Baby Led Solids Chatter #3

Georgi - Maya has gone a bit off her food too. I'm not sure if it's due to teething though? But she does seem to like feeding herself so I'm trying to offer more foods that she can eat herself. She still does open up for a spoon but will only take a couple of spoon fulls now, whereas before she would keep downing whatever I offered her.

Yesterday I offered some cut up carrot, zucchini, avocado and banana. Then I realised I cut everything up too small cos Maya could pick the bits up but then they would be totally enclosed in her fist and she couldn't get them in her mouth. :doh: Another thing I'm finding is that with very squishy foods like avocado, she will grasp too hard and it'll break off in her hand before she can get it to her mouth. Any advice?

Well Zander is still not technically "eating" as such - in that I don't think much goes down at all - there is nothing in his nappies!

However every meal time now I put him in his highchair and give him something cos he goes crazy if we don't - he gums broccoli and carrot and cruskits and english muffins and I made tuna mini muffins the other day which was a good size for him too - again just a big messy slobbering taste - but that is something I suppose.

I have tried a bit of spooned yoghurt - he does the horror face but opens again - but pushes it out straight away again so maybe he STILL hasnt fully lost the tongue reflex - is that likely at this age does anyone know??? He only opens 3 - 4 times and then gives me the noway signs.

Georgi - I am going to make that zucchini slice you posted the other day as a side for some fish tonight - but will make it in mini muffins again for him to pick up - I know you gave it BJ cold - I am fussy cos I dont like it cold myself :redface::redface: He hasnt had full egg yet but he hasnt reacted to anything else so far so fingers crossed.

My other son is anaphylactic to peanuts and tree nuts, but my daughter is fine. However, I am not trying him on it anytime soon and will prob get him properly tested when he is 18 months old. But my son eats eggs so should be fine!!! :)

Sami, 7 mths is fine for not really being 'into' family foods, even doing BLS. He is experiencing the texture and taste of things and that is a big part of the introductory process. I know of babies who didn't even TRY solids using BLS until 9 mths or so. If babies are ready from 6-9 mths it seems fair that some will go to the latter part of that age bracket and some earlier. My DD didn't take to BLS until just after 7 mths.

Ah ok, guess i'll just give her what im eating then.

Tanya- Charli does the same thing, everytime i give her something she squishes it in her hands and breaks it all up everywhere and then the only bits left are squished in her fist which she cant get too :doh: Unfortunately i have no helpful hints, i too am a lil lost :wall:

SAMI Let me know how your zucchini slice goes. I think I mentioned it is nicer the next day. Dunno why, but it just seems a nicer texture. I will eat it cold, but do prefer it warm too. It sounds like Z is enjoying his food. It won't be long before it's all going down.

TANYA I think they just get use to holding the avo etc. BJ use to squash it too but it didn't take long for him to realise not to hold it so tight. He still does sometimes. I make the pieces bigger, like a big wedge. I give him everything that big. He holds it with 2 hands sometimes. It sounds like Maya is doing what BJ did when I decided to go full BLS. He just refused the puree & being spoon fed. I definately think he eats more doing BLS, most days anyway

MUMMYT It sounds like Jett & BJ have the same finished signals. I always offer something else & if he pushes my hand away I know that is definately it. Thanks, it sounds like i'm on the right track then

ALYSSAS MUM I love the sounds of that list. Can you start it off???

NAGROMEYK How'd the risotto go? Yeah we started BLS cause BJ just refused to open his mouth to the spoon. He's doing great now. He hardly gags anymore & just hoes into everything I give him

Georgi - It def sounds like you are on the right track. The BLS thing is a bit daunting at first, but I think it is more to do with what we perceive is the 'right' thing, being spoon fed puree with one vegetable at a time, and who can blame us - it is what we see and hear from everyone including the professionals. Especially those from the old school such as parents. I know I started very delicately at first, but then I bought the Baby-led Weaning book and it gave me the confidence to take a deep breath and dive in. Now I am completely comfortable with it all, so much so that when I see babies the same age as Jett being spoon-fed puree and given very little chance to feed themselves I kind of feel uncomfortable and feel like they've got it wrong IYKWIM. I know it is their choice and I completely 'get' the puree to begin with for those uncomfortable with BLS, but not allowing them to suck or chew on anything at 9 months old just kind of seems cruel. :lol: I was talking with one of the girls in my mothers group today who is doing just that and I tried to gently make her understand that if he never gets to experience 'whole' foods he will never learn to eat them. They don't just magically know when they grow older how to handle and chew food. She was just not confident with letting him control his food and has all sorts of excuses like age and digestion problems. Then the other girl (there were only 3 of us today) was feeding her boy whole veges, but that was just it, she was the one holding it and popping it in his mouth.

