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Hollye - Miss M loves Zucchini as well. Tonight she will be having sausages and vegies for dinner - cos thats what we are having :) She is just having her brekkie now - vegemite on toast and half a banana :) Although currently most of it is sitting on the floor where she has thrown it!!! lol
Missy Mel - I'm sure Sammie didn't mean it like that babe :hug:
ETA - SJ - you crept in whilst I wasn't lookin ;)
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got the recipe for the nuggets off the 'wholesome baby food' web site....from memory though....
500g broccoli/cauliflower, cooked and diced
1 cup bread crumbs (although i used 2 as it was abit wet)
1 1/2 cup grated cheese
3 eggs or 5 egg yolks(could use fruit/veg puree to bind together)
seasoning (not salt)...herbs etc, i think i used parsley and garlic.
mix,make in to nugget shapes and bake till golden.(170 for 25 mins)
she LOVES them, to heat them up the next day i put a little extra sliver of cheese ontop and grilled! the rest i put in the freezer
That looks great Bec. Might have to try it soon! I am guessing it would freeze ok too?
im the worlds worst cook....married to a chef so im lucky he does most the cooking!! but now, with grace eating propper food, ive had to start to learn! these were SO easy! which is my fave type! lol they froze fine for me, and she still ate them this arvo!! im going to try to make quiche tomorrow! alittle more ambitious!
You sound like me Bec, only I'm not married to a chef!! But DH does most of the cooking, but I'm doing a little more for Jett. I made a vegetable frittata the other night which was easy too.
OMG - I wasn't ready for Logan's first real "solids" poo!!! Very messy and stinky! Not only was it all over him, but me too LOL. At least we have the evidence that food is making it in (especially the kiwi fruit pips).
ROFL Kylie!
My favourite is corn. Does anything actually get absorbed by the body, 'cause it always came out in DD's nappy looking EXACTLY the same! I used a knife to cut it away from the cob and she'd munch it down with fingers and then a spoon once she was capable.
There's a great recipe around her somewhere for cheese and creamed corn muffins that were always very popular with DD as a baby, and easy to make.
I can probably remember, actually (it was that easy!):
1 can creamed corn
Fill the empty can with grated cheese
Fill the empty can with self raising flour
Mix all ingredients together and form into muffins
Cook for about 15 mins (? I think, but you can keep an eye on them to make sure!).
You can also add herbs, bacon and other ingredients, whatever takes your fancy. Make the muffins baby-hand sized and they'll pull them apart themselves.
Jennifer that sounds so easy I will have to try that...along with the nuggets!
Emily had mandarin yest and loved it! She has also been eating ravioli..thanks for the tips girls I get lots of good ideas from here!
These recipes are great!! Love the food ideas!
Can I ask what everyone's policy is about when your LO throws food on the floor? I have just been picking it up and putting it back on Peter's tray (assuming its not gross or anything). But I think he is starting to do it on purpose, especially if its a food he isn't too keen on at first sight (but he will often try it later if I put it back on).
I'm wary of this becoming a game. And my back is hurting!! How many times do you guys pick up? When do you think it becomes just a fun game for your LO??
My DD had the added attraction of being able to have the dogs come running to 'clean up' after her. We started shutting the dogs out to stop that game!:
I don't pick anything up (I let the dogs in afterwards to clean up LOL). If she throws it off she doesn't get it back! I guess if it's accidentally dropped I'd go and get it for her, but that nearly never happens.
We dont give corn anymore, MJ LOVED it but it doesnt love her, every time she has t for dinner (kernals or on the cob) she wakes crying in the night, followed by a sloopy poo in the morning. We have tried to figure out what it was and the conclusion was corn, i think its cos she cant break it down. she lves puffed corn, and is fine with this. Just thought i would let you all know in case the same thing happens.
re picking up food, i use to do it once or twice, now i dont, its a like a game for MJ and usually it starts when she is getting full, so we use it as a cue and wind back the food at that point... If she does it accidently (its pretty obvious here) i give it back to her though.
