vitamin c so his body can absorb the iron better. Although if you're feeding formula I guess you don't have to worry about that!
Oh, and as for how often he eats...he has one meal (dinner) and one or two small snacks (about 6-10 cheerios or pieces of fruit/veg) each day. I'm still breastfeeding pretty much full time. The solids are more for experimentation and to get some iron into him. I probably nurse him about 10 times each day(24hrs).

Maria - posted on 09/03/2010

Hey Emma,
My son has 3 meals a day with snacks in between meals. Breakfast he has either Porridge or weet bix or scrabled eggs.. Lunch he has pureed fruit and a bottle of water.. Dinner he has mashed veges and meat like mince or sausage meat.. Or just pureed veges with a bit of meat stock for flavouring with a bottle of water.. He also has his bottle of formula at least twice a day with 1 at night. His feeds however do range because we eat our traditional food from our culture as well and there are some foods that he also eats with us..

Hope that helps.

Megan - posted on 09/03/2010

2 things i have for you if u go to the gerber website and get an account they have suggested diet for all babies that include serval new things and the other thing is most super markets have liquid meals for babies in all stages

VALERIE - posted on 09/03/2010

You can try a great web site that will give you a lot of ideas which is www.wholesomebabyfood.com. hope that helps!!

Kristi - posted on 09/02/2010

Wow! Sounds like she is getting plenty of variety to me! She is a new person and has never had any food before, so I think all these new flavors are probably good enough...she has tried way more than my daughter! It amazes me how all the ladies' in the responses have kids that eat too!! My daughter has 7 oz bottles 5 times a day (we just dropped the night feeding and increased the ozs). She is a great sleeper now - 7 pm to 7 am....although she will get up at 5 am for me to sleep with her and i lay with her in the guest bed till she we wake up at 7. I started her on solids at 4.5 months and she has just started going to 2 times a day...and she takes a while to eat a level 1 or 2 gerber jar...maybe 2-3 days. It is recommended for allergies to wait a few days in between new foods any way. She has tried sweet potatoes and carrots, which she loves...she is ok with peas and pears...but doesn't like applesauce....she hates rice and oatmeal cereal, but the oatmeal mixed with apples and bananas she will tolerate. She has the two meals at 10 and 4...and she has to have the food heated! I don't know how to get her to want to eat more solids, but she seems perfectly happy with her formula!! Also - I tried to give her a mashed banana and she gagged and threw up! It was tiny and mashed...so no real food that is not pureed for now (meat, etc)....but today she tried another tiny bite of banana and liked it....so maybe she will be ok with more....

Jess - posted on 09/02/2010

just put some of your food in a blender n blend it up...he would love it

Diane - posted on 09/02/2010

Hi Emma, My LO has just turned 8 months but has for the last month been eating pretty much everything we eat. I chop up his meat and veggies small and use small pasta but he loves solid food and does really well at mashing it with his gums. If you wait until they have the teeth for chewing they will still be eating mush until they turn 2 as their molars (the ones they use for chewing) don't come through till then! It is important once they turn 6 months to make sure they are getting enough iron in their diet as the iron that is stored in them at birth has run out by then so meat (unless you are bringing them up a veggie) becomes more important. Today I have given him weetabix with chunks of banana and regular full fat milk and toast, a bottle mid morning, lunch was sausage casserole (with lots of veggies and tomato sauce no added salt in his portions) and mashed potato and green beans followed by apple sponge and ice cream, another bottle mid pm, mini pasta shapes with a bolognese sauce and fromage frais for pudding followed by a bottle at bedtime. The amount he eats varies day by day (he's got his front teeth coming through at the moment so he's not eating all his meals) but he enjoys a very varied diet. I found with his sister the earlier you give them "proper" food rather than baby food the less likely to be fussy they are. hope this helps.

Louise - posted on 09/02/2010

Hi Emma
My little girl is of a similar age, I tend to try and give her, her main meal at lunch that way if she tired at tea time she's had a main meal. Have you introduced meat yet, if you yourself eat meat. Chicken I was advised to grate as it can be an odd texture for them. I've also just started her on lamb, this I blended as a new taste but we're mashing food as she likes a lumpier texture. I've also bought baby pasta and added cheese and tuna. I was also told that you can give finger food at this age, even though they don't have teeth their gums are hard and they can chew or gum things.

Hope it helps

Tammy - posted on 09/02/2010

Well my son don't have teeth eather but it is ok to give him some chunky/finger food u just have to make sure that its pea size. My son eats vegeys and mashed potatos and just stuff like that. I have been tryin to also find stuff for him to eat. If u don't feel right about givin him chunky food just get what ever your eatting and just puree it.

