finger foods, main meals 7mths +

notanewuser

Is there a sure start centre anywhere near her? I've heard they often have free cookery lessons available. Does her partner/husband cook?

jenhug

scrambled egg?

iwannabeonthebeach

babies should eat meat from 6months as the iron they are born with starts to diminish.

notanewuser

iwannabeonthebeach wrote: »

babies should eat meat from 6months as the iron they are born with starts to diminish.

The iron in green leafy vegetables and pulses is better absorbed by the human body than from animal sources.

sulkisu

when_will_it_end wrote: »

thanks heartbreak,

unfortunately she is not the best at cooking, I went for tea a few weeks ago, I wont elaborate to much this early in the morning haha!

Assuming you can cook, why not teach her a few basic healthy family recipes, which everyone can eat? Learning to make baby foods is a short term solution to the problem.

I am another one who believes in giving babies the same as us adults (with a few exceptions) and just chopping things finely to suit. Meat and chicken are fine, they just need to be cut up small or shredded. I found the baby pasta to be too small and tasteless, whereas normal pasta was fine - babies need something to get their teeth into.

when_will_it_end

hi all and thankyou,

the choking was not whilst he was being fed it was just a freak episode which led to an ambulance almost being called it was quite scary at the time

well he had tomato soup and bread today, so did the sofa, the floor, and most of his body

what are peoples views on leaving babies to feed them selves by hand, I agree in one respect but obviously they don't quite grasp the spoon to mouth very well and end up using hands only an that in its self can lead to problems with manners as they get older

im going to show her this thread as she is wary about giving meat to him but this proves its tried and tested

thanks x

Gillyx

Definitely no issues with manners, we started with purees, but very very quickly moved to all finger foods (around the 7 month mark maybe?) He's been using cutlery from around 11/12 months and uses it brilliantly now, he can feed himself anything with cutlery, but sometimes he does prefer to use his hands, but I don't think that has anything to do with him using his hands when younger I think even children who have been spoon fed will do it.

It's also been proven allowing baby to feed themselves reduces over eating as they regulate there own appetite.

building_with_lego

when_will_it_end wrote: »

hi all and thankyou,

the choking was not whilst he was being fed it was just a freak episode which led to an ambulance almost being called it was quite scary at the time

well he had tomato soup and bread today, so did the sofa, the floor, and most of his body

what are peoples views on leaving babies to feed them selves by hand, I agree in one respect but obviously they don't quite grasp the spoon to mouth very well and end up using hands only an that in its self can lead to problems with manners as they get older

im going to show her this thread as she is wary about giving meat to him but this proves its tried and tested

thanks x

The trick is not to give them a spoon
My DD DID NOT want to be spoonfed but by giving her real food to hold and eat/mush into her hair/drop on the floor she learnt to eat and enjoy mealtimes. We had been fighting over spoons as I tried to feed her (because "that's what you do") but then I read about baby-led weaning and it worked perfectly. She just had whatever we were having on the tray and if she ate it, great.
Remember that 'under one it's just for fun', meaning that your grandson will get most of his nutrition from milk until he's around one, and that the food he sees/ eats/ throws now is just part of his education, really, rather than vital for his health.