Also it depends where we are... at home yes, somewhere else no
Loving the recipies! DD LOVES corn its her fave by far!!! We were out having breakfast the other morning and i ordered a corn cake for grace, she attacked it! the people on the next table with a 10 month old who was tucking into a jar of something yellow couldnt belive that she was onlt 8 months and ripping in to the food and feeding herself!!
re picking up food, she normally has a nice little collection in her lap which are mouthfulls that mis her mouth and i dig those bits out and pop them back on her tray, but she does the windscreen wipper on her tray when shes full and the food goes every where!!! Need a dog! so thats when dinner time is over...or when she starts 'drawing' with the food or rubbing it in her hair! We dont have a high chair unless were out so its not much of a distance in her bumbo for her to pick it up her self if she really wants it back. Or we have one of those phil and teds 'me too' chairs on the table outside and we often have breakfast/lunch out there so if it hits the deck, its gone!!
We had a tuna sushi roll for lunch! big hit! loved the sticky rice, worried it may have been a bit salty, but it wouldnt be a regular lunch. anyone else given these? do you think they are ok??
I think the sushi should be fine. They're not really that salty until you put soy sauce on them!
I made the mini corn muffins tonight, but by the time they were ready, Peter was also ready for bed. But my hubby and I love them! ;)
Peter also had a quarter of his dad's peanut butter and banana sandwich today (we've introduced peanut butter early by choice). He loved it, although it was kind of funny- I was just about to give it to him when he fell over and clonked his head on the floor. More shock value than hurt, but he started to cry so I sat him up and put and sandwich in his hand and immediately the tears stopped and the food was jammed into his mouth! It was like a switch.
Mia tried grapes today. She loved them. But......... i found i had to mash them up a little as im freaked the whole thing might go down her throat. Am i just being paranoid? is there a trick with grapes?
Ooh, I have that some concern about grapes- interested to hear others responses.
I gave Peter quiche last night and he adored it. He sucked away on the sundried tomatoes like there was no tomorrow!!
I have given Lucy grapes as they are from when she was a baby. In fact, once she was about 18 mths I stopped taking them off the stalks as well and just gave her a bunch.
As long as they are supervised I don't think there is any problem. My DD never so much as spat one out. The only gagging incident we ever had was when she was two and a stringy bit of mandarin got stuck in her throat. She coughed it up and immediately put it straight back in and ate it!
We tried pasta bake today with bolognese sauce and it was a big hit. I used the big spirals and he sucked them to death. Not sure how much went in though. I really feel for Logan, he did his second huge poo today and he grizzled the whole time. He is still going about 4 days between. Does this change once they are eating more regularly?
amberj - when did you first introduce egg? Everything i read seems to be contradictory.
kylieb- I wouldn't necessarily take me as a guide, I am a rouge parent. I've already (very carefully) introduced egg, peanut butter, all the things that are potential allergens. The only thing I've held off on is honey, but that will come in soon. Egg was pretty recent, mainly because I just hadn't made anything with egg in a while! This is not a forum for debating the merits of when to introduce food, so I won't go into the why's etc, but I believe I have introduced it before you are technically supposed to. I feel your confusion, though, I've read multiple different things about egg and when to introduce.
Maybe someone else can give you better guidance?!
Thanks amberj - someone can correct me if i am wrong here, but with BLS i think that the idea is to introduce anything to bubs as long as there isn't a history of allergies in your family. If so then you need to be a little more careful. I still might wait a little longer for the egg as Logan is only just turning 6 months.
ive seen in supermarkets.. egg custard, from 6 months. Is it actually egg? coz i spose thats saying from 6 months but my MCHN said the egg yolk from 6 montha and the whites from 12 months. Tho dont quote me on it, it could be the other way around. Im not going to hold back trying Mia with egg, we just arnt big egg eaters. Personally never made a quiche.. mayb i should.. repices anyone???
Hollye I think there was a very recent thread in the cooking section about quiche recipes. The one I made I just threw together 5 eggs, some cream, some milk, some bacon and some cheese. Put a piece of frozen pastry in a dish and poured it all in and baked. Easy and yum.