Stephanie - posted on 09/02/2010

Gerber and beech nut have baby food which has all sorts of variety. My son loves it all. The corn casserole is very good. He has also had every fruit and veggie variety, and also sweet potatoes and chicken. There are other meats and meals too, still at his current stage.

Joanne - posted on 09/02/2010

hey my daughters 7 month old i just give her the same meals as we have but i blend it down and she loves it, i just don't add any salt or anything to it, she loves mince potatoes and carrotts, for breakfast she eats toast. hope this helps

Brooke - posted on 09/01/2010

My daughter is not a big food eater just yet. She will eat a variety of things as well. I have her on the 2nd foods now. Just depends on what she will eat that day. I try and feed her the food 2-3 times a day but sometimes she just doesn't want it. She will not eat cereal at all... Even mixed with fruit! But she seems to be fine. Her doc says that she will eat more when she is ready and he was not concerned at all. I do get a large variety of the baby foods though and she seems content. Also have fed her avocado and some real fruits as well and she seems to love them. I also just bought the graduates lil cruncers puffs and she loves those as well. I make the pieces smaller when I give them to her though since she only has 2 teeth.

Jacqueline - posted on 09/01/2010

well for breaky my daughter gets half a bowl of pablum and a 5oz bottle at aroud 7:30 or 8am then a 8oz bottle at 10:30 when she has her nap wakes up around 12 and has whatever veggi i have cooked up and a fruit then another 5oz bottle(usually juice or water) has another nap with a 8oz bottle(juice water or formula) supper she gets veggis meat and fruit with formula then pablum and a 5oz bottle at bedtime somedays she will get oatmeal eggs yogurt pieces of fruit or nutrigrane bars she can eat almost anything but just started to chew so still figuring out what solids she can have she loves her food lol and she has two teeth

Kim - posted on 09/01/2010

my son only has 2 teeth but he eats just about anything..
breakfast--nutrigrain bar/yogurt or cereal
lunch ravioli or alphagetti mashed up with a fruit
supper is a complete meal of a meat,veggie,fruit,and rice,noodles or potato
snack--cheesies,pudding,yogurt or cookie

Sarah - posted on 09/01/2010

My seven month old (Well 8 months on the 5th) is eating pretzels as snacks, as well as nutrigrain bars. Also he loves peas. But he won't eat baby food other than bananas. That's it. But I let him snack on cherios and chex and he'll eat grilled cheese on ocasion. :)

But he has four teeth and more on the way... :)

Nicole - posted on 09/01/2010

My daughter won't eat anything that is like baby food. She has no teeth but does fine eating the same food I eat for every meal.
She has never been a fan of the baby food and I tried and tried but she just wouldnt eat it.
I give her little pieces and she does just fine. For snacks she gets the gerber puffs to help her with chewing and she loves those. Dont be scared to try new things, just make sure they are little pieces that are easy to mash in their mouth.

Rhona - posted on 09/01/2010

Hi Emma, For some more good ideas, you may wish to buy/borrow any book by Annabel Karmel. She has authored many infant/toddler/children recipes that are both creative and healthy. My daughter pretty well likes all of them (though slow to like the potato, leek, and pea recipe, but I am not a huge fan of peas either). I make up large batches and freeze them in ice cube trays so that during the week it is as easy to make lunch or dinner as it would be to open a jar. Good luck!

Lisa - posted on 09/01/2010

My daughter doesn't have teeth yet but she loves solid foods as she likes to be in control and be like her big brother.

Samantha - posted on 08/31/2010

My son turned 7 months on Aug 11 and he still has no teeth. His favorite veggies are squash, cauliflour, bell pepper and carrots. He likes brocoli, green beans and green peas too. He gives me a fit about eating pureed foods anymore though. I have to cook them until they are very soft and give them to him in small bites. I have a baby food maker that grinds things small but doesn't completely puree so they still have texture and he really likes that alot better than the runny stuff. He also likes chicken, I put it int he crockpot and use things like onions and garlic, or tomatoes and bell peppers to flavor it and nothing with salt or preservatives and no cooking oil just water in the crock pot. It gets very tender and falls apart so I can easily grind it up. Kurt also eats asparagus and celery well. Another good choice for texture without needing teeth is mandarin oranges, they come in those tiny single serve cups, are very soft and fall apart easily. Anything you cook from fresh or frozen that isn't full of fat, salt and chemicals is fine. Don't feel limited to the foods that come in baby food jars. Good luck.

