[Kemma]

Just doing a comparison I guess.
DD is having 3 solids a day plus 4-5 breast feeds.
As far as solids go its mushy veg or fruit usually mixed in with some rice cereal (Cerelac)

In a prev thread I saw someone say their 8mo usually eats what they eat. If this is your situation how is it served?

What sorts of food do 8mo usually eat?
My first DD was very hard to feed so I don't have a good comparison.

Thank you very much

This post has been edited by Kemma: 28/01/2013, 09:43 AM

[MrsWidget]

DS2 is 8 months today. :-)

We did BLW so no purees or mashes here. He likes
Cucumber sticks
Avocado
Raw snow peas
Raw beans
Capsicum
Cheese
Cutlets
Chicken strips
Nectarine
Orange
Banana
Apple
Watermelon
Corn cakes (like rice cakes)
bread/toast
Savory muffins
Pasta
Meatballs with veg in them

I'm sure there's more but I can't think right now.

[MrsWidget]

I should add breastmilk is still his main source of nutrition.

[Sunny003]

Can't remember 8 months, but by 9 months DS1 was eating pretty much everything except dairy & egg (family
History of allergies). He ate an entree size Pene napolitana at 9mths

DS2 wasn't on solids until 10mths+ due to allergies, so can't help you there.

[MrsSmith247]

My DD started sushi at 8 months
Rice/ cous cous dishes
Pasta dishes
Vegies
Fruit
Milk arrowroots
Yoghurt - presumably cancels out the sushi
Cheese
Most things really.

We didn't do BLW as such but we have always been happy to let her try whatever we had. Admittedly, she was a bit funny with textures and there were times I still gave some things a wizz in the blender to even lumps out a bit.

[mummy2LJ]

DS is just 9 months, but for the past month this is what his diet has looked like:
Breakfast - toast with vegemite or cream cheese or avocado (just cut in half with the crusts on).Half a piece of fruit, usually stone fruit or watermelon or grapes cut in half.
Lunch- this is usually a fairly big meal, left overs from the night before (spag Bol, a lamb cutlet etc.)Or steamed veggies with cheese and fresh ham of the bone or tined salmon.Or sandwich with salmon rolled up like a sushiOr fruit purée and nori roll if we are outWith fruit, rice crackers or a plain sweet biscuit

Dinner- whatever we are having mashed and whole. He likes to feed himself but I also like to spoon feed him this meal so he gets used to how we eat dinner at our house. So at the moment the whole family is eating fairly simple meals that can be made suitable for baby.Meals like spag Bol with heaps of veggies, meat and steamed veg, fish and salad, fried rice, .... All the classics lol.Then fruit again.

We have done a mixture of traditional purée etc. and baby led weaning with both our children and they are fantastic eaters.He also has no teeth yet lol.He has 3 breast feeds during the day most days and however many he wants over night. I try to keep his diet fairly rich in protein, I'm hoping this will help him sleep better at night and require less breastfeeds.Hope that gives you some ideas

This post has been edited by mummy2LJ: 27/01/2013, 07:00 PM

[Indi]

DD3 was eating family meals by 8 - 9 months. At 5, she is by far my best eater and the most likely to try (and eat) new foods.

[Kemma]

I'm so scared to give her stuff not mashed or puréed.
Maybe I can start with some toast?

[Dylan's Mummy]

DS is just 9 months, but for the past month this is what his diet has looked like:
Breakfast - toast with vegemite or cream cheese or avocado (just cut in half with the crusts on).Half a piece of fruit, usually stone fruit or watermelon or grapes cut in half.
Lunch- this is usually a fairly big meal, left overs from the night before (spag Bol, a lamb cutlet etc.)Or steamed veggies with cheese and fresh ham of the bone or tined salmon.Or sandwich with salmon rolled up like a sushiOr fruit purée and nori roll if we are outWith fruit, rice crackers or a plain sweet biscuit

Dinner- whatever we are having mashed and whole. He likes to feed himself but I also like to spoon feed him this meal so he gets used to how we eat dinner at our house. So at the moment the whole family is eating fairly simple meals that can be made suitable for baby.Meals like spag Bol with heaps of veggies, meat and steamed veg, fish and salad, fried rice, .... All the classics lol.Then fruit again.

We have done a mixture of traditional purée etc. and baby led weaning with both our children and they are fantastic eaters.He also has no teeth yet lol.He has 3 breast feeds during the day most days and however many he wants over night. I try to keep his diet fairly rich in protein, I'm hoping this will help him sleep better at night and require less breastfeeds.Hope that gives you some ideas

How does a baby go eating a lamb cutlet, do you give it to them whole or cut it up? If you give it to the, whole, how do they eat it if they have no, or very little teeth?

[mummy2LJ]

How does a baby go eating a lamb cutlet, do you give it to them whole or cut it up? If you give it to the, whole, how do they eat it if they have no, or very little teeth?

He just sucks and mushers with his gums. I watch him very closely but he is very good at spitting out lumps that are too big. I will also give him a hand by picking off little bit and putting it in his hand (his daddy puts little bits straight in his mouth, but I find he is better if he uses his hands and recognising when the bits are too big). That said he did go through a stage where he just filled his mouth up with too much and couldn't spit out or swallow. That was a bit stressful, but he learnt and now does really well.