Table Foods: Infant
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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 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..
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...
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...
Help with Eating Table Foods
Asked by C.W. from Seattle
on May 16, 2009
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Hi, ladies. I have a wonderful 18mo son, who is bright and sweet. However, he will not eat ANY table foods. He wants only pureed and screams and cries if I try to feed...
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- I agree with the other mothers who say to get the appointment with the therapist immediately. My nephew has been to an occupational therapist who has helped him with ...
- A little different perspective here. A little boy we know was diagnosed with a sensory disorder that makes mealtimes a real challenge for his parents. He didn't move b...
- this is harsh, but sometimes that's what it takes. stop pureeing/mashing food up. period. when he gets hungry enough, he will eat big boy foods. put a positive spi...
Feeding Table Foods
Asked by B.W. from Atlanta
on December 4, 2006
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I have a very healthy 10-month-old who loves to eat, but I am not having much success moving him to table foods or anything with more texture than pureed baby food. H...
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- Don't stress, especially since your son only has one tooth, he really cannot eat anything other than pureed food. My son didn't get his first tooth until 11 months; h...
- Stop trying to feed him them! He's only ten months old and if he only has one tooth, he is not ready for the textured food yet. Not because he doesn't like them, but b...
- beleive it or not i just started to feed my youngest green beans yes the ones we eat for dinner or supper. most of the food he now eats at 4 yrs old he was pretty muc...
How Do I Start Feeding Table Foods?
Asked by M.P. from Houston
on July 27, 2008
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So, I have an almost 10 month old who eats very well and still wants to nurse ALL the time. I am trying to introduce table foods since he wants to start feeding himse...
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- My daughter just started liking food at a little over 11 months, and we've pretty much only done finger foods. She didn't like baby food much. I started with avocado...
- If your baby loves the cheerios, and is picking them up on his own, I would try to go ahead and give him some super soft finger food - try canned pears cut up small or...
- How fun!!! I just loved it when my little one started feeding herself - so funny to watch. Let's see, some of the things I feed her are shredded cheddar cheese, shre...
