Starting solids? - Baby Led Solids Chatter #2

[Arimeh]

Mel - will you try soy yoghurt?

SJ - I would assume that we will - DS is on soy yoghurt cos we think he can't handle dairy either......

Thanks for the tip about Sao's

[ezymay]

Well we tried our first foods today! Emily LOVED it. She had a finger of wholemeal english muffin with melted cheese on it. She did so well. Can't wait to try more!

[thepixie]

That's great eej! Well done!
Thanks for the tip about hommus Mel ( I'm such an idiot sometimes) we had hommus on toast for lunch today and it went down well - well, less down and more around but she seemed to like it. We had a few days of not eating so well due to illness but we are back on it now.
I have been so slack - she has only really been having one meal a day for like a month. I am going to try to get her having something 3 times a day - fruit and yoghurt for breakfast, something on toast for lunch and she can chew on some veges or a celery stick while we eat our dinner - she loves celery sticks!
welcome lurkers and to all

[Arimeh]

Pixie chick - we sorta have 3 meals a day here - and funnily enough, she is actually drinking MORE of her bottles than she was beforehand!!! Weird child of mine.

[beckoes]

hi, ive managed to do three meals aday for the last week but ive not been that busy recently...but im running out of ideas for interesting things for her, might have to get cooking.

she had scrambled egg yolk with a little grated cheese for lunch amoungst other things, 1/4 baked apple, yog and pear,chicken/broccoli paste stuff thatt DH made on toast.
for dinner we had more of the same minus the egg. i still have heaps of purees that i made in the freezer so we had sweet potato and cream cheese on toast(bit wierd but it went down lol)! She ate nearly all! we were out at a friends house so i was helping her eat it abit more than normal as we couldnt have the same level of mess that we do at home! and i thought i hadnt bought enough! she is really getting into her food which is great to see and its fun to see her getting the hang of picking things up and enjoying them!

Has anyone offered Tofu to their babies?does anyone make recepies or do you just offer straight veg...DD isnt much of a plain veg fan, although i keep trying, she might just be getting used to it slowly!

Hi to all!!

[ezymay]

We tried some more today. Banana, broccoli, red capsicum, pak choy and baby corn. Emily did really well, she was good with the corn and broccoli didn't like the capsicum at all. And was good with the banana. I'll put some pics up.
With yoghurt what brands are ppl giving? I bought some jalna today it seems to not have any sugar in it.

[1MOREPLZ]

hiya all
just thought i would join this thread...
Jack has been having farex since about 4mths (every 2nd day) and now is having mashed potato/pumpkin and arrowroot biccies..he is ALWAYS wanting whatever we are eating (reaching/grabbing squealing for things and making chewing/licking motions watching us)
he gets VERY frustrated when he drops things he is eating but is happy again when given the food back

[Sammiejane]

beckeos - we give actual meals here (as in recipes) and have been for several months now.
MJ isnt that keen on plain veggies anymore either - but will eat them if thats all that is there as she has a huge appitite...
Tonight she had a hamburger (homemade) and some pumpkin, carrot and broccoli... i made a small amount of gravy and poured that over the top.

Belfie, thats a tough one... if you speak to your GP, unless they have done any reading on this, their advice will be start on a rice cereal with a non dairy milk and will probably poo poo this method... do you have specialists that you see re your and your DH's conditions/intolerances?
You could start on 'safe' foods, we started on veggies here, so i would sat start on the veggies that you are OK with and give a variety of these.
When you are ready to introduce something, do it one thing at a time and depending on how it is taken (and comes out) try again the following day. try not to give to potential allergens in the one day as a delayed reaction may mean that you assume it is the wrong one kwim?
As for dairy, MJ has soy milk, we use Bonsoy (more expensive but does not have added sugar like most commercial brands) Not because she is allergic (or any of us) to dairy but she prefers it... she has 'normal' cheese and yoghut thou. Dont know if this is of any help to you - good luck with the introduction of foods

[amberj]

Ok, I have a question. How does your LO differentiate between food and toys? I mean, no matter what I give Peter, he will look at it, then touch it, then put it in his mouth- could be a toy, could be food, could be the cat's tail.

Then its like when he discovers its food and it has a taste, unless its yogurt or arrowroot, he pulls the "why are you trying to poison me, mum?" face and shudders and spits it out. I do try to limit food to when he's in his highchair, but then often he gets bored in his highchair so we give him a toy as well.....how is he supposed to know a bit of broccoli isn't a new toy? Does it even matter if he can't tell the difference?

I just worry maybe he doesn't understand its food and he's supposed to eat it....

[Visitor8]

ARGH! NO HE WONT CHOKE ON IT! HE'S BEEN EATING BANANA FINE AND YES HE CAN HAPPILY SUCK ON THAT RICE CRACKER AND NO I WILL NOT BUY HIM FAREX OR THAT JUNK IN A JAR. WOULD YOU EAT IT? NO DIDN'T THINK SO!

ok sorry I had to get that out...

[1MOREPLZ]

LOL missymoo!!!!
jack has just started eating banana..and i got the comment from my MIL...he'll choke!!!! ummmmm NOPE he won't was my reply!!!

[Visitor8]

oh apparently i am a bad parent for giving my son things he can choke on. Banana and toast are bad, broccoli is worse and OMG YOU GAVE HIM CARROT! Ahh yes I did ***** now get lost! All this while he was sitting there eating from his lunch box today, perfectly happy, not gagging once.

The only food he has choked on was the yogurt I was feeding him myself! That he spluttered and coughed over.