Tonight will be my sons second time actually trying table food but we stopped for a while cause he was gagging on anything chunky....Anyway just wondering if u had some good first table foods to try at dinner tonight? Thank u much : )
Tofu. I know it's weird, but my kids thought it was fantastic. You can buy it somewhat firm, cut it into cubes, and let him go to town. It's cheap too. I also just gave my kids whatever we had for dinner. Cut into tiny pieces. Good luck!
have you seen the munchkin feeder? its a lolipop looking mesh thing that you put solid food in and let them chew on it. its a way to get flavors introduced and nutrients to them, without chunks. other than that, my kids loved finger foods, like aldente cooked corkscrew pasta. a little nibble of anything we were eating that wasn't spicy was offered at every meal.
Canned veggies! My daughter started with canned carrots, moved to peas, cut green beans, and now likes the mixed veggies. So fun!
Rice, noodles, soft cooked veggies, cheese, soup, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs...
Really anything that you eat should be fine as long as it can be mashed with his gums/tongue and it is cut up into small bites so he won't choke on them. If you season your food heavily, then just put some aside for him before you season so his can be more neutral.
Not sure how old your son is, but if he's less than a year old, remember that solid food is just practice and he should still be getting most of his nutrition from breastmilk or formula, so try not to worry if he doesn't eat the solids well just yet :)
Have fun! And get ready for the mess ;) It helps to have a dog when you are feeding a small child to "help" with the clean up!!
Mashed potatoes, peas, green beans, string cheese, crumbled of hamburger, small pieces of chicken, any noodles like mac n cheese smashed up into small pieces.
Avocado, veggies steamed to very soft, small: pieces of soft fruit, pieces of low-sodium cheese, whole wheat bread, pieces of whole wheat noodles, whole wheat pancakes, cooked egg yolk.
Wholesomebabyfood.com has great ideas and suggestions.
Remember what you are eating may have way more salt, fat and sugar than baby needs so you may want to look at that before offering up what's on your plate.
My daughter was the same way. She was EBF and wouldn't have a thing to do with solids until she was 9 months old. No biggie though! I think babies, especially breastfed babies, are very adept at letting mom and dad know what they need and what they don't. No stress. Like Sarah said solids are just for practice at this point anyhow!
A baby needs formula or breast milk as their primary source of nutrition.
Baby food is only for teaching a baby to chew and swallow, it has very minimal nutrition in it due to the company thinking it is only a supplement and not for supplying nutrition for a child. That is directly from the baby food company. I called them one time about using some gifted baby food that was a week out of date. They said it had no nutritional value at that point and to throw it away. The glass jars allow light, the lid allows minuscule particles in, it has no preservatives, etc.... They said baby food is NOT to be used as nutrition instead of formula or breast milk.
If you baby is older than 6 months then he needs stage 1 baby food, a few spoonfuls a couple of times per day. It is a single type of food, simple like only banana's or only pears. Stage 2 combines different foods so if your child has an allergic reaction it is harder to figure out which one they are reacting to. Stage 3 is for kids really chewing and swallowing well, I think table food is much more reasonable at that age.
If he needs a dead-smooth texture, he's probably not ready for solids. The gag reflex can take up to a year to calm down in some kids.
How old is he?
Avocado, mash sweat potatoes, mashed carrots, depending on age/teeth you could just soften carrots, apples, pears, etc.. soften and cut in to small pieces..
small pieces of meat (chicken, etc.. dark meat is a good source of iron).
