Food Suggestions for 10 Month Old

Updated on April 25, 2007
L.F. asks from Oak Park, IL
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I am looking for suggestions for table food to feed my 10 month old. Starting at 8 months he has been self feeding cheerios, crackers, bread, and most recently waffles. We have tried several other things, but he has a pretty bad gag reflex so we are reluctant to feed him everything we are eating for fear that he'll throw it all right back up. I am searching for those things that are easier for him to feed, chew and swallow and of course are healthy and organic.

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L.D.

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I buy small yellow potatoes from an organic foods store. I boil one and throw some finely cut up broccoli and carrots in the boiling water a few minutes before potato is cooked. I mash it up together. It's important to finely chop the veggies. I add a little garlic or butter, maybe half a teaspoon if that much. You can choose not to. This is an easy way to get some veggies in my 15 month old.

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I've found that giving my son frequent sips of water/juice helps the food go down and stay down easier. Are you looking for self-feeding items? We also give our 11 month old son graham crackers, bananas, pears, pancakes (especially good with banana cooked in them), rice cakes, cubes of cooked sweet potato. He gets fed (by us, from a spoon) coarsely ground up veggies (lima beans are a current favorite and mash really well), oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, rice, couscous, and whatever we have leftover from dinner the previous night (we have one of those KidCo food mills that we use). This has included everything from Tunesian pepper and potato stew with chickpeas, to encheladas, to lasagne. We frequently let him try our "dinners" in pieces with his hands, but he usually prefers that we grind them up and spoon feed him. Noodles, for example, he doesn't really "get" - they pop right back out of his mouth.

Anyway, I hope this helps!

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J.P.

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Some foods my son eats now and at 10 months:
cubed sweet potatoes
peas/carrots (frozen)
cut up green beans (frozen)
most fruits including berries
wheat puffs and cereal
pancakes, waffles, toast with jelly
rice
pita
cheese quesadilla
grilled cheese
mac and cheese
cheese cut up
turkey/chicken hotdogs
turkey lunch meat
(you can buy these at whole foods without the nitrates and bad stuff)
raisins
pasta (my son likes elbows)with red sauce
egg noodles (make your own chicken noodle soup)
muffins

I am sure there are more but these items are what my son eats currently. Most, of course, need to be cut up to make it easier to pick up and swallow. I keep a list of foods jotted down just so I can get ideas when I feel like he has been eating too much of something for awhile. These may not all be appropriate for now but in the next few months he should be able to try all of these...if he doesn't gag ;)

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M.R.

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L.-

I second the avocado suggestion. Also good are: extra firm or firm tofu, sliced roasted turkey (whole foods has some in there deli case) Purley O's (much less sugar than cherrios) Beans or lentils, brown rice, hard boiled egg yolks, veggies cooked until mushy including broccoli, carrots, any squash and sweet potato. Also whole grains like quinoa, barley....

good luck and get used to a HUGE mess!

M.

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E.W.

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Hi L.,
The avocado idea is really good! It seems like babies really like them. My daugter really liked a few things:
Bananas, sweet potato chunks, blueberries (I buy the frozen ones at Trader Joes and cut in half), cut up fruit like kiwi, strawberries, zuccini chunks sauteed in olive oil (just a very little), the colored rotini noodles, and tomatoes. She also likes the Earth's Best grahm crackers, but I think she was a little older. That's about all I can remember, but just a note, the Trader Joe's O's are just as tasty as Cheerio's but have a slightly better ingredient list! Have fun trying new stuff!
E.

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A.B.

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veggie burgers and those veggie nuggets(like chicken nuggets, but veggie based and baked, not fried) The are great for helping children learn to feed themselves and they're are healthy! My daughter is a veggie burger junkie...I recommend the morningstar brands!

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L.S.

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try mashed sweat and/or regular mashed potatoes, jello (my daughter loves the feel of jello. I cut the jello up so it's easier for her to pull out the pieces. My daughter also loved the biter bisquets.

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A.S.

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Avocado is a great one....and easy....very soft, you just cut it into pieces, maybe mash it a little....and has good fats for brain development. Steamed veggies, most fruits.....veggie booty was a fav of my son at that age (it is in organic snack section....kinda like vegetable cheese poofs).

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