Ideas for Finger Foods for My 11 Month Old

My son is 13 months and is only just now getting a tooth!! He eats everything that we eat. We just cut it up small and he loves to feed himself. His doctor says that he will eat less, but he'll eat more often. He ends up eating 2 more times than we do each day, but he is still growing and getting all that he needs.

Mine is 10.5 months and she too only has the bottom two teeth.

She eats

Shreded cheese

cheerios

Graduates Puffs

frozen peas (still frozen)

beans (I buy a large jar and just rinse them off and put a little but of water in the bowl and microwave the just to take the chill off - drain the water and dump it on her tray)LOVES EM!

She will also eat noodles

soft food from soup

rice

graham crackers (best to get Meijer brand plain, they are airy - if I can't find plain I do give her the honey flavored ones)

You may want to buy the book calles Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron She gives fabulous ideas and reciepies for babies and toddlers! Super informative! if you are near me i can loan it to you.
Hope that helps

J.,
I always fed my little ones bananas cut up in small chunks, canned mandarin oranges, canned peaches in lite syrup, canned pears (if they aren't too hard sometimes they are tough), all cut up into small bites. Sometimes I would grate a little fresh apple, with the skins cut off. Grapes cut into quarters. Kiwi peeled and cut up small. Fresh blueberries, strawberries or raspberries.
Canned peas, canned tomatoes, canned carrots, canned green beans, canned sweet potatoes, or canned pumpkin (usually I spoon fed this), canned beans. Broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus all steamed until very soft. Boiled potatoes cut up small.
Chicken, beef roast, pork roast or steaks cut up small, usually I would only feed this if its very tender.
Pasta cuts but over cook them so they are soft, almost mushy. Sometimes if we were out and about I would put some bread and butter in a baggie and bring that along. Graham crackers, saltines, oyster crackers, goldfish crackers. Oatmeal, or cream of wheat. Cooked rice, or grits too.
Cheese cut in small bites or they have whats called cheese crumbles that you can buy and they are a nice size for little mouths. Cottage cheese, cheese slices cut up in small pieces,
yogurt.
Most anything as long as its soft enough or small enough. Another thing I had was a self feeder with a small mesh bag on the end, you would put frozen fruits in and they would chew on the mesh bag and the food would squish out into their mouths. I used that alot, especially when they were teething. I hope this was helpful.

here are some ideas my kids ate.
nutra grain bars, spaghettios, mac n cheese, cut real small almost sliver size to start- chicken nuggets, can veggies, banana, can pears, yogurt, bread, muffins, graham crackers, just sum.... hope it helps! just remember to cut them reals small. and her salvia will break down the foods until she gets more teeth.

I am in a similar situation. My daughter is 13 months, and does not eat everything. she is not picky about tastes as much as textures. she doesn't like meat, so i give her eggs for protein. before she ate the whole get, i would just beat the yolk for a few seconds, and then either scramble it with some cheese, or soak a piece of bread in it and then put in a frying pan and cut up small. also, tortillas with strawberry cream cheese folded in half and cut up is one of her favorites right now. I also give my daughter jar food still. she sometimes protests, because she likes to eat with her fingers as well. i try to alternate, or i'll give her some things on the tray to feed herself and give her spoonfuls of food in between. that works really well. also, the gerber lil' ones entrees are great, especially for on the go. they have really soft foods in them. most fruits are good, like cut up berries, and canned diced peaches, mandarin oranges, cantaloupe, etc.

My 11 month old eats fairly fast to the point that at times she looks like a chipmunk with lots of food in her cheeks. We feed her ground turkey, cut up chicken, beef, corned beef, rotini noodles, cut up cheese, cut up fruits and vegetables, breadsticks, pancakes and pretty much anything else we eat. I let her tell me when she is done. she just plays with her food or nods her head back and forth and pushes food away. sometimes she eats alot more than other times and she is also getting 3-4 bottles a day and drinks about 4 oz from each and we offer 6-8 oz

My second son quit eatng jar food when he was 9 months old and had no teeteh. I gave him everything we ate just cut small. pizza, cooked carrots, butter and jelly sandwhiches, mac n cheeses, all fruits (blueberries, rasps, straw, nanners, grapes, melon, blackberries) peas, green beans. spagetti is his favorite, ravioloi, meat loaf, meat balls, luch meat, cheeses, bagels. mine loved nutra grain bars, ego whole wheat waffles, yogart. Gosh I could on and on. Hope some of these ideas help.

