What Can an 11 Month Old Eat

http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/solidfood10to12mon...

This site in general is awesome, I zeroed in on what you were asking. Take a look at all of it when you can, it's truly helpful.

Please google choke hazards for babies and toddlers. They can and often do choke to death on things like raisins, marshmallows, gummies, anything that can stick or get jammed in their throat.

Their throat is about the size of a McDonalds straw, an adult's is just a bit bigger. That's not very big.

So please make sure each and every particle of her food is less than 1/4 inch in size so if she does swallow it whole she won't choke to death.

I bought a Pampered Chef Food Chopper. It's the one you whack the plunger on top. I would put food on the cutting board and whack the plunger about 15 times for toddlers. Once they reached 2 I'd stop at around 10 whacks.

I had to swing my grandson upside down and bang on his back several times when he was at child care because he'd cram his mouth so full so you need to watch that too. I worked for 2 years with him to teach him to take small bites. He always does now.

I have a friend who's adult daughter has a friend that just lost her toddler child to a choking death. SO it is very very very possible. Please just google it so YOU can have the information first hand and you can understand how fragile these baby's are when it comes to eating any food at all.

My favorite cookbooks are:

http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Toddler-Meals-For-Dummies/dp/0...

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Feeding-Toddl...

If you can find them at your local library that will give you the chance to try them out and see how they fit in with your style of cooking and with how your kiddo eats.

Just about anything, really. I also love the wholesomebabyfood.com website.

Just make sure that anything you give her is cooked to softness, and cut into appropriate sized pieces.

Everything but honey.

By that age my kids ate what we ate with minor variations (cook their pasta a minute longer, cut their veggies and meat smaller, etc.)

My little one hated baby food and we didn't do it for long. I don't think she liked the texture. She also wanted to pick things up and feed them to herself. That is a developmental skill (the act of picking things up and transferring them to the mouth) and is just as important as the foods you introduce. Start with soft things - my little one LOVED tiny cut up pieces of avocado, cooked carrots, green beans, etc. She also loved cheerios and goldfish at that age.

Here is a consolidated list of the foods you should avoid until AFTER 12 months of age: honey (due to infant botulism), peanut butter (AAP recommends after 2 years), tree nuts, citrus or acidic fruits, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, corn, egg whites, whole milk (cheese and yogurt are fine), grapes (due to choking hazard), and shellfish.

HTH!

Ugh. I hate it when they do that. My daughter started spitting everything out a few weeks ago (she's 11.5 months). My daughter is a picky eater, but she loves cheese (don't all kids?), toast with peanut butter, and grilled cheese sandwiches. She also loves creamed corn. As far as vegetables go, she likes potatoes, peas, and carrots. She also like most fruits, except bananas. Her favorites are pears, strawberries, white nectarines, and plum.

Just about anything really. The only things you need to pay attention to is how well can/does she chew, allergens and not too spicy or flavor full. I always seasoned my son's food just like ours, but I was also mindful of how much and what I used - like baby did not need extra sodium.

I would also start slow, one thing at a time and give your child's body time to digest and have an allergic reaction before moving on to another.

Have you asked your Pediatrician?
You also have to consider choking of foods and the size of the foods and the texture.
Some babies may choke. Some may not.
Some can "eat" table foods. Some may not be able to and still have a strong gag reflex and not swallow.
There is no sameness.... to what a baby will "eat."

For example: at this age you don't just give a grape, to a baby. They can choke on a whole grape. So you have to, cut it up. To tiny bite sized pieces. And, the baby may not be able to eat a chunk of chicken. So you need to, mince it up etc. And if you give them something like a chunk of bread.... if it is in their mouth for a long time, bread can become gummy. And it can then be dangerous per choking. And get gluey in their mouth. Dangerous.
And as always, with kids this age, you have to supervise them as they eat. They don't know portioning or how much to put in their mouth. At this age and even older, they commonly put TOO much in their mouth. And thus, cannot swallow it all. Because too much is in their mouth.

Each baby, is different.
Ask your Pediatrician.

Just try stage 2 or 3, jar baby foods.
See how she does with it.
And if she does fine, then you can then.... try table foods that you mince up. Or more chunky soft foods.
Or a small bit of banana, etc.

You can peel, dice and boil tons of foods that should be soft enough for her.

Apples
Pears
Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Carrots

Bananas
Pears (depending on how ripe they are)
Peaches

Watermelon
Cantaloupe
Honeydew

If she's got molars then you can give her anything. Give her what you're having. make the pieces about the size of the top portion of your thumb. Give her one or two pieces at a time to work with. Watch her while she eats and give her more pieces when her mouth is empty.

I learned the hard way about only giving a piece or two to my DD and checking her mouth, she'd cram her cheeks so full then couldn't chew. She ended up gagging, that was not fun!

If she doesn't have molars then a good test is if you can mash the food with your own tongue against the roof of your mouth, it should then be soft enough for your daughter too. Also if you can hold it in your mouth and have it go to squish then it should be good. Most bread products are good, they get soft and squishy easily. Scrambled eggs, canned veggies are good too.

Anything you eat, she can eat.

Most table foods should be okay (unless you know there is an allergy). I made all my food, so the transition was different.

If you go to the library you can likely get a nice book that gives you great ideas of healthy foods for the little one.

Quick easy things
Bananas
avocados

Cooked,
Most foods .. just make them soft small chunks

Good luck