1 Year Old's Changing Eating Habits...

Offer her a variety of healthy foods and let her choose from there. She'll make sure she gets enough of what her body needs, protein etc. It's very common for young children to be picky eaters, all the new tastes and textures are scary and overwhelming. Try not to make a big deal out of what she chooses to eat, or not eat, it will just make you both miserable and eating time unpleasant.

What do you eat? It sounds like you must eat/ know about healthy foods since you know about Amy's. If you have a reasonably healthy diet, just let her eat whatever you're eating and cut it up into smaller pieces so she can pick it up. Once they get into the toddler years it is a little harder to feed them mushy foods because they want to be able to pick eveything up. As far as protein goes: Hot dogs/ or smart dogs, Chicken nuggets/ grilled chicken/ fake chick patties, Fish sticks/ grilled fish, etc. I see you are married so whatever you and your husband eat for dinner should be fine (unless it is really spicy - that's when it's good to have a pack of frozen fish stix or something). Good luck!

She is really old enough to eat whtever you and the rest of the family are eating. I dont suggest processed frozen foods though. There are just too many perservatives and sodium in them. It sounds like she is getting enough protein in her diet. try cheese sticks, hard boild eggs, canned tuna fish, and beans are all good ways to get some extra protein inher and they are all soft enough fro her to chew. Also try homemade Mac n cheese lots of protein and calcium. At this age most kids slow their ravenous eating patterns way down. You would be surprised how little food that one year olds really need. Dont worry about it too much she will eat what she needs.

Babies taste change constantly, and will throughout life, even we do it, its just not something we realise.

If you choose to go organic, yes, Amy's is a good choice. If you dont mind other things Gerber makes meals for babies similar, they are less costly and they are monitored for the proper nutrition of the child, so if you are at a loss for time and adding up calories, protien intake, fruitand veggie intake ect....Gerber is a good way for it. They also make snacks that are all natural and disolve in the babies mouth to reduce chocking hazzards, I foundthose to be safer then some of the other things I was making my kids. She can have fish and chicken now if she chooses, i dont know if you are vegan ornot.....and the yougurt will supply plenty of protein. Also, you can ask your doctor for iron and protien drops to hold her until she developes morehealthy habits.

When my son turned a year old, almost to the day, he became very picky with food. It was so hard for me to get used to this as before he ate everything, including vegetables. Everyone told me, when he is hungry he will eat, etc. But I was still worried about his getting the proper nutrition. My mom suggested PediaEnsure, it has vitamins and protiens and is used as a supplement. I would much rather his eating his protein and getting vitamins from veggies but this is the next best thing for now. He is getting better, except for the vegetables, so I cut down his intake of PediaEnsure to once a day and give him a multivitamin. By the way, he is in his percentile. Take care and be patient.

at this age, jar and pureed foods are pretty much out, her palet is matureing and she is gaining independance and wants to be picky and make her own choices. i wouldn't push her to eat anything she rejects, it will only become a battle that you won't win, and eating is supposed to fun, not punishment. i don't know how your daughter will react to frozen dinners, but my son loves them. how many teeth does she have? if she has any molars, she can pretty much just eat what your eating. if your worried about protien, it might be a good idea to try eggs more often, if she rejects, just try again another day. my son used to say no to new foods for sometimes over a week, but if i just kept giving it to him everyday, he would eventually eat it and usually like it. its all about persistance and patience. you could also give her a childrens daily vitamin if you think shes not getting a good variety.

My son's eating habbits changed at around 1 yr old also. He became a bit pickier. I too give him smoothies or shakes with things like yogurt and sometimes I even sneak in veggies (juice or pureed). As far as your baby not eating enough protien I wouldn't be too concerned. She will eat what she needs. Sometimes my son will just eat fruit all day and sometimes for a day or two. The next meal he might inhale 4 chicken nuggets or some cheese. I always make sure that I am just offering him some of all the food groups during the day. He is not a big veggie fan, but I still offer him some type of veggie once a day. They say it takes over 20 times for a child to start eating a food after you offer something new. So don't give up.

I also would not be concerned with her not eating baby food. I stopped feeding my son jarred food at 1 because he was eating mostly table food. I would offer whatever you are eating to your daughter. I do that with my son. I always make sure I have something on his plate that I am certain he will eat.

my kids at that age loved scrambled eggs with katchup mixed in for my son and penut butter mixed in for my daughter. I don't know why my daughter hates tomato scauce and katchup but my son loves it. although her father is'nt big on tomatoes. My kids turned there nose to jar baby food at 6-7 months old. and started grabbing food off my plate. when my son was 6 months old he was sitting next to me. i was feeding him baby jar food spagetti and I turned to put it down. he grabbed a handful of my sagetti off my plate and shoved it in his mouth so fast that I was afraid he was starving. from then on he has not touched any baby food. and my daughter did that with my lasania at 8 months. she did not like her baby food anymroe and grabbed my food when I was'nt looking. I'm surprised they make baby food for oldedr than one year. I'd scramble 1 or 2 eggs and split them up in like 5-6 differant bowels. mix them with her favs see whitch one she likes the most and feed her those eggs. try it several diferant times. that's how I came up with the penut butter. she loved it but it sounds so nasty to me. but at least protine got into her body. LOL good luck.