But it didn't help that Jett had a bit of fatty chewy chicken that he started gagging on in front of them. But he coughed it up and it was all good!

Tanya - The firm but squishy/slippery foods like avocado and banana they very quickly learn how to hold and grasp at what pressure. Jett used to smoosh it all beyond recognition but now he will eat a banana perfectly with barely a blob dropped! He used to love the challenge of picking it up. I also gave him ice-cubes to chase around his tray in restaurants while waiting for our food and he learnt very quickly how to catch it and grasp it to get a quick suck of it. And he used to drop it to have another go. I even struggle catching it sometimes so that is a challenge you could try too!

SamiH - Off topic - I love that nappy! Which one is it? It looks so gorgeous!

Georgi - Yeah it sounds like Maya is going down the same path as BJ. She doesn't take the spoon as much now (except if there's potato on it. :) She seems to like feeding herself though and I do like the idea of BLS anyway!

Well today I'm cutting things up in longer pieces so Maya is managing to get some into her mouth. :) Though most is still squished and dropped onto the floor. I am also trying cruskits with avocado today which she seems to like. It's probably easier to get into her mouth because it doesn't squish. She doesn't seem to like the zucchini though. It's being spat out. :lol:

Another newbie question. I've noticed that when I put a few things on Maya's tray she will have a go at picking everything up and drops a lot on the floor and not much goes in her mouth. But if I give her one thing at a time she will pick it up and eat it till she's finished or drops it. So I've been giving her one or two pieces of things at a time. Does that defeat the purpose of BLS? Or is that how others started too?

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SamiH - Off topic - I love that nappy! Which one is it? It looks so gorgeous!

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Hehe only just started my adventures - it is a Cushie Tushie Couture - very lush ;)

Zander sucked on a banana when we were out this morning - he went back to bed after an early feed (5.30) until 8am and then out the door for school - he went to bed at 11.30 and still there now (!) so prob wont have time for "lunch" either going out the door for pick-up now!

ANyone else have this problem - and if so, when do you offer the LO's food??? :think::juggle::dunno:

TANYA I always give 3 different types of food, though I will only put 1 wedge of each on his tray so he can choose what he wants. Once he has finished a wedge of whatever he's eating, I'll put another wedge down so he always has the 3 options without mushing it up too much. Does that make any sense?????? BJ will take yoghurt from the spoon but he still needs to hold it, while I hold it too

MUMMYT Wow, that's interesting. Even at 9 months she won't allow self feeding. It must be hard to refrain yourself from saying anything. Lol about gagging on the chicken at the wrong time

I got the puddle wear feeding coat today. It's great. But they sent me the wrong booklet. They sent the Weaning booklet. I really wanted the booklet you have MT. What is the exact name on it?

Georgi - Mine is not a booklet, it is actually a book and is def worth it IMO! It is called "Baby-Led Weaning" by Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett. Mothers Direct/ABA sells it. There is also a DVD of it, but that costs a fortune so borrow that one!! It is a great bible and I've said it before in here, but it really gave me the confidence to jump right in to it.

How small is the feeding coat? Jett isn't a large baby and most things that are size 1 just swim on him which kind of makes it annoying for him because it ends up swinging around and getting in the way. Some of the large bibs I've put on him he picks up and flings over his shoulder so he wears them as a cape intead!! :rolleyes: Cute and funny, but not practical!

