Help in feeding a 7 month old baby whilst out on the cheap!

Felicity

fac73 wrote: »

Felicity if he is 7 months then he should still be having lots of milk - if you're out all day why not just up the milk feeds a bit and give him a bit of finger food? If he is not very competent it's good practice. Try a bit of pitta bread and houmous or egg mayonnaise or some carrot sticks. My DS is 7 months also but doesn't always eat three times a day, depends on his mood, where we are etc... I wouldn't stress about it!

Hi, he has 4 x 200mls of milk a day AND 3 meals, he loves his food and gets grumpy when a meal is not there (just like his Dad, LOL!).

I have tried him with wholemeal bread and he is just about getting the hang of that but I would have thought pitta bread a bit hard for him to chew. How long has your little chap been having pitta bread and does he manage it ok?

I must admit to being overly cautious about choking (even though I have been on the first aid courses). Maybe I should start being a bit more adventurous with him! I will def try the hummous too, normally I make my own and add loads of garlic so will try and make some that is a bit less fiery for him!

jackomdj

My LO has loved garlic bread since she was able to suck on it - the stronger the better. Don't worry about strong flavours now is the time to try.

I would go for the pram when out & about, or go into a cafe & have a cheap drink - you don't have to spend much!

We have never worried about having to be somewhere "proper" for our girls to have lunch, they are happy to eat anywhere.

Good luck
Nicky

daphne_descends

Felicity wrote: »

Hi, he has 4 x 200mls of milk a day AND 3 meals, he loves his food and gets grumpy when a meal is not there (just like his Dad, LOL!).

I have tried him with wholemeal bread and he is just about getting the hang of that but I would have thought pitta bread a bit hard for him to chew. How long has your little chap been having pitta bread and does he manage it ok?

I must admit to being overly cautious about choking (even though I have been on the first aid courses). Maybe I should start being a bit more adventurous with him! I will def try the hummous too, normally I make my own and add loads of garlic so will try and make some that is a bit less fiery for him!

I started weaning at 5.5 months so have been giving him finger food since then.. I tend to do something like weetabix at breakfast then a bit of toast, finger food at lunch - steak and chips (home made in the oven!) are a new favourite, and he has a puree or mashed food for dinner, so it's a mix of both rather than all of one or the other... it did take a while for him to get to grips with it but he's really come on in the last few weeks and have definite favourites, he knows what to do with food now - so if I give him philadelphia on rice cakes and licks the cheese off first (he didn't learn that from me, promise )

Actually thinking about it pitta bread was a bit hit and miss to start with, he did enjoy sucking the houmous off though, but rice cakes practically dissolve so you might feel more confident with them. Or maybe some steamed carrot/broccoli (though beware the mess!) and cold toast fingers - I find toast better than soft bread as they can grip it a bit better without it falling apart. DS doesn't mind what is hot or cold.

I worry about choking too but the main thing to remember is that there is a difference between gagging and choking. Gagging is noisy, makes your heart go a bit, but is completely harmless, and actually important in development as gagging prevents choking from happening! DS has often gagged and spat out whatever it was. He usually then picks it up again to eat. He didn't learn that from me either!

Finger food aside, how is he at sitting up? My DS has just about mastered it after weeks of wobbling around, so I can imagine now him sitting up on a picnic blanket without support if that's an option? I agree about the pram, my friend's DD ate a blueberry muffin in my pushchair ages ago and I am still finding crumbs despite shaking it upside down! Maybe prop him up with a cushion or rolled up blanket if he is not quite there yet?

And cross your fingers for good weather...

daphne_descends

Oh avacado is good too cut into strips, if you just peel the skin halfway it makes it easier for them to hold, or spread it onto toast/rice cakes. Usually this gets a face that says 'what the hell is this' before getting stuck in!

Ophie

Hi

Why is the pushchair staying clean so important?

I used to want everything to stay clean, but I now realise as the mother of a nearly 2 and a half year old that its practically impossible, days out result in crisps, apple, chocolate, ice cream, snot, spit and other nasties covering the pushchair. I do appreciate the frustration in the dirt though, but it is part of children I'm afraid.

My biggest bug bear is mud!!! Everything else can be brushed off the pushchair, mud has to dry

However, I'd rather walk round with a scabby looking child with a smile on its face and pushchair covered in muck, than a whinging, whining, squawking, crying misery cos she is hungry.

