Introducing Regular Food?

Cathy - posted on 02/24/2009

My son is almost 11 months old and has been eating regular food for a few months. He hates jarred baby foods, even the fruits. He won't even eat baby cereal anymore. Actually, I just think he likes to feed himself. The only thing I can feed him from a spoon is yogart. He LOVES his fruits -- I give him pieces of mandarin oranges, bits of apples, bananas, cut up grapes. He eats chopped up chicken, noodles/pasta, eggs (he's fine with whites), peas, tomoates, toast with jam etc. He isn't much of a meal food baby, though maybe I might have to start insisting he eats it?? Usually, I'll just give him small bits of whatever I'm eating. He loves eating baby snacks: Gerber Graduate Lil' Crunchies and freeze dried fruit bits are his fave.

Becky - posted on 02/24/2009

My son is 11 months and has just started on solid (non-babyfood) foods. He only four teeth, so I didn't want to start him until he started to get a few more. He will eat peas and well-cooked cut up carrots, apples, pears, green beans, pasta, avocado, chicken . . . I've been adding in new foods once a week. It usually takes him a few times before he really enjoys it though.

Robin - posted on 02/24/2009

My son is 11 months today and he's been eating lots of regular food for months now. There are a few things that should be avoided until at least one year - honey, egg whites, cow's milk as a drink and high risk allergy foods (nuts, chocolate, strawberries) if there are any known allergies in your famiiies.  When I took him for his 6-month checkp-up our doctor said to start with orange/yellow vegetables and infant cereal then go from there.  He hasn't eaten anything pureed in months he doesn't like bottled baby food, he'd much rather regular food.  At his 9-month check-up I told our doctor that he eats pretty well everything and the only cautionary note she gave me was to be sure not to give him anything hard (choking hazard) and i always cut things up well for him.  He still starts his day with baby cereal (though the one for 8mos+ now) with bananas mashed into it and nurses about four times a day.  He's healthy, about 25lbs (I can never remember his length but he's at least 2ft tall), he's always been around the 90th or 95th percentile.