Tanya - Yeah the playing and dropping is all part of the experimenting and learning about the food. Some babies apparently can throw all but one type of food off the tray so they can concentrate on the one type! But it all comes down to allowing them to learn, and that includes what gravity does to the food!! Eventually they stop doing that when they have discovered all they want and need to about that particular food and filed it away in their developing brain! There is nothing wrong with offering one thing at a time if that seems to be what your baby wants, but as long as you remember the mantra "Food is for fun until they are one" meaning it really doesn't matter how much actually gets eaten and they don't feel that pressure to eat IYKWIM. When we first began we started with one type of food but a fair number of pieces such as steamed carrot sticks. After a week I put 3 different vegies on the tray and again more than one of each. Invariably he would always go for the carrots first, but the others would be picked up and eaten eventually. I also put a clean mat under him and would just pick up whatever dropped and put it back on his tray. I think within 2 weeks he got a little of everything and just left him to it, just picking up the dropped pieces as necessary.

SamiH - Thanks for the tip ;) As for the :juggle: we get that sometimes too. I just go with the rule that he eats when we eat, and if he's asleep then he misses that meal. In that event I tend to give him a snack such as an Arrowroot biscuit, toast or sandwich or piece of fruit after he wakes up and then he eats at the next meal. Again, as long as they are getting their milk they aren't in any nutritional danger so it is just fine to skip meals if you need to.

The other thing to remember when feeding your baby is to not treat them like they are doing something special. If you think about it as if you were eating would you like someone hovering over you, cheering you on because you ate something, taking things out of your mouth or hand because it was sticking out awkwardly etc? It is hard not to stare and of course you need to keep an eye on them, but that is why Jett eats when we eat so it is all part of the normal family meal. We then chat to him like we are just having a conversation. My Mum however can't help but stand by and hover, and pick small pieces off his tray and hold them up to his mouth to eat and generally make a fuss over him. I constantly tell her off but she keeps pulling out the Grandma card!! She enjoys it and he doesn't seem to mind so I don't think I will take action yet. She was doing it today with his lasagne which he handles very well, but she couldn't help herself. But I do get a secret glow of pride when we are out at cafes and he is sitting there hoeing into whatever culinary delights are on the menu and I overhear comments from strangers saying "Look at that baby enjoying his food!" and "Wow, look how well that baby is feeding himself"

Georgi - Maya is really following in BJs footsteps! She now totally refuses the spoon (unless she is wielding it herself). In fact she scrunches up her entire face - mouth, eyes, everything.. if I put anything near her face. :lol: If I hadn't tried BLS I would now think she was refusing food. But she will feed herself. So now I am joining you in full time BLS. I like the sound of having 3 options and only replacing what she takes. What do you do if he picks something up and drops it straight away on the floor? Do you still replace it?

MT - Yeah I've noticed Maya will go for the thing she likes the most and drop everything else on the floor. But I guess that's all part of the learning. hehe.. I think I need to get myself a mat for the floor!

Maya's favourite food seems to be potato at the moment so I was wondering if anyone has a good way of giving her potato to eat? I was thinking I could cut potato into chip like pieces and then roast them. Another other ideas?

My DH feeds Maya dinner and he thinks she needs to have pur?ed food from a spoon (even though I've told him I give her sticks of food now and she'll eat them without trouble! :rolleyes:) Then last night he was getting frustrated because she totally refused to eat.. until he tried putting the food on the spoon and letting her feed herself. And that's when he finally realised that she's not off food.. she just wants to feed herself. :)

TANYA Yep.. That's exactly what BJ started doing. How strange are they. Gees, they're so similar. I thought I had a strange kid.. LOL It's good to know he's not the only one. I would cut the potato into wedges. She'll still squish it though. If BJ drops something on the floor, I put it back onto his tray. I have disinfectant wipes which I use to clean the tiles beneath him after every feed so I'm happy there's not too many germs. He's not doing it on purpose, yet. Otherwise I would take it away assuming he didn't want it. It took my DH a while to get his head around the BLS. Now he realised it's fantastic for BJ's hand/eye co ordination so he's all for it. I would definately invest in a feeding mat. You can get them from Big W for around $13. I'm sure Kmart & Target would sell them too.

MUMMYT Thanks for those tips. It makes alot of sense doesn't it. I must of got confused... I thought it was a booklet from ABA. Oopsy. Well that book sounds good. I think it'll check it out. Actually the coat is a good size. BJ isn't a big baby either. Keep in mind he's only 7 months corrected age. It is a little big, but I would say it fits quite well.

