To ask what you feed your 10 month old?

[NewMummy48]

I have just seen the HV after 7 months (Been asking her to come to talk about weaning), I have been told that what I am feeding my DS is unacceptable and I need to change it today.

This is a typical day...

Baby porridge made with SMA milk - 9am

2 Rusks - crushed with SMA milk and a fruit layered yogurt- 12:30am

240ml SMA milk- 3pm

A jar of baby food with a jar of fruit if he wants it- 6pm

240ml SMA milk- 9pm

240ml SMA milk- 12pm (If he will not settle at night)

I have been told that I should be giving him porridge with piece of fruit and healthy snacks and dinners throughout to day- No jars.

This is fine but I would love to know some dinner ideas that would be suitable for him or a typical day for your and your DC?

Thanks :)

I also highly recommend the Annabel Karmel book. I used it mainly for the recipes but the first part is very interesting in how to encourage reluctant eaters etc.

Also, if he doesn't like his high chair after last night, don't hesitate to feed him sitting on your lap.

Would he be intersted in trying food off your plate? DS took a while to be interested but now he loves being given bits of our food.

I?ll have a look at the weaning board, Thank you again for your suggestions.

I think that I will ring the HV if there is no improvement in the next couple of days to ask for some support/advice.

I have bought the "Big book of recipes for babies, toddlers and children" as suggested earlier in the thread and also the "Fay?s family food" book also, so thank you for them!

I will buy the Annabel Karmel book today to give that a try as well; I need all the help I can get!

I can try to give him food from our plate, he is really interest when DH is eating he always stares at him so ill suggest that tonight and see what he thinks.

I agree, your HV really should have been more helpful!

It's hard not to stress but just remember that for now the weaning is more about him exploring the tastes and textures than how much food he's actually getting inside his stomach. So it doesn't matter if he just holds it or tries to get it in his mouth and misses, because in a few days he'll have improved and be getting it in nearly every time.

Honestly he will get better at it so quickly that within a couple of weeks you'll probably have forgotten the time when he wasn't.

All babies are different - my girl is great with finger food but has no clue how to deal with a spoon, I picture her at 16 at a dinner party eating all her food with her hands.

Inwould keep on with the milk, personally I wouldn't make meals especially for him yet but give him different picky bits as snacks or give him things you're having yourself - then you will get less upset if it's refused!

See what he likes, what he doesn't. I he eats his potato wonderful - if not he can have milk. The worst thing to do is stress and panic him.

Inwould keep on with the milk, personally I wouldn't make meals especially for him yet but give him different picky bits as snacks or give him things you're having yourself - then you will get less upset if it's refused!

See what he likes, what he doesn't. I he eats his potato wonderful - if not he can have milk. The worst thing to do is stress and panic him - you've got ages, he's only young and milk is his most important food.

Hi OP, I have only skim read the thread, but I have a DD2 of 10 months. This is what she had yesterday:

Breakfast: Toast, cereal
Morning milk drink (she's bf so I don't know how much)
Lunch: Bread, cucumber, cheese
Afternoon milk
Snack: Pear and oat cakes
Tea: Corn on the cob, vegetable risotto, yoghurt
Bed time milk

We are doing Baby Led Weaning, as we did with our first DD who is now 3.5. I find it to be stress-free and lots of fun. She just has what we have, more or less and eats it with her hands.

HVs are not very up to date with it (generally, IMHO) and sometimes give questionable advice. For example, one told my friend a few weeks ago that her DS who was 6 months and 2 weeks into weaning (Baby Led, too) that he should be eating more solids than he has milk. That's just wrong!

As long as he is still having his milk, your DS should be fine with lots of food that you eat.

Hi newmummy

I think if baby has been used to jars or sweeter food then it'll take a bit of a transition but they change all the time in their likes and dislikes. My LO is 11.5 months & teething like mad so I've been giving him more bfs during the day than I have been for ages.

Food wise, I wanted to do BLW but he just wasn't ready at 6 months so we've done a mixture.

I'd suggest getting yourself some little pots to put in freezer (pound shops are great for these). I cook a big batch of mashed potato and then you always have a 'base' to work with. Other things I cook up and freeze are things like cauliflower cheese, mashed sweet potato (really good and easier to digest than white potato), and a new favourite is steamed spinach which I then whizz up with the hand blend and freeze in ice cube trays. Then I use it either in mashed potato with a dollop of full fat cream cheese (loves it) or with some baby pasta ( a new thing, loves it too) and again a dollop of cream cheese.

I think a full on tomato sauce can taste a bit sharp. I often add a pinch of sugar when cooking for ourselves to take the edge off but you could always add a tiny bit of full fat yoghurt at the end or cream or even some cheese? That makes it a bit creamier.

I have always given baby a spoon to 'play with' along side me feeding him. He often won't eat unless I do! He sometimes tries to help himself which is great if a bit messy.

I always offer some sort of 'finger food' along side spoon feed. So brekkie will be a bit of banana or toast as well as his cereal. Pitta bread fingers at lunch are good whilst I make his main food.