Kayla - posted on 08/31/2010

My daughter is 7 months old as well and she has the same type of schedule. i was also told it is a good idea to start giving out infants meat bcuz of the iron in it, iv given emma turkey, and chicken, and ham, and they can also have tofu as well

Kayla - posted on 08/31/2010

hi
well savannah is 7 months today and just got her first two teeth at once..
for breakfast.. cerel and fruit and a bottle or i will mix the fruit in the cerel.. she loves bananas and spple strawberry banana..

then for lunch she will have a veggie the second stage peas& carrots.. etc. and then a fruit and a baby mum mum which is a rice rusk.

for dinner its usually a meat veggie and a fruit with another 1-2 rice rusks.. she drinks probably about 4-5 bottles a day of formula and there all about 5-6 oz.

but savanah also eats just about everything i eat.. perogies,mash potatoes,french fries,peaches,corn bread,french toast, peanut butter on toast..
basically the stuff the doctor tells you to wait for i try them now because she has teeth.

Jasmine - posted on 08/31/2010

I make my own purees for my 7 month old. Apples, bananas, peaches, avocado, pears, butternut and acorn squashes, sweet potato, green beans, peas, carrots, and cereals like oatmeal, barley and rice. They suggest prunes, mango, and blended soups or stews are good too. But they's so much controversy over what and when to feed your LO solids. WIC, Gerber, and FDA all seem to be on different pages. I just try a little bit of everything and stick with what he likes!

Licelle - posted on 08/31/2010

At 7 1/2 months we're doing pretty much the same as you.. My little one loves weet-a-bix mixed with formula for breakfast and baby yogurt. I try to make all her food. Perhaps try some split pea concoctions.. very filling. For different flavours, a smidge of garlic or fresh chives in a chicken and/or vege mix. Leeks with ham and vegs are a nice change, as is fish. I've also tried rissoni pasta or rice instead of potato for carbs. Sweet potato is a favourite especially with beef.
For something completely diff, if missy is still up at dinnertime, we seat her at the table and let her play with cooked spaghetti as we're having spag bog or a lettuce leaf when we're having san choy boy ( lettuce leaves filled with tasty pork mince). I find the more I can interest her in food, the less formula she'll have in a day.

Jennifer - posted on 08/30/2010

There are some great recipes for baby food on this website: http://www.simplybabyfoodrecipes.net/sea...

Adria - posted on 08/30/2010

I wouldn't worry about giving him tons of different things-remember-for months he was just eating either breast milk or formula. Those things are probably not borring to him yet. Those sound like great meals. Babies really don't need or desire a ton of variety in food at such a young age. You're doing great! Just keep it up.
PS. It sounds more like you're more bored with the food than he is.

Carrie - posted on 08/29/2010

I found out using gerber yogort drops melt in their mouths and I have try that with my little guy who is working on his first teeth but yet has not got them. I make alot of my baby food because he is allgeric to wheat products and have watch a lot of food that goes in his mouth. Also I have tried this product called yumyum, it is made with rice starch and it melts in their mouth too but you have to watch them with it. It is like a teething cookie. I hope this helps

Amanda - posted on 08/29/2010

I feed my daughter baby cereal mixed with fruit in the late morning/early afternoon and a vegetable for dinner. I get the gerber 2nd foods. And she has a 6 oz bottle every 3 hours through out the day!

Keri-ann - posted on 08/29/2010

all my son dose is eat he usually gets a weetbix or porrage for brekky and a bottle fruit for morning tea or a baby biccy then a vegemite sandwitch or toast for lunch jelly for afternoon tea and dinner is usually what ever im having just blitzed up followed by a bottle

Helen - posted on 08/29/2010

lincoln is 7 month today he has been eating he has been having 3 meals a day with milk inbetween and water he has no teeth yet but has been having toast with spread on and he manages it fine..xx

Matika - posted on 08/29/2010

my 7 month old eats everything.. but he has teeth too.
i started him on noodles before he got his first tooth. just things that are soft. dont necessarily have to be fruit and veggies.

i give him everything i eat. he loves it.
and when your baby starts getting that first tooth. wagon wheels are great. their kind of hard so you'll have to watch him. but they melt. kind of slow. but thats what i used for my sons first tooth. it broke through so fast.

Jessica - posted on 08/28/2010

I buy baby foods, not make them. But I get the Gerber stage 2 foods, they aren't chunky but have a lot more variety. My daighter is 7 months and doesn't have any teeth either. But she loves the Turkey and Rice, Mac and Cheese and the Chicken and Veggies one. I use those ones for dinners. Since you use homemade ones, try to puree mac and cheese or something.