BJ had a peice of steak for the first time last night. He really enjoyed it. I think he's like his Dad.. Loves meat, chicken etc.

LOL Georgi, charli loves it too such it dry though. lol Last night she had pumpkin, broccoli and carrot, she squished it all up and licked it off her fingers then tried licking it out of the bowl. was so cute. Then the lil rascal rubbed it all over her face, in her hair and eyes, up her nose. lol. I gave her a bath and it was funny to see the lil bits of food floating around.

I just give charli boiled potato atm, she squishes everything in her fingers anyway. DP says she's gonna think its ok to play with her food by doing BLS but i explained to him she's not playign shes exploring. lol

I think I need to get a feeding coat too. At the moment I just keep changing her clothes.

For lunch I offered three choices of things - one of each at a time - and now what she's started doing is trying to shove everything into her mouth at once. :lol: And creating even more mess in the process as she spits some out to fit more in. :rolleyes:

I used to just boil a quick potato up (not too soft so that it would fall apart, but soft enough to hold and eat easily) and cut it into good sized pieces. I find even now DD still loves just plain potato (although Daddy's homemade potato chips go down very well also!).

A quick potato in the microwave was a good fall back too when I found I was short on lunch or dinner options and needed to go shopping!

Mashed potato is a favourite in our house!! Makes such a mess but he loves digging his hands in and scooping it up and shovelling in to his mouth. This is def his favourite way to eat potato!

Steak was the first meat we gave Jett, sucked it white!!

It is funny other peoples reactions to BLS. And it is so hard to convince them that it is a positive way to introduce food. They all think the worst - choking, not learning how to eat neatly, not getting enough etc. But the only way to convince these people is to demonstrate how well they do cope, but I'm sure half of them think the baby must be unique or very clever! And then you see them watching on in awe!

Thanks Georgi for the coat info. Might have to order one! I have a plastic apron style bib (it goes on like a smock by putting arms through it, but it is sleeveless) but they are size small and it won't be long before he outgrows them.

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I overhear comments from strangers saying "Look at that baby enjoying his food!" and "Wow, look how well that baby is feeding himself"

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I had a similar comment made the other day to me because Kye was eating a sandwhich whilst sitting in the trolley in Woolworths. An elderly couple asked me how old Kye was and I said 8.5 months and they said "wow and hes eating whole sandwhiches" :rofl:

MT: i totally agree with you on peoples reaction to BLS. people who see DD eat think she is amazing but i try to explain that any baby would eat like that if given the chance, but you get the same reaction 'oh no, if my dd has even a little lump in her spoon food she gags' what do you say!? mean while dd is leaning in taking bites out of a ham sandwich im holding and the mothers are going 'oh, be carefull, shes got your sandwich' my reply...'its not my sandwich, its ours!' :)

mash potato is a fav here too...DH makes it a bit lumpy which is perfect! made a shepards pie and she loved that with the cheesy mash on top.

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ours!' :)made a shepards pie and she loved that with the cheesy mash on top.

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Me too - that's what Kye is having for dinner tonight :)

Hi Girls!

I haven't been in here for ages, quite a few posts to read up on! Will do that after this.
We are plodding along with BLS. I'd like to try some of the muffins and things some of you cook. They sound good, I think Em would love them.
I had the parents as teachers lady here again week before last and she was saying since me telling her about BLS she has been telling all her mums about it and how much sense it makes...how good is that!
Does anyone else get a bit slack sometime and not give 3 meals a day? Should I be more diligent at feeding her at 8 months?

i think at 7 months we were still dropping a meal here and there, or just having cruskits or a banana for dinner as she wasnt to interested in that meal. but now she kicks up a fuss if im even half an hour later with food!! lol
Breakfast at 8am, lunch at 12.30pm and Dinner at 5.30pm, and she nearly always has two courses...Breakfast was poached egg on toast folowed by banana, lunch was tuna & sweetcorn sandwiches followed by grapes. Dinner shepards pie followed by yoghurt with chopped prunes mixed in.

