My 8 1/2 month old is starting to not eat his oatmeal anymore. He usually has oatmeal and a half of can of Earth's Best fruit. What are some ideas other than oatmeal that I can try giving to him in the morning? I can always give him a whole can of fruit, but I am interested in other ideas too.
Thanks in advance!
months not years since birthdate in the bio part
Mix the infant cereal IN with the jarred food to make it thicker. Keep giving infant cereal until at least 11 mos as it has essential iron in it.
My daughter is 8 1/2 months old as well. Sometime last month she wouldn't eat her oatmeal either. That went on for about 2 weeks, but I kept offering it to her and she is eating it again without a problem. So depending on how long this has been going on, perhaps he is just on an temporary oatmeal "strike". You could keep trying it each morning and see if he'll renew his interest in it.
If your peds is okay with it, you could introduce egg yolks. (I believe you're supposed to wait until 1 year for egg whites b/c of possible allergie). In addition to egg yolks, you could do fresh avocados in the morning.
I am certain you meant to say 8 1/2 month old? Right? Anyway, I started with scrambled eggs and mixed it up with the baby cereal so it was still mushy, and he appreciated the variation in textures. I also discovered while out at a restaurant he likes them with 'grits' I haven't consumed many myself, but humored my son and made his eggy's with grits. We also eat yogurt, I like the organic one with the baby cereal at the bottom it gives them more calories to make it a more substantial meal. We added gravies to the menu as well to augment the baby food quality to whatever it was we were eating.
Cream of buckwheat is another great option, gluten free and easy to digest as well as cream of rice, Happy Baby Bellies is a good cream of rice cereal and has probiotics in them.
J. W. MPH
Wellness Educator in Maternal and Child Health
You can get oatmeal and fruit mixed in the same jar
I used to mix the oatmeal with the fruit from the jar instead of with water or milk/formula. Then they get some more texture to their fruit but they taste only the fruit.
At 8 1/2 months he may be ready to move on to other soft foods. For my daughter, we would soften some Cheerios (she loved Multigrain)in a little milk and then drain it. She would have it with a little fruit for breakfast along with her bottle of expressed milk or formula) We also introduced her to scrambled eggs around that time.
How about waffles? My kids love Kashie(sp?) waffles
He's probably ready for Yo Baby yogurt. My son started it at 9 months per my doctor's advice.
Okay I'm assuming he's 8/12 months not 8 1/2 years old....because that would be two different scenarios. At 8 1/2 months old he can eat a whole variety of foods. Try these:
scambled eggs plainor w/cheese or even fried eggs mashed with a fork
grits w/salt, butter....cheese...(I hate sugar in mine)
creme of wheat
pancakes torn into tiny bites
soft fruit cut into tiny bites
hard fruit steamed and cut into tiny bites
yogurt
leftover potatoes made into potatoe patties
left over rice (add water and microwave until softer) then serve with a fried egg mashed up in them
cheerios or small cereal like that...and if they can sit up on their own, and they know how to mash with their gums don't worry about it being soft...all three of mine ate cheerios at 8 or 9 months.
PS...as far as allergies go...everything I've read recently says that waiting to give your child different foods until they are a year old or older is encouraging a picky eater. Most are suggesting now that you introduce a new food in a tiny amount for a few days and watch your child for any signs of a reaction.
Be sure to only introduce one new food at a time so you will know what causes a reaction if they have one.
I don't worry about many foods except the biggies like peanut butter, strawberries, shellfish, eggs...so I am careful to introduce a small amount at first.
The only thing I would not give my kids before the age of one is honey. It has nothing to do with allergies. Honey can make a child very sick and unless they are over a year of age, they may not be strong enough to fight it.
Yogart. My daughter is just turning 1 and she will eat yogart every day. Lightly toasted wheat bread with either a little butter to soften or jelly.
Fruit..Mangrin Orange pieces out of the can, peaches, pears, bananas for breakfast.
Egg whites only scrambled (kinda of boring, not fluffy..waiting for 1st year shots so she can have a real egg scrambled.)
Pancakes
