regret starting baby on commercial baby food

[sakoon]

thanks so much ladies! feel much better now, i was really down about it. i will try your advice and let you know how it goes.

[Dansta]

did you steam/boil the veggeies (Eg sweet spud?) i've found that with things like sweet spud, pumkin and carrot that roasting them makes my DS love them (plus you can wack 'em in the oven and do other things whilest they're cooking). something about it brings out the natural sugar in them? hope that helps. Ohh and in replacement of the custards maybe try yogurt i know my MCHN told us Jelna was a good one (which DS loves!)
hope tonights dinner time isnt so hard

[sakoon]

Dansta, yes i just steamed them. i will try them in the oven
what about fruit, do i have to cook it? or just mash it, puree it

[Indadhanu]

At that age its good to steam the harder fruits like apples and pears, not to cook them just to make them softer, but no need to steam most other fruits like melons or anything else. Jazz used to LOVE watermelon, we pureed it for her into a liquid and bought some of that custard powder and make watermelon custard. OMG she LOVED it!!!!

[~Raven~]

Really small bits shouldn't be a choking hazard. I think part of the gagging is getting used to the lumps and texture more than actually choking. It can be a bit unnerving hearing it though I know.

It won't be long before he is putting anything he can find on the floor into his mouth (fluff, bugs etc) too so it will come about eventually that he gets used to things in his mouth

Watermelon custard! yummo!

[Dansta]

Dansta, yes i just steamed them. i will try them in the oven
what about fruit, do i have to cook it? or just mash it, puree it

with apple and pare i kind of semi boil/steam it and fork mash it and mix it in with yogurt.
as for the gaging, thats normal going from liqard (milk) to soild food is a change, but they get better at the whole "chewing" thing. plus if they gag they tend to spit it back out. DS still will do that with the bigger chunks.

[beckoes]

Gagging is the scariest part of BLS....it terrified me too. but if you keep calm and give him a few seconds he will probably gag a few times, spit it out and then pop it back in and re-eat it!! thats what dd used to do. doesnt make it any less scary. good thing is it doesnt take the long to get the hang of it. took her AGES to eat bread though! spaghetti was a huge hit and you can mix it with the purees so your getting the best of both worlds!
If thats not your thing though def roast the veggies...and you can roast fruit too, apples pear etc, much tastier. good luck

[sakoon]

thank so much for everyones advice. My son is happily eating home made veges for dinner now. I slowly cut out the fruit and it worked a treat. Never ever going back to commercial baby food. He is such a better baby now and i feel so content and happy preparing and feeding him home made food an it tastes so yum.