What to feed a 7 month old baby???

moiramber

My son is 7 months old too, I feed him all the meals out the Gina Ford weaning book, They are all really easy to make and my son seems to love them. Some of them smell so good I wouldn't mind them myself! It has exact quantities of everything so really easy to follow. I don't know where i'd be without the book!

I tried my son on scrambled egg a couple of weeks ago, He was not a fan!!! Looked at me as if to say "dear God woman, what the hell is this":rotfl:

goingsenile

I used to do all sorts of combination by batch cooking stuff and freezing it in ice cube trays (transfered to bags after solid) and then ringing the changes

So I would have mashed up cubes of:
carrot
turnip
parsnip
butternut squash
broccoli
cauliflower

Then cubes of:
chicken
white fish
mince in tomoato sauce
Pork

Then every morning I would just decied what cubes to take out for her meals that day there were endless combinations.Also ment you could put a couple in a tub and take them with you if going out they were generally defrosted by the time you needed them

I can't find the recipe now but there was one I used to do with lentils and sultana's which she loved.

Did the same with fruits and custard (made with no sugar) too for quick desserts.

Hope this is helpful

AJ

ali-t

Pssst wrote: »

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

where I live they are often weaned on cheesy wosits and tunnocks teacakes :rolleyes:

fernliebee

My DD was one of the 'poor mites' who is only allowed healthy stuff!

Mainly she just had mashed veg and different fruits at that age for dinner, but we would give her whatever we were having as I don't cook with salt, and eat a relatively healthy diet. For breakfast it would always be porridge, then for lunch various fruits with some toast with either marmite or hummus on, then for dinner whatever we were having eg chilli (fairly mild) curry, shepherds pie and veg, mash and veg, or any variety of vegetables steamed and fork mashed (I could never be bothered to puree, and DD would eat it however it came )

I would only add that if you want to carry on giving him baby porridge etc then go to homebargains or poundland as they always have at least one type of this for about 39p a box. But baby will be fine with normal porridge. DD has this every day and has done since she was 6 months as you can sneak all sorts of goodies into it and she loves it.

legio11

my son is another who only eats healthy lol not by my choice but he just prefers fruit and vegetables to crisps and junk lol
i swear by annabel karmel i used alot of her receips when first weaning but by about 7months he ate exactly what we did including chilli etc and now he will eat anythin (2yrs old) and only drinks water and milk.
maybe try something like roast dinner blended
and in regard to food out and about if you start them off with finger food they can eat preety much anything from sandwichs to pizza to cooked veg etc off your plate or what you take for them

Caroline73_2

At seven months a baby should still be getting most of their nutrition from milk so don't worry too much, just aim to introduce different tastes and not give them too much bad stuff, At this age they are learning about the social side of eating and learning how to chew and feed themselves.

Baby Led Weaning is great if you aren't a good cook. Steamed/boiled veg, pieces of fruit, etc. are easy. I used to make my LO burgers which were easy for him to hold and eat, minced chicken with a bit if curry powder, minced beef with herbs, lentils and spinach etc.

fernliebee

ali-t wrote: »

where I live they are often weaned on cheesy wosits and tunnocks teacakes :rolleyes:

That reminds me of a baby of about 11 months, at about 9 in the morning in town with the tray of his buggy filled with wotsits on one side and skips on the other! :mad:

I know you shouldn't judge, and maybe he never normally was allowed them and this was a special treat blah, blah blah BUT surely it's not right to give a baby 2 bags of crisps in one sitting! It's not right for a grown up to eat 2 bags of crisps in one sitting!

(though I'm sure I have at some point. Oooops! )

Amanda65

This thread does make me grin - and yes stokegal you can tell you're a first time mum

I know that thinking has probably changed so much but my three had porridge or fruit and yoghurt for brekkie, 'normal' tinned pasta (spaghetti hoops etc.) with toast fingers (I used to kid myself that spaghetti hoops and thomas the tank pasta shapes were different due to the shape :rotfl:), scrambled or soft boiled eggs, eggy bread, cheese on toast.

Tea / dinner was generally a mashed up portion of our meal either from that day or a frozen portion from a previous meal and favourites included bolognese, shepherds pie, roast, fish pie, chicken / beef/ lamb casserole. As others had said I did not cook with salt.

I'm sure that 'thinking' today says lots of the above shouldn't be given but as mine are now 18, 16, and 13, very healthy and eat everything I think moderation is the key.

barbie_babe

you could try chopping the baby pasta up into smaller bits it might be easier to start. My oldest son use to allways bring baby pasta back up untill i did this.

emlou2009

ready brek is fine and less effort than pureeing porridge

and egg is also fine, as long as its cooked. they arent allowed runny egg yolk until over a year old, so scrambled egg would be absolutely fine

the only things they cant have is salt, sugar and honey.

i've been reading lots over the past few days on what you can feed babies as i'm stuck for inspiration for mine, but i'm off to asda later and have a list of different fruits, avocado, pudding rice to make rice pudding, things like that last night i made a big batch of veg puree which basically consisted of green beans, cauliflower, onion and carrot and a knob of butter shoved in a pan together with a bit of water and blended when it no longer looked like veg :rotfl: it went down very well though, and was a free meal pretty much cos it was the dregs of frozen veg packets i just wanted rid of from the freezer! HTH