14 Month Old Food Ideas

He should be eating table food by now. Anything and everything is fine at this age. Some doctor's will tell you to stay away from peanut butter, but ours said it's fine in small amounts. I would avoid things like nuts, but that's just because they are hard to chew.
My baby is 13 months and she eats cereal or oatmeal for breakfast. Lunch is usually leftovers from the night before or lunch meat, vegetables, fruit, and cottage cheese. Snack is Goldfish, peanut butter crackers, yogurt, or sometimes peas (the girl loves her veggies!). Dinner is whatever we're having with a fruit of some type. She shares a bowl of cereal with her Daddy before bed.
To wean, cut out one feeding at a time. Start with the nursing session lasts the least amount of time, for us it was the morning session. Replace that session with a cup of milk. You might have to do 1/2 breastmilk 1/2 milk until he gets used to the taste of milk. After 4 days or so, cut out another feeding. Just keep doing that till he's weaned. It will take awhile, but it's really the best way to wean, at least in my opinion.

I exclusively breatfed for 16-18 months for each kid. I, personally, would NEVER give my kid cow's milk. My kids get cheese once in a while, but milk is VERY mucus producing and increases the incidence of ear infections. My oldest son had ONE ear infection and that was while we were giving him cheese and yogurt everyday. My younger two have never even had yogurt, milk and rarely any cheese. Neither of them have had milk...ever. We don't even bring it into the house.

We are the only species that drinks another's species milk, except us. So rigjht there, common sense has got to stop you and make you think about that. Then, most species don't even drink milk after the age of 2, except for us.

There are 2 schools of thought:

The Dairy Council which is an advertising agency: www.gotmilk.com and they make money off people drinking it

OR

www.notmilk.com which make NO money off of it.

Some meat might be ok, Veggies are a huge staple and some fruit. I didn't give rice cereal or solid grains, since diabetes is so rampant in the US due to our health choices....I didn't figure the glycemic index of grains was a great idea if I wanted healthy children. So far, my kids are healthier than any other kids I know.

Like I said, I was still breastfeeding all of them at 14 months, so they did still get breastmilk, but we also made protein smoothies with whey and rice protein - I use Standard Process Complete protein powder with apricot juice or acai berry juice and a few frozen strawberries. Pureed green veggies, yams/sweet potatoes, etc. My 4.5 month old grabbed my chile relleno burrito and ate some of it, with black beans and salsa verde and loved it. My younger two ate what we ate and never had ANY baby food, but my first one did. None of them had any sugar until they were 2 or 3....and then it's SUPER limited. All my kids drink is water and they are fine with it. Once in a while, they can have a small cup of fresh squeezed OJ after they have had breakfast with protein. Now, they eat eggs in the am, etc.

We also use sunflower seed butter instead of peanut butter....and agave nectar instead of honey or jam - as they got older.

My daughter is that age and she is a super eater. I'm still nursing her once a day (in the AM) to make sure she gets nutrients since she doesn't like milk. My pediatrician told me it's OK if she doesn't drink milk as long as she eats enough dairy through the day. She eats everything we eat except for shellfish or steak (too hard to chew). Her typical day:

Nurse in the AM

Breakfast (scrambled egg sometimes with bacon or pancakes with agave "syrup" or biscuit with honey or oatmeal with cinnamon and brown sugar (not the kind in envelopes). A little bit of OJ (1-2oz) with breakfast.

Morning snack: whole grain cheerios (they are LOADED with iron...but only the whole grain kind are), a banana.

Lunch: organic kids yogurt (with fruit and veggies in it), some kind of cooked chopped veggie (peas, carrots, green beans, etc.) and some kind of chopped fruit (grapes, peaches, melon, blueberries, etc.). She sometimes eats a sandwich (PB&J or grilled cheese) instead.

Afternoon snack: baby mum-mums or teething biscuits, dried fruit, frozen fruit in her safer feeder, goldfish etc. I try to stay away from too much processed snacks though.

Dinner: Whatever we are having cut up into little bites. She really likes cottage cheese and avocado, so I usually have one of those with each meal. She can even eat a whole slice of pizza without me cutting it up. I watch carefully though in case she chokes. I try to make sure she eats a little meat (hamburger, chicken, pork, fish), a starch like rice or chopped noodles, and a veggie.

Drinks: She really drinks only water, and a tiny bit of OJ once a day.

Hope this helps!

Please exercise caution when accepting our advice on what nutritional needs your child has at this age. There are few real health care providers on here, so it's mostly experience and opinion.

Basically, anything you're eating is OK as long as you consider these 2 general rules from the American Academy of Pediatrics:
1. be cautious KNOWN family food allergens
2. avoid foods that pose choking hazards

Otherwise, you can feed him anything and everything to help make him a good healthy eater. He needs the fat of whole milk or something equivalent until his 2nd birthday for proper brain development.

You shouldn't worry about calories at this point, but you definitely should stay away from processed foods as they contain huge amounts of fat, carbs, and sodium. Basically, anything you purchase that's premade is not the healthiest thing.

Our house rule is that there's always a fresh fruit or vegetable (or frozen as they're often as healthy if not more nutritious) on the plate. Usually they eat that before anything else (they're 2 and 4).

Here is a sample menu for a child his age from the American Academy of Pediatrics:
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/f...

Hi mama! Be very cautious about replacing breastmilk with whole milk. Another mom posted some good info about milk. I have a 17 month old daughter who is still breastfeeding and I will not give her cow's milk. I have actually introduced Almond Milk and that has gone well! However, if you are going to introduce any sort of milk to replace breast milk, do it slowly to make sure that your son is still getting enough nutrients each day. 14 month olds can pretty much eat whatever the family is eating...just small bites and portions. Try for a balanced week as opposed to a balanced day of eating otherwise you will drive yourself nuts. This age tends to be more about throwing and smearing food than eating food! :) My daughter has had fish and poultry - no four legged creatures and she is doing fine. Introduce meat when you are ready and when your son is receptive. Just be very conservative when giving foods with salt or sugar. Children should not be overloaded with either. Good luck!

I would not give him meat to start out. I think that is harsh to start out. Give him whole milk in a sippy cup and see how he does. I would may be water the milk down and each day add less water and more milk. If he has teeth cut up some food to give him like bananas,apples. I would then try something new every few days. After he eats well for a few weeks with the fruits and veggies,I would then try some meat like chicken that has been baked and cut it up in pieces. Good luck