Georgi sorry I didn't reply sooner, I have been away. Ashton has the whole banana, I peel it half way and he peels the rest while he eats it :)

MISSYMOO That's ok. Thanks. BJ seems to be coping well with banana now. I just split it in three

EEJ Occaisionally BJ won't have lunch cause he's sleeping. I'll just give him a few mouthfuls of yoghurt when he wakes cause I don't want to ruin his next bf. But other than that, I'm pretty stringent on it. I get worried he won't sleep at night if he misses his dinner. I reckon he could easily skip breaky, he's not a big eater in the mornings

MUMMYT Someone else on here (i can't remember who) made a comment that they didn't like their coat as the food still gets on their clothes. I was then thinking it would be a waste of money, but I guess it must be different brands cause this one really is great. $19.95 but $10 postage. So I reckon it's too expensive. But I also bought a messy mat so that kinda broke up the postage fee IYKWIM.

BECKOES I think i've said this before, but gees your DD is a good eater. Have you been doing BLS right from the start?

TANYA BJ does that too. Shoves EVERYTHING in his mouth until it starts falling out LOL. It's so funny to watch. He use to gag when he did it, but not anymore.

ALYSSASMum Lol, it's funny to see all the food up their nose hey. Avocado is always a good one hehehe

NAGROMEYK Those elderly people probably thought Kye was heaps older than that anyway, cause he's so big

JENNIFER Are those homemade potato chips cooked in the oven? Is that what you mean?

I am struggling to get the veges cooked right to make it easy fto eat. How do you cook your broccoli & carrots? I tried in the microwave but they seemed too hard. How long should I cook them for?

Just a quickie ...

Georgi - I steam them the old fashioned way on the stove - use a piece for a tester and keep testing it with a fork until it feels just right - then you know how long to cook the next lot for etc.

Zander not interested much today - avo on cruskit - some crumpet for brekky, he just had a few mouthfuls of yogurt for dinner - but we all have days like that I spose.

Georgi, re the chips: DP does them two ways, cuts them into wedges and bakes them in the oven (skins on) or we have a deep fryer, so we cut them into fries and deep fry them in vegetable oil. Much healthier than going out and buying chips!

Georgi, she is a good eater...so am i ! DH always laughs "like mother like daughter"! We started with spoon food for a week or so at about 5 months, was ok till the novolty wore off, then she wouldnt have a bar of it so we tried BLS, havent looked back!!
As for cooking veggies, i either steam or if im in a bit of a rush il boil them, but i try not todo that way. i can never get carrot right, i doesnt seen to go the right texture for when they are just starting out so i would only give it her in things...like cooked in the oven in a casarole, then it goes nice and soft.
Got some nice eggs from the market so had scrambled eggs with some sweetcorn and pieces of chopped up tortilla mixed through...get the carbs in to fill her up.lol. no second course today. :) which probably means a three course lunch! some times i cant keep up and he looks at me like 'whats next' thats when i make pancakes....even she cant manage many of those!!
A friend told me that her dd used to be like that...would eat enythingand every thing,but now doesnt eat alot and is a bit picky...so im making the most of it while it lasts!! She is still only 8kgs!!!

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL MOTHERS DAY!

BECKOES Thanks for that. It makes me feel better knowing that I"m not the only one that can't get the veges right. I find it easiest to use puree on his pasta. That way he sucks it all off. Plus, there's plenty of veges in that zucchini bake so that's good. I'm gonna make that again today

JENNIFER Wedges in the oven are a great idea. I'm gonna give that a go

SAMI How's Zanders eating been going the past few days? How does he like the yoghurt? BJ loves it now. I reckon he's eat the whole tub if i'd let him

We went to dinner last night so it was the first time we've sat at the dinner table & ate with Byron. We booked for 5pm so BJ could still get to bed by 7pm. It was really nice. I took chicken, avocado & cucumber for BJ while we ate Thai. We got a few pics too.

Ups and downs really Georgi - yoghurt still has the horror face but he opens his mouth a few times as I am giving it to him and he has his own spoon too. Tried some diced peach yesterday and he gummed it and it fell out again :rolleyes: However I have noticed he always reaches for the broccoli first at meal time over carrot and snowpeas/beans etc - but he still is not actually eating much at all.

I again tried some weetbix this morning no go - porridge no go.

