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Quick one - Toast with or without butter or anything

14 replies

minimenace · 09/04/2008 13:44

6 and a half months, trying toast for lunch today. Should I put anything on it ?

have cut it up and given it to him dry for the moment but DS is not very interested so far.

Any suggestions - or shall I just leave him to it for the moment

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ruddynorah · 09/04/2008 13:50

either way. butter is ok, good for them to have plenty fat. better than marg.

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princessmel · 09/04/2008 13:51

Butter makes it softer and maybe easier to chew.

You can put anything on it really. Anything you'd have yourself apart from peanut butter. Yummy

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VictorianSqualor · 09/04/2008 13:51

PI'd put butter on it, and/or jam/marmite.
I hate dry toast.
It's just the salt intake you need to be careful with, and no honey.

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onepieceoflollipop · 09/04/2008 13:52

unsalted butter is good - but we have none in stock currently as I kept eating it on scones myself. Or philadelphia type cheese is lovely and my dd loves it.

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ExtraFancy · 09/04/2008 13:53

My DS loves it with Philadelphia on it, or just unsalted butter. Even if he's not interested at the moment, you can put plain toast in a sealed tub and it will go all chewy and soft - mine preferred it like this when he was just starting to wean, and it makes a fab portable meal too

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SpecialOffer · 09/04/2008 13:54

My son loves it with cheese spread on it.

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MrsBadger · 09/04/2008 13:58

I do dry toast/bread if she's wearing something I want to stay clean or we're on someone else's carpet or I've forgotten the bib etc

unsalted butter (lurpak spreadable is good) at home bu tmakes a greasy mess of her hair / clothes / highchair

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minimenace · 09/04/2008 14:34

Thanks all - well he did eventually try sucking some of the dry toast after he had played around with it. I guess once he got used to the dry feel of it in his hands he decided to taste it.
I put a little mashed fruit (blueberry and banana) on some and he sucked it all off.
I have got some cracking photo's if I can work out how to put them up.
Thanks for all the suggestions I'm definately going to try most of them.

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Monkeybird · 09/04/2008 14:38

we use lurpak unsalted spreadable too but also a bit of fruit puree spread on is also good.

I might even brave peanut butter soon since I now believe some people think peanuts=good while breastfeeding still - any views?

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Monkeybird · 09/04/2008 14:39

is there a low salt marmite type thing - anyone know?

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minimenace · 09/04/2008 15:05

I think there should be some photo's in my profile now.

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ExtraFancy · 09/04/2008 15:40

Ahhh, look at him go! In my experience it usually takes two or three tries before they decide that they REALLY love something, and wolf it down every time it's put in front of them!

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princessmel · 09/04/2008 17:03

The pics are lovely

Just curious as to why you wanted to give him dry toast instead of something spreaded on it?

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minimenace · 10/04/2008 19:09

I didn't have or hadn't thought of buying unsalted butter. I am really trying to keep the salt to a minimum. I shall be buying some unsalted soon. Also still introducing new foods on their own and didn't have anything already tested. Now I know he is okay with toast\bread I can start trying some spreads.