Oh and this website is great for ideas. Sweet Potato Pasta sauce highly recommended, as is Dahl with sweet potato which he had with a chappati the other night. Again I put some in the freezer too.

Don't be hard on yourself. I'm into cooking and I haven't found it that easy thinking of what to feed him. Get a blender and keep trying new stuff out! Somethings they don't like at first and then love a week later!

Oh and mushy avocado with a bit of banana a winner! Going to make that now with some pitta. :)

Thank you! I have bought some freezer containers and I have cooked a batch of chicken with pasta etc. I will defiantly have to try the full fat cream cheese or adding cream to this, I never gave that a thought.

I will also try sitting him beside me while I eat and see if he will accept a spoon/try to get some off of my plate.

I found that website and I have had some very good recipes from that so thank you for that suggestion :)

I have been a lazy cooker really just the same things for me and DH so I thought that giving DS jars would give him a variety, We are going to eat what he eats and see how that goes, he will hopefully show more interest if we let him eat the food of off our plates.

I?m doing mashed potato with beans and fruit for his lunch so fingers crossed!

Glad you have found the website too. Thought it was really good.

SHould also say, I DO get the Ella's kitchen pouches in as an 'emergency' food. They're great if you are out and about OR if you come home in a hurry and need food for baby NOW. He has these maybe once a week or so.

I disagree with the person who said food is food though. If you check the ingredients on the jars and compare to Ella's kitchen ones, then there is a difference. There is ONLY food in those pouches. No additives at all. I don't think the occasional jar would hurt either mind you but I'd trust the pouches over the jarred stuff.

ANyways, must stop rambling. Hope you and baby start enjoying your meal times. :)

Just had a thought, ordinary potato was one of the only things DS turned his nose up at! we had to mix it with quite a bit of milk or cheese for him to accept it.

So again, don't panic

hi again Newmummy

If you are changing his diet it might take a couple of weeks, or more, before he is up to eating a full range of foods. And don't worry if he only eats 2 or 3 spoonfuls.

An odd thing with DD1 is that she didn't much like flavours or food mixed together - unless covered in cheese or cheese sauce. She is still like this now!

Is your DC showing an interest in any of the foods you are eating? If yes, let him have a a taste of those first. I sometimes sit DD2 on my lap when I am eating and then she wants to try whatever I am eating.

Another thought - have you tried puree pear/slices of very ripe pear. It is sweeter than strawberries - and might be a good start ( I do put a little sugar on strawberries for DD2..I know i shouldn't but it is the only sugar added to her diet!)

Easier said than done, but I agree you should try and relax about his eating - I was told that at this age, it's more about them getting used to the different tastes and textures than it is about nutrition, as the milk will keep them nourished until they've learnt how to eat.

DS is 10 months old, and he eats mostly finger foods (mostly because he's very resistant to anyone who's not him putting anything other than a bottle of milk in his mouth). He usually gets some of what I'm eating, so long as it's suitable for babies.

It often takes DS a few goes at trying a new food to really eat much of it - the first time he tries something new, particularly if it's savoury, he tends to put it in his mouth, make a face, and spit it out - but he's generally much more happy to eat it in quantity after he's tried it a few times.

So please try not to get too discouraged if your DS isn't keen on a new food the first few times you try it.

Lots of finger food, vegetable sticks, weetabix for breakfast, fruit, pasta, sandwiches, fish, ham, plus what we had for tea. I did a bit of BLW (as am lazy and it was easier to all eat the same thing) with both DDs.

DD2 there was less time so she got some jars, between 6-8mths then back on the lumps after that (our dinner but let her pick it up and eat what she wanted).

When my dd throws a paddy at lunch time sometimes iI leave it an hour or 2 and try again and she surprises me with a wide open mouth. Sometimes this means she has lunch at funny times but at least she eats it.
She is very funny with the spoon sometimes - will cry when I come at her with it but feed her something off my plate with my fork and she's loving it. She refused her purée chicken today but was happy to eat my spinach and butternut curry - fine by me but not looking

Just a thought, but last weekend DH was doing baby's lunch as I had to go out. I came back thinking baby would have been all done but DH announced he wasn't hungry and hadn't eaten anything. Well, I took over and although he refused at first, I had to do our usual tricks which I had forgotten to tell DH about. So firstly NO TV ON. Sounds daft but distraction can easily put him off. SEcondly, if he refuses food, often I'll give him a drink of water and then offer a spoon again straight away and then he'll happily scoff away. Lastly, I think I mentioned it and it's probably a quirk of my baby boy, but he has to have his own spoon too otherwise he won't eat.

Keep trying and you'll get there. :)

Totally agree with no distraction form surroundings (not easy when MIL is hovering desperate to see her only GS eat!).

DS also loves drinking water with his meal. He'll now choose between the bowl and the sippy cup if I hold them both up, depending on what he wants at the time.

Also, DS eats very happily for me and my mum (although for some unknown reason with my mum a lot more finishes up on his face/in his hair - she says it's DS, I'm not so sure! ) but he plays around and won't eat for DH and my dad. A friend of mine has the opposite problem - her DS eats happily for his dad in the evening but not for her at lunchtime.

Babies, huh!