So, Q for you ladies - what else do you give your bubs for brekky that isn't toast/muffin/crumpet like that he can still feed himself? - anything cereal like you can think of??? I dont really want him to have toast for brekky every day - would like to try and get him eating some kind of cereal. Oh, and not fruit either - something a bit more substantial ... thanks in advance ;)

Sami: pancakes were a fav here when she couldnt eat toast and didnt like porridge. i would cut a banana or a strawberry in to thinish rounds, coat them in think pancake batter and lightly pan fry. we would both have them when i made them cause they are so yum!! or cherrioes if im having them, only ilet them go abit soggier for her. she liked them a few times. scrambled eggs are a fave, or i chuck whatever i have in the fride in and make a bit of an omlette, this morning it was pasta teddies left over from last nights dinner! lol, she didnt mind. if ive had a shocker of a night and cant be inventive its banana on toast! lol . HTH

There's nothing wrong with giving vegies, rice or any other types of food for breakfast either. It's only in Western countries that we associate breakfast with bread, toast, pancakes, etc. Give him whatever you think he likes for breakfast and let him eat that (imagine how jealous all the mums of non-vegie eating kids are when your DS will happily have them for breakfast, lunch and dinner!). Rice is probably the best substitute for cereal.

Hi all!

I have been reading for a while and thought I'd jump in!

Jennifer-Great suggestions re what breaky foods to give! I'm always stuck for ideas that are "breakfast foods" as toast seems to bind DS up too much. Tomrrow he is getting vegies!!

Just a question about when you go out for lunch/to someone else's place. Do you just take the same thing they eat at home? The reason I ask is, I think I would be a bit embarassed at the amount of mess DS would leave on their floor. Any suggestions??

Maya loves avocado on cruskits but I ran out of avocado so I put yoghurt on cruskits today and that was a hit. :) She won't eat yoghurt from the spoon but she happily ate it on the cruskits. :) I've also tried watermelon and cucumber but she sucks on them and spits them out. Oh and today I tried pear but it was way too slippery for her to pick up.. so she just chased it around and around her tray. :lol:

hippiemummy - I was also wondering what people do when they go out. Maya makes such a mess I'm not sure how to feed her when out.

I'm also finding it really hard to clean the high chair straps!! They get filthy and they are made of material and very hard to get clean.

Oh .. and today Maya learnt how to do raspberries.. whilst eating! So food flying everywhere. :rolleyes:

We're off our food :( But I think it is because some teeth are ready to cut! At least I am hoping so because there seems to be so many signs pointing in that direction!

Breakfast ideas - With the cereal it might be the way it is prepared too. We have weetbix most mornings but it is different each morning. One morning we do it as per usual with milk, the next warm mush in the microwave, the next morning we put apple puree through it (gotta taste nicer, surely?) hot or cold, the next morning we'll put just a tiny bit of milk on it so that he can pick it up and munch on it, sometimes we do it dipped in yoghurt. The other mornings are usually toast or eggs.

Here is the list of breakfast ideas in "Baby-led Weaning" book

• Fresh Fruit
• Porridge, also can add stewed or grated apples or pears, blackberries or blueberries, raisins, dride apricots, dates, cranberries or figs. Fruit puree, freshly ground nuts or sunflower seeds or strawberries can be added at the table.
• Natural yoghurt with fresh fruit or berries stirred. Something babies love to watch and participate in. Or dip pieces of fresh fruit in the yoghurt.
• Scrambled egg (well cooked)
• Cereal - with or without milk. Some babies love dry cereal. Mini wheats, weet-bix, cornflakes and rice bubbles tend to have less sugar and salt.
• Toast, oat cakes or rice cakes spread with peanut butterm cream cheese, or 100% fruit spread
• Baked beans on toast
• Cheese on toast

Easy to carry foods that aren't too messy are things like fruit, vege sticks, cold cooked vegies, sandwiches, cheese, pasta salad or cold pasta, yoghurt, avocado or hummous dips to use with vege sticks, cruskits etc, rice cakes with or without spreads, dried fruits (in moderation), dry cereal.

I don't worry about the mess when I go out. I warn people if I am at their house though and I always just clean it up afterwards no matter where I am. I have gotten over the embarassment, although I would be very embarassed if I left without attempting to clean up. I know you can buy mess mats to put down, or even a plastic table cloth so you can just fold it up and clean it out when you get home. We often spread a couple of serviettes out underneath his chair when we are in cafes or restaurants and then the clean up is fairly easy. Just a few ideas. HTH

Tanya - Jett liked doing raspberries for a while too! It's a great look wearing all that food spatter!! Oh and I love your picture of Maya in your ticker!