Hollye - try making them in mini muffin trays - great for little hands :)
Also - for an easy thing for lunch etc - slice of ham to line a muffin tray spot (normal size muffins), crack/whisk an egg, plop it on top of the ham and a dollop of cream if you like or a sprinkle of grated cheese - cook for 10 mins - easy peasy :)
We have also introduced everything except honey. BLS is all about introducing a wide variety of foods from the age of 6 months. As for allergies, unless a direct history is known (i.e mother, father or sibling only) then you don't 'need' to hold off on giving potential allergens. Honey is the only thing that is considered to be off-limits until after they are 1.
However there is also the thought that the early introduction of these foods can cause the allergies. So I suggest that you as an individual Mum do the research on both ideas and make the decision that is right for you.
SamiH those muffins look great! Might have to give them a go soon!
Kylie - Jett used to poo every 7 or 8 days when he was solely on BM which then reduced to every 2 or 3 days when he started eating regularly, so don't stress just yet. And the poos are not solid either. More paste like I guess. I guess if you are concerned you could try giving him some foods to help, such as a prune. Hope that helps!
Hollye - Jett has eaten grapes too. I think if they bite and chew to a certain extent then they should be fine with a whole grape, if they tend to suck then perhaps slice in half or at least pierce the skin so it can mush easier.
I read that peeling & slicing grapes in half lengthways helps bubs learn how to eat them. Once they've got the hang of it - stop peeling them, but still cut them. then eventually you can stop cutting them too!
We're turning into Part-Time BLS-ers here. Am still presenting foods, but we're also doing the *other* thing... :doh:
Got a recipe for mini tarts (like quiches) which you can make either in mini muffin pans or in patty pan tins (the shallow saucer-type ones).
Mini Savoury Tarts:
250 gms bacon - finely chopped
1 tomato, chopped finely
1 carrot, grated
125 gms grated cheese
1 onion, grated
chopped parsley
1 egg, beaten
Mix everything together. Season with salt & pepper if desired. Bind with beaten egg.
Use puff pastry to line the tins & spoon mixture in (no need to 'blind bake'). Believe it or not this can make 4 dozen if you're careful! Although I've only tried it in the patty pan tins... And they're delicious!
Mmmm made the cheesy corn muffins this morning. Man they are good. Not sure how many Jett is going to get to eat! :redface:
i have a question....my dh wants to make these little fish nugget things he makes for dd, just fresh fish of somekind, rolled in flour, the egg then bread crumbs. the only thing is he cooks them in veg oil, not deep fryed but shallow fried...really only a little oil, but i wasnt keen cause of the way they are cooked. i guess they could be done in the oven but he recons they wouldnt be as good. What do you ladies think??
sorry double post, just gone back and read what id missed, we introdused egg a while ago, and she loves quiche, scrambled eggs etc. Grapes she loves, i just quarter them, its her fave part of doing the food shopping! lol. she also isnt alergic to sesame as she has been eating butter on toast for ages and i only realised a while ago that it is made with sesame oil! so thats another one to tick off. hasnt had peanut butter, but i havent eaten it for a while either.
as for the poos kylieb: i miss the BM poos, they were easy and didnt smell, now every one in a 2 block radius knows when dd has done one!! lol. She has a prune a day otherwise she tends to get really 'blocked up' aswell, i just take the flesh out the skin and she loves it! maybe try that?
Well we can 'tick off' peanuts... he had peanut butter on bread this morning and loved it! No reactions at all (no history of any food allergens in our family either) so *phew*.
I reckon the fish nuggets would be alright - as long as they were drained well and the oil was hot when he put them in (they soak up less oil that way)...
Bec - Fish nuggets sound alright to me. But like Nettie said just make sure they are well drained. And also not too small, then there is less chance of the oil being soaked through the whole nugget. But your DH is a chef isn't he? You should be right. And oil is still good for them (the right type of oil of course) as long as it is in moderation. And BLS is all about the wide variety of the food world!!
Nettie - Yay for peanut butter! Good on you for being brave and giving it a go!
Sorry double post but the last one was a few days ago!!
Normally when I give Jett sloppy food like his weet-bix or yoghurt I dump it on the tray in front of him or in a bowl, load up one spoon and then leave him to it. He normally grabs the spoon and sucks off what is on there and then throws it away before eating the rest with his hands.
