Fruits or More Veggies?

These little people know their own bodies quite well, so I'd try to vary it. And believe it or not if you make it one and a half ounces of something and later three ounces and he eats it, well, the world will not end.

Vary your veggies. Most kids will eat fruit in a flash and if you keep it to mix with the veggies he doesn't like as well, then you have another technique to get him to eat a variety of veggies.

We come with built in sweet tooths.

I would try either protein/fat (cooked egg yolk, avocado, plain whole milk yogurt, etc.) or veggies.

If he likes them add in more veggies.
Sure he'll love fruit but they develop a sweet tooth soon enough as it is so if he's liking the veggies give him more veggies!

You could go with half fruit and half veg.

I agree withy protein/fatty food. :)

(How old is he?)

Wholesomebabyfood.com has some great advice about when to introduce different types of foods, as well as recipes if you want to make your own. It was a great resource for me when my daughter was starting/transitioning to solid foods. :)

I'd mix it up, but lean more toward vegetables. Kids get a sweet tooth if too many fruits dominate their diets, as someone else said. But that doesn't mean not to give them any. I think a lot of parents try to imitate what the kids will more likely see as they get into solid foods - fruit at breakfast, veggies at lunch and dinner. But what you do if you are just introducing one food is up to you. I think, with all the food sensitivities which are dominating our kids over the last 20 years, it's wise to just introduce one new food at a time. If there's no problem after a few days, try something else too. But if you get your child into a rut of expecting a certain food at every meal, it makes it hard to get variety into their diets later on.

I have no idea what Gamma G is talking about when she says there is no nutrition. Did you change your original post? Your child is nursing so I don't know why she says there is no nutrition. I think she shouldn't be promoting her friend's business (if that's what it is) and telling you to buy these products. As for fruits/veggies, you can make your own baby food if you want. Which is what she says, after she promotes the other products and then tells you what she eats. You're certainly not giving your child chili and cornbread as she advocates! I'm thinking something somewhere got edited?

Try a little avocado. And veggies certainly can't hurt! Once he's 1, eggs will be a great food for him.

Breakfast: cereal & fruit
Lunch: fruit & veggies
Dinner: cereal & veggies

it really doesn't matter. causebaby food is just practice for eating after he is 1 year old.. if he ate no baby food and just nursed for a year.. he would be fine..

so add some fruit some days.. and some veg some days.. but nurse first.. breast milk has all the nutrients in it..

sounds like he actually needs more protein.
khairete
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I would add the cereal to his food and see if that helps keep him full longer. He might be ok with finger foods at this point too, like Cheerios, etc. I don't know that it matters fruit or veggies. My kids were so picky that we had choices between sweet potatoes and apple/blueberry and that was about it. So, we did both. Good luck! Really, you are just trying to fill his tummy up so that he can last between nursing feedings.

I'd keep doing different things. Did this with my kids, always something different and didn't repeat anything for several days. Today they both will eat ANYTHING!