Hey HIPPYMUMMY.. Haven't seen you round for a while. Welcome

We've been out a couple of times & I have just cleaned up afterwards. Though you can
put an old muslin wrap under the highchair so you can just pick it up & shake it off then nappy san it when you get home.

I pretty much take what we have at home. Yesterday, I just chopped up fruit before we left & gave that to him. The day before, I took a chicken tenderloin, cucumber sticks & avocado wedges. Again, I just picked up the mess & I take pine o clean wipes with us so I can clean the tray before & after.

TANYA I find with the cucumber it's best to cut the skin off rather than peel it. Cut it close to the seeds. That way you get most of the hard stuff off which is easier for them to eat. KWIM? I totally agree with the high chair straps. It's a PIA. I wash them in the sink which is easy ATM cause I'm using one of those booster style chairs that strap to your dining chair. Though I just put it on the floor which is good cause when he drops his food it doesn't splatter too much. We have an ikea chair but it's in Sydney. We're gonna bring it home with us in June when we go down

MUMMYTUMMY Gosh, let's not talk about teeth cutting. BJ has been a nightmare the past week or so. His top tooth cut yesterday & the other is just about to. He doesn't go off his solids though, only his milk. He has only been having 5 x 6 min BF a day

SAMI I give BJ cruskits with avo for breaky sometimes. I guess it's similar to toast.

I made more zucchini slice yesterday, though I put it in a muffin tray. BJ had 2 for dinner last night with a 1/4 avocado

Jennifer: your so right, i always think 'icant give her that, its not very 'breakfasty' but shes not going to care if she has shepards pie for breakfast!! lol :) in india they all eat curry type things for breakfast!!

Hi guys, haven't posted for a while but have been lurking.

Logan is going really well at the moment, but he will not eat porridge or cereal either.
I found a great recipe for banana and pear pikelets that i made today and he loved them.

1 cup SR flour
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup milk
40g melted butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 large banana mashed
1 pear cored and finely diced.

Mix dry ingredients and make a well in the middle, add wet ingredients and whisk until smooth Stir through the fruit and cook tablespoons of mixture in a fry pan for 1 - 2 mins on each side.

These are so yummy - the original recipe had sugar in but with the fruit I didn't think it was needed. This could be an alternative for brekky :) I also found yoghurt with apple puree mixed through to be a huge hit.

It's great to hear everyone's stories, you are all doing so well.

Kylie - I made K pikelets for brekky this morning too :lol: He had the equivalent of about half a decent sized one + some pear pieces, didnt seem too interested this morning. Might try the pear and banana ones, they sound nice!

Hi All,

Kylie-They sound yum!!

I'm after some ideas....DS won't eat. It has gotten worse over the past week, where he has two mouthfuls and just screams (I've been offering finger food and mush). I don't know if he is in pain, or he is full (I highly doubt because he eats heaps normally) I just don't know. So this morning we went back to mush and he happily ate pureed pears. :dunno:
Do I just keep persisting, I'm sick of preparing 5 different things for each meal and to have him eat nothing!!!

Sorry for the vent, I just don't know what is happening with him!

hippie - Zander does this ALLLLL the time - so I just stop basically and call it over until next time.

I was just about to post that I will continue to lurk but dont feel I am contributing anything useful at the moment cos Z just doesnt eat. Dont get me wrong, he continues to grab my hand with any type of food and shovel it in, gets whatever is on his tray and shoves it in, but it all comes out again and nothing is actually going down. So I feel a bit of a stalemate like, do I continue to try other things or not or just keep to the same old things????

I will give those pancakes a try - i have two others to get ready in the morning and school dropoffs, so might leave it and try it on the weekend.

I was curious and opened a tin of baby custard - which he ate a tablespoon of - the bugger :ROFL: But he cant live off custard :lol:

Will post from time to time until he gets the gist of it all :)

Sami-I did exactly the same thing with the custard and he ate the whole jar!! :rolleyes: And my thoughts were "well you can't live on custard!" He thought it was great. :)