This morning I did the same thing and as usual he grabbed the spoon and ate what was on it, but then he dipped it in the bowl where some more of his weetbix stuck and used it again. Then he did it again......OMG he is using a spoon! :leap: He still used his hands a fair bit but it was good to see the spoon dipping happening!
wow, thats amazing MT, well done Jett!! what a smart little man!
Hi all...
It looks like my baby has decided to use BLS lol. He has been refusing his pureed foods & will only eat if he's feeding himself. So I have been giving him watermelon & banana for breaky, cucumber & avacado strips for lunch but last night I tried brocoli & carrot sticks but he couldn't seem to eat them. I think they weren't cooked well enough.
I have posted a thread about this, and about his gaging which I am struggling with. He seems to gag all the time. Not so much with his fruit in the morning but with everything else. I'm really hoping it will stop soon.
DS was 7 weeks premature so his corrected age is 6.5mths. He's been on solids for over a month now but hasn't been a big eater. He's still breast fed & isn't a big feeder there either.
HOLLYE I just wanted to mention that I give BJ whole grapes, but I peel them first. But I make sure they're really really ripe
Hi all I'm new to this thread. My name is Kirra and i've just recently begun the BLS journey with my lil girl Charli (5.5mths) i do have an older daughter Alyssa who is now 4 but she was fed the old fashioned way most of the time.
I'm finding BLD to be a very messy experience but well worth it so far, Charli hates to be fed off the spoon, she just takes it off me and shoves it in her mouth herself and chews on it. lol
Hope to get to know you all and learn some more. I'm sure i'll have dozens of questions for you. :D
Welcome Kirra and Georgi! Glad to have you on board. The BLS journey is a fun and messy one!
Welcome Kirra!
Have to brag about my spoon victory! I've never been able to get Peter to take his own spoon when I give him yoghurt, but this morning it kind of clicked for him, and he got SO excited about being able to grab the loaded spoon off me and feed himself. Yay!!!
Funny thing, though- he was at my mum's for the rest of the day, and she is not into BLS, so she was trying to feed him custard off a spoon and he kept trying to grab it- hehe. Sadly, she wouldn't let him, so I won't be happy if she's undone my spoon work! Poor kid is probably confused.
Thx girls,
MummyTummy & Amberj, you have some very clever lil kiddies.
I need to invest in a bowl/plate that sticks to the table charli keeps grabbing the bowl and throwing it on the floor so i have to keep it away from her and hand her things for now.
This morning she had vegemite toast which she played with, literally, she screwed it up in her hands and finger painted the table with it, was very cute but very messy considering NONE of it ended up in her tummy. I'm in for a very messy kid eh? lol
What other things could i give her for brekkie???
Kirra, my little man does the same with toast....and pretty much all other food! I was laughing about it with my MCHN and she said some kids are like that and that its probably about needing to like control and subdue the food, and feel like they are "in charge" of it. I'm not sure if this is true or not (I thought all kids crushed food!), but I found it interesting nonetheless. If it is true, I think those kind of kids are ideally suited to BLS! (PS- Charli is really cute!)
Welcome Kirra!
Yes, BLS is messy...
I have a question - what does everyone do at feeding time : strip nude (or to a nappy), put full bibs on or just change their clothes afterwards? I find Liam tucks food in next to his leg so it's both top & bottom that gets filthy... a bib doesn't do much for us!
Haven't tried anything new lately - he's still having weet-bix for breakky and DH gave him some apple as well this morning (but I don't think he ate any).
Big hello to everyone!
I put a bib on Ashlyn and then cover her lap with a tea towel, tucking it under her bottom. Works well as long as she doesn't decide she wants to eat the tea towel.
I discovered a new winner food today. I found it on the back of a Heinz package. I mixed cream cheese with tuna and corn, and then spread it on a crusket. Both the girls loved it. There was barely a crumb left.
For those of you who give your LO fish, how do you make sure there are no bones? DH loves fishing so we do get some fresh fish. I'm just superparaniod about missing a bone.