Table Foods
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Table Foods
Asked by X.M. from St. Louis
on June 2, 2011
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Hey moms! Just wanted to know what table foods are good to start with. My son is 10 months old. I gave give little pieces of melon and he almost choked! So what else c...
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- Watermelon is more watery than cantaloupe or honeydew - start with that. Raspberries? I know they aren't cheap but he won't eat a lot! Soft bread or french toast cu...
- DS gets pieces of what we eat. Anything that's soft and she can gum and swallow. Steamed veggies, pasta, meat (in small pieces - she loves steak and chicken!), scramb...
- Cut up bits of whatever you are eating that he is interested in whether it is a mashed carrot, potatoes or hamburger. At this stage mashed is good. Apple sauce rather...
No Table Foods?
Asked by S.W. from Austin
on July 5, 2007
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My 16 month old son refuses to eat table foods. He'll eat crackers and maybe som oat meal (if he's in the mood), cashews and dried fruit. But that's it. He's only in t...
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- I would set up a "grazing table" for him... finger snacks on a short table so that he could eat when the mood strikes.. i.e. grilled chicken fingers (seriously thin...
- I wish I knew an easy answer. I think the important thing I have learned with my 3 kids is not to make it into a power struggle. Offer a variety of foods and some of...
- My son is pretty thin, too. I can't remember what those little drinks are called, either, but yeah, they are like Ensure Plus but for kids. I get them for my son som...
When to start transitioning infant to table foods?
Asked by R.M. from Los Angeles
on March 27, 2009
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My (just turned) 7-month old is suddenly refusing almost all baby food and wants only "table" food. She has only been eating solids since 5 1/2 months. She has been ...
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- Hi R., If your little one wants table food, go for it! My eldest never ate baby food. As long as you keep an eye one how well she's able to chew/mash foods up, I ...
- Yes - my son was the same way and it was fine. It is amazing what they can mash with their gums. He eats everything from Ritz crackers to cheese to steak and chicken...
- R. M. Table food seems to be your daughters favorite, let her check it out. I used to give my kids as early as they wanted french fries, they picked up on the fing...
Table Foods
Asked by M.G. from Huntsville
on January 28, 2007
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I was just wondering if any of you have gone through this. My 14 1/2 month old daughter doesn't seem to want to even try table foods. She did in the beginning but won'...
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- Hi M., I know when my kids were that age, they didnt want their own food, they wanted to share mine with me. otherwise they wouldnt eat table food. but as long as...
- Don't worry, she'll grow out of it too. She is just playing with you.
- I would not worry about that. I have gone through this several times - my oldest, who is now 22 - went for two years wanting peanut butter sandwiches and dry cereal. M...
When to Begin Table Foods
Asked by S.T. from Kansas City
on November 4, 2008
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My son is almost 9-months-old and I'm not sure when the best age to introduce table foods is and what foods to start with. He doesn't seem to even like the texture of ...
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- You said you're "afraid that he won't ever begin to like the foods that we eat." Come now, do you really think that by the time he's 15, he will still be eating 1st S...
- My son went from the 2nd stage foods to table foods. He hated the 3rd stage foods and forget about those Gerber toddler meals! I would just be persistent. Around that ...
- My kids did much better with bites of food they could pick up rather than spoon fed foods. Have you tried that? I just cut up most anything we were having into small...
Kitchen Table and Hot Foods
Asked by M.A. from Chicago
on February 18, 2012
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When I put hot/warm foods on a paper plate and set on my kitchen table it is leaving a white mark on the table that then is very hard to get off. Anyone else ever expe...
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- You should use real plates and placemats or hot plates. This allows the heat to pass without holding the heat and forcing it into the wood. Find some Old English wo...
- We just bought a new dark finish, wood table and I instantly made a bunch of placemats. My old oak table was no problem, and we never worried about hot stuff and scrat...
- Use a hot plate the squares that come with oven mits, place it under your plate to keep the heat off of the wood.You can also buy thick placemat, to do the same thing....
Table Foods for Baby - I Am Terrified!
Asked by S.K. from Minneapolis
on February 7, 2011
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I need to start with table foods for my baby. He is still eating just pureed gerber food. His doctor asked me to start with table foods (like small pices of fruit etc)...
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- I would start with the puffs. They dissolve when they are wet. I tried giving them to my son around 9 months but he would gag on them so he didn't really start eating ...
- I am the same... I started out giving my DD the gerber puffs when she was 7 months old, because they just dissolve and turn to mush when they get wet. So when I starte...
- At 9 months your baby can gum anything you can eat. Ok, well not anything, but most stuff. Cut the pieces itty bitty. Maybe 1/2 the size of the tip of your pinky. Star...
Giving Baby Table Foods
Asked by K.G. from Chicago
on June 17, 2008
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I am trying to transition my 10 month old son to some more table foods. I am kind of stuck in a rut with the usual pureed food (stage 3 foods) that I know he'll like a...
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- I always feed our son what we ate, within reason. Small children can eat pureed food but soon or later have to get switched to some solid foods. I found it easier to...
- my older daughter was on table foods around 10 months. we fed her smaller pieces of whatever we were having. she didn't have any teeth (until after a year. ugh.), so w...
- My son was eating all table foods by 10 months. No peanuts and no spicy food.Make sure its small enough that he/she can easily chew it and swallow it..
Introducing Table Foods!
Asked by A.S. from Reading
on January 19, 2011
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hiya..my son is going to be 10months old :( went too fast...anyways i really want to go to table foods as much as i can.
what can i start with to give him for dinner ...
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- My son is 8 months old and here is what he eats... softly cooked: peas, sliced carrots, green beans, steamed sweet potato, broccoli with the stem (its like a handle) t...
- Here is a website with some delicious recipes for baby, toddler and family food. I have used more than a few of them, but you may find, as I did, that you have to adju...
- My kids really wanted to self feed at this age. Anything that they could pick up with their fingers was a hit. We did cut up grapes, pieces of whole wheat bagel, gra...
Starting Table Foods
Asked by M.M. from Phoenix
on February 25, 2007
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Hi, I am trying desperately to start to wean my son. He does not want to eat baby food or take a bottle. He watches his brother eat and always trys to grab the food....
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- We tried cheerios first. They melt in their mouth so they can't choke on them and my child liked to play with them. So we would put him in his high chair when we were ...
- My son wouldn't eat homemade baby food. But he loved Gerber and Earth's Best baby food. Try Gerber fruit or vegetable puffs for snack, meat sticks for iron, add some f...
- M., When my boys were that young the doctor told me that if they began reaching for table food than they were ready. Of course, the type of table foods you feed hi...