Tao81

Just thought....Maybe ditch the pram when you can?!

It was a long time ago now, but I had a Vaude framed Back-Carrier like this:
http://www.readytoleave.com/Vaude-Jolly-Comfort-IV-Baby-Carrier-Navy/details/Froogle it stands on it's frame with the baby in it and is very stable, great for feeding and very comfortable for baby, my DD used to often dozed off in hers if I sat around for a while chatting with friends whilst sat on the edge of a pavement at a summer festival or on a grass verge or up on Dartmoor somewhere, having just fed her.
They've always been expensive I paid £90 for mine all that time ago but never regretted a penny of it (They have pockets for storage and you can buy rain covers and all sorts to go with them these days, they're brilliant!)
We did so many walking trips and days out that I otherwise couldn't have done unless I had had someone to help me carry her (which I didn't mostly). She must have also looked as comfortable as she so obviously was because heads would turn and I would see plenty of smiles and nudges in our direction from those at nearby cafe tables or hear a few aahhh's from the passers-by whenever I stopped and put her down in it.....Makes me smile even now, thinking back!

You're so right, just buying a drink for yourself when out does really add up, a coffee at almost £2 per cup 3x's per week = £6 p.w - But this saving over a 6 months period and it could have easily paid for itself !:T Just the 'small' detail of finding that sort of money upfront though I suspect?!:rolleyes: Wonder if anyone is selling them or something similar on ebay or in your local rag?? Worth a look!

Early Xmas pressie from someone maybe??? They are really useful and last for ages, right up until the child is too heavy for you to carry, this was approx. around aged 2 1/2, if I remember rightly. I can remember sometimes swinging her up there just like I was putting a rucksack on my back!! Other times I used a table or wall as a starting point.

Good Luck with whatever you choose and hope you can start saving all that money very soon Hun :money: Take care. XX

Tao81

Oh! Just had a look on ebay and there's 7 of them at the moment...Didn't expect that!..........

.....Mine = this model in turquoise blue and black.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUDE-Jolly-Baby-Child-Back-Carrier-Backpack_W0QQitemZ140238216916QQihZ004QQcategoryZ100984QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

HTH X

jackomdj

Tao81 wrote: »

Oh! Just had a look on ebay and there's 7 of them at the moment...Didn't expect that!..........
HTH X

We have one that we take walking - I remember getting a train up a mountain in France, OH had to walk down with DD on his back & I got the ruck sack!! (Actually it was probably just a very big hill - but it took 3 1/2 h to walk back down & we are quite fast walkers!!!)

Nicky

Felicity

Ophie wrote: »

Hi

Why is the pushchair staying clean so important?

I used to want everything to stay clean, but I now realise as the mother of a nearly 2 and a half year old that its practically impossible, days out result in crisps, apple, chocolate, ice cream, snot, spit and other nasties covering the pushchair. I do appreciate the frustration in the dirt though, but it is part of children I'm afraid.

My biggest bug bear is mud!!! Everything else can be brushed off the pushchair, mud has to dry

However, I'd rather walk round with a scabby looking child with a smile on its face and pushchair covered in muck, than a whinging, whining, squawking, crying misery cos she is hungry.

Hi, it is important to me that the pram is clean. He could easily cover it in food in just one meal, I dread to think what it would look like after hundreds of meals!

Yes, the most important thing is that my baby has a big smile on his face (fortunately he never whinges or whines, but does occassional cry), but that does not mean that his things have to get trashed in the process.

I should imagine he would also be far more comfortable in a high chair type scenario.

Felicity

Tao81 wrote: »

Oh! Just had a look on ebay and there's 7 of them at the moment...Didn't expect that!..........

.....Mine = this model in turquoise blue and black.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUDE-Jolly-Baby-Child-Back-Carrier-Backpack_W0QQitemZ140238216916QQihZ004QQcategoryZ100984QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

HTH X

Hi, thanks so much for going to the trouble to look that up and post it! It looks like a great solution, if it wasn't for the fact that since I was pregnant I have suffered from a bad back. I have tried front and back carriers and they just don't work for me.

Thanks anyway, it was thoughtful of you.

I think so far, I am going to try the pushchair and see how we get on with that. Maybe I will start introducing some more finger type foods. The main mess seems to come from the sneezing (about 5 or 6 times at each meal, normally with a mouth full of food!).