Jessie - posted on 08/28/2010

Well, Lets see. My daughter will have a bowl of oatmeal with bananas and a 6 oz bottle for breakfast at around 8am. Then she will have another bottle at around 11am. Lunch for her is half of a grilled cheese sandwich or some chicken chunks with some diced peaches, pears, or bananas. With a bottle. She eats lunch around 2 when she wakes up from her afternoon nap. Dinner is usually around 6pm. Which consists of one of the stage three gerber food. Sometimes depending on what we are eating I might give her some of my speghetti noodles or pieces of fish. She will have a bottle with dinner as well and then another one before bed. She will snack throughout the day and she sleeps like 12-13 hours at night.

Rachel - posted on 08/28/2010

Yes, I really like Annabel Karmel's books too, although I find that the recipes in The Baby's Table are more interesting and cover a wider range of fruits and veggies. Batch cooking and freezing is definitely the way to go - I have a freezer full of different types of things that I mix together. I forgot to say what he eats and when:

Breakfast is usually a double portion of fruit with oatmeal or mixed grains cereal (peaches with whatever else I feel like that day...current favourite is kale and apple, which he won't eat on its own). I usually nurse him right after and then again before his first nap (he usually has about 2-3 hours between naps).

If he's up from his nap too early for lunch, I nurse him then and give him lunch around noonish. He has fruits and veggies for lunch, usually both with cereal mixed in (depending on the consistency of the puree). I'll nurse him again before his next nap.

If he's awake in the afternoon between lunch and dinner, I usually give him a snack (mashed up banana is good, or some avocado, which he LOVES and is very very good for him).

If he's not up at that time, dinner is around 5 or 6 and he has slightly larger portions of fruit and veggies with cereal again. Then I nurse him again before bed. He's sleeping through the night intermittently, so I'll nurse him in the middle of the night if required.

I wondered about how much to feed him (BabyCenter has a very good guide for this), so I try to give some variety and also make sure he has one orange veggie and one green veggie per day, and a couple of different kinds of fruit (including tropical ones like mango, papaya and kiwi). I just feed him until he won't eat anymore - he lets me know when he's definitely full. I live in Ontario, so I've really been enjoying the fresh produce from my local market. I'm not looking forward to winter:(

Narisa - posted on 08/28/2010

My son has been on solids from 3 months and will eat absolutely ANYTHING and just starting EVERYTHING including non edible things. :-)
there is an author named ANNABEL KARMEL who writes cook books for babies n children her meals are fantastic for the whole family you can get them in BIG W ( CHEAPEST by far) in any book store she just released a TOP 100 PASTA DISHES FOR BABIES cookbook n its brilliant too get an idea goole her n check out her web page! hope that helps a little best bit is you can freeze them so when the mood hits do a batch them freeze when your not in the mood you still have perfect home cooked meals 4 bubs

Rachel - posted on 08/28/2010

Check out a book called The Baby's Table. It has lots of great recipes for kids of all ages. Most of their recipes do equally well as purees and chunkier versions when babies are older. If you're looking for veggies to try, my son loves squash, zucchini, sweet potato. I also steam cauliflower and broccoli and puree them with grated cheese. He loves it! Other favourites are carrots and parsnips, which both mix well with applesauce. I also make vegetable stock and it's great for adding some flavour (there's garlic, pepper and some fresh spices in it) to boring old veggie purees.

Lisa Muiriel - posted on 08/28/2010

That's where my baby girl is too but she has 8 teeth already and still won't get into solids just baby food the pureed jar food and she doesn't like peas or chicken and veggies or roast beef and veggies

Maggie - posted on 08/28/2010

my wee boys 7 months n i give him all different foods stew vegtable soup spaghetti bolognese ..... lol hes has 2 teeth at the bottom n four at the top ready to cum down lol hes a gr8 grubber he sleeps rite thru as well lol make ur wee one anyfing u like at least u know wat ur puttin into ur food ya know try him wif meats n all lol..:)

Priya - posted on 08/28/2010

My 7 month old has a porridge made of cereal/ pulses powder followed by formula for breakfast.. Lunch comprises rice with lentils and veggies followed by formula either before or after his nap.. Evening he has instant baby food cerelac ollowed by formula before or after his nap.. For dinner he again has rice with lentils and veggies followed by formula before he sleeps.. In the nights he needs 1-3 bottles which i feel willl reduce in the coming days..