What to feed a 7 month old baby???

stokegal

Hi everyone :hello:

I have been weaning DS since he was approx 5 months old and he's now got into a routine of 3 meals a day plus 2 bottles. I'm looking for help in coming up with receipe ideas as I'm stumped at what he can/can't eat. I bought the Annabel Karmel book but have found it very fussy and I can't cook AT all.

My mum tells me he can eat most things but when i check food on the internet it says to not give them until after 12 months. I am being overly cautious, can give any suggestions to what they feed their baby. I need really easy stuff for OH to cook as he is worse than me (I asked him what all the different symbols on the oven meant and he could only name half of them :rolleyes:)

My typical meals include

Breakfasts
Weetabix with milk and mashed up banana
Baby Porridge - C&G - it's working out really expensive, can he eat normal porridge?
Baby Cereals - C&G - again this is working out really expensive
Banana on Toast

Meals
Cheesy mash (Mashed up jacket potato with milk, butter and a tiny bit of cheese)
Mash, Peas and Fresh Mint (started growning my own mint just for this )
Baked beans on Toast
His new favourite for any fellow stokies is Cheesy Oatcakes with brown sauce (Proper Staffordshire Oatcakes not the Fake Scottish ones )

Or I'll do any combination of the below
Sweet Potato, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Swede, Parsnips

I tried him with baby pasta but twice he has vomited this back up undigested so I'm worried to try it again.

I really struggle when we're out and more often than not if we're out for the day I give him a jar of baby food.

Snacks/Desserts
Baby yougurt
Apples / Oranges / Pears / Bananas
Pre packed baby snacks bought in from supermarket

Thanks

**confuzzled**

Hi just asked my friend what she did...her poor little girl wasn't allowed anything remotely unhealthy:rolleyes: lol

Anyway she swore by chickpeas, you can mush them up to different textures and put them with pretty much anything, her LOs fave was chickpeas & butternut squash:)
She said she found this website helpful too, she was also overly cautious but soon gave up when she realised her daughter knew better than she did;):rolleyes:

Good luck training your OH too;):D

JBD

This all sounds good Stokegal, as far as I can remember babies can eat most things but you can't put any salt in. How about wheetabix and ready brek?. Also you could try a little bit of white fish with mashed potato. we were advised not to give babies egg until a year old otherwise they can eat most foods.

Sarahlou_2

Hi

My son ate pretty much what we did (minus the salt) - he once devoured a slice of homemade steak pie at 8 months old....... He's now a strapping 4 year old who will eat all veg, fruit, meat - you name it he eats it! Just go for it - they certainly let you know if they don't like it!

claireac

I just started cooking our meals without salt, and dd had the same. I used a hand blender or fork to mush it up a bit.

Favourites: spag bol, shepherds pie, roast dinner (chicken rather than red meat as easier to mush), pasta bakes with lots of veges, fish pie, mild curry and rice.

At 3 my dd now eats most things, but has a tiny appetite now!

MrsBartolozzi

Regarding the porridge, yes normal porrige will be fine. If, once you've bought it, you think the flakes are a bit bigger than baby is used to, just whizz them (dry) in a food processor for a few seconds.
What about scrambled eggs - my two loved this with cheese and tomato for lunch, with fingers of carrots and chopped apples. (on same plate they didn't care, just dig in ).
I notice all the meals are veggie, you've not said you don't eat meat, so ignore this next bit if it doesn't apply:
fish pie - poach any white fish in milk, use the milk to make a cheesy sauce, add fish and top with mash.
Mince, just like you'd make it for yourself, add onions and carrots, peas etc and remove baby's portion before adding salt.
Small pieces of chicken from a roast or just stirfried, just be careful of the seasonings used.

stokegal

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions, I guess I just wanted re-assurance that he could eat "normal" food, I think I read a story about a baby dying from eating too much salt and it's made me worried ever since (I will never "Pick Me up" again) He also goes to bed most nights freezing as I heard that overheating was the biggest cause of cot death and toys are only bought for development - not for fun!! - Does it show that I'm a first time mum??

I'm not veggie so will definately try cooking him up some mince / chicken. Mine and OH's diet's are so bad so will have to have to start cooking fresh for all 3 of us.

teacherandmum

try the forums on http://community.babycentre.co.uk/groups/a1242705/solid_foods_and_weaning
everyone on there is really helpful and you'll find loadds of simple ideas

JBD

Stokegal, the only thing you have to be careful about is salt, that includes stockcubes and gravy if you use them. I believe they should not have these till 12 months old as their kidney's are too immature to cope. Remember a lot of adult food may have hidden salt in them , we can't really taste it as we are used to it.

Becles

It's easier trying to wean them onto the diet you want them to be on through childhood. That way they don't grow up with faddy tastes and you don't have to change things later on.

In my case, I make a most meals from scratch, so I just used to puree some for the baby, and then the progressed to mashed with a fork, cut into very small chunks and so on.

Don't be scared to give strong flavours, although do it in moderation at first. I've got a 2 year old here who eats hot chillies and jalfrezi/madras strength curry as we like spicy food. Makes for interesting nappies though :rotfl:

Pssst

Most kids in Manchester are weaned on Greggs pasties...