I used to mix the cheerios with yoghurt instead of milk when my kids were learning to eat with a spoon. It helped clump the cereal together. My 'babies' are now 14 & 17 and they still like yoghurt (and milk) on their cereal!!

Good luck.
Barb

My daughter didn't have any teeth till 15 months and ate whatever we ate. I just cut, mashed, and watched her closely. I've never been a big one for baby food, especially at this age. Sounds like she may need a bit more protein. What about whole milk yogurt, cottage cheese, ground meat etc?

Beans are a great source of protein until she can eat meat better -cook your own dried beans or staight out of the can!!

if you roll soft stuff like peach or avocado and some of the other suggestions in wheat germ it makes it easier for baby to pick up!

my 11 month old eats anything with his fingers!!!
spagetti
pizza cut up
grapes in half
donut :)
pear
(well all fruit cut up)
oatios
granola
bread
omigosh the list is endless

anything that you are eating you can give to your baby
and amount is whatever you want
well I mean if its donut then limit it...
but my little guy depending on his mood will eat a whole banana (its his favorite fruit)
or 1/2 apple with rice chex (organic brand)
or loves walking around with bunny crackers or a saltine or rice cake yum!

he was eating before teeth so when he had two he ate all this... but he is now getting number 4.....

Avacados are wonderful for babies. i cut them into slices then let the at it

bananas , but watch for too many as they can constipate

peas

I give my daughter biscotti to chew on as a teether biscuit

pancakes
sweet potatoes
plumbs
slices of deskinned cucumbers
green beans

Gerber or store barnds makes these finger foods that melt in their mouth. They are called puffs. They are fruit and veggie flavored, and also wagon wheel shaped ones too. Teething bisquits too, but messy! Popsicles, cut them up-messy too-but oh well. Hope this helps.

peas... they are the best, small, but not a chocking hazard and healthy.

i found that if you cut anything small enough, they can gum it pretty well. my dtr couldn't do a few things like apples until she got her molars, but you don't know until you try.
fruit, veggies if they are steamed well, beans, rice in small bites...you eat it, let her try it.
hope this helps...good luck.

Whatever you eat is good for her too. You are already doing a great job in making the transition. She will let you know if she's still hungry.

babies will not over eat... so give her as much as you want and she will eat what she needs..

she can eat anything..

canned vegatables are soft..

any kind of bread
canned fruit is soft.. fresh grapes blueberries bananas peaches pears... apples are usually too hard

she can eat noodles rice and potatoes.. she can eat meat - just cut it up..

I give my almost 10 month old (who only has two teeth and two coming in) cut up grapes, cantelope, watermelon, she also likes peaches and really small pieaces of shreded chicken. You could give her yougurt and other soft foods, she should still be able to chew with her gums. How about small meat balls cut up into bite sized pieaces.Gerber makes these yummy yougurt melt drops. Graduates also makes pasta in meat sauce which she should be able to eat. Also try polanta.

Hello J., Try steaming lots of veggies, and cutting them up small. Fresh spinich, cucumbers, squash, etc.. Beans are always a good choice, but cut them in half to prevent chocking. My daughter gives her son canned beans, used in Mexican dishes. Rice casseroles are a great way to sneak in all kinds of good foods. Lots of fruits can be cut into small pieces also. Good luck.

Our daughter is 18 months and I still from time to time give her jar food. Tofu is an awesome finger food! I got a baby cookbook off amazon for ideas, it helped turn the light on. :o) Good luck!

There is a noodle I swear by its called ditalini, its like an elbow noodle cut in half perfect for our age kids, you can do so much with it, noodles and cheese sause, spag sauce, chicken stew and the list goes on. Ive been checking out books at the library also, some I would recommend are superbabyfood, toddler cafe and especially baby and toddler meals for dummies. Hope this helps, good luck.

My daughter who is 11.5 months old eats pretty much what we do...just cut up small. However, breastmilk is still her primary source of food. She does not get a whole lot of calories from her solid foods. From what I've researched, this is perfectly fine. Milk, either breastmilk or formula should be the primary source of calories for the first year or so. I just let my daughter guide me regarding how much solid foods she wants. Babies are very instinctual and will strive to meet their basic needs. I wouldn't worry too much about how many solids she is getting as long as she is still taking a good amount of formula or breastmilk.