To not cook for just weaned baby?

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DD is 7 months. She’s very slowly getting the hang of eating but isn’t eating anything really significant in the way of solids.

Monday, Tuesday and Friday (and weekends) I have her brother too so I make a child friendly meal and she can just have some of that. But on Wednesday and Thursday he is at nursery and eats there. AIBU not to make her a special meal and just give her a bit of toast or crumpet?

Just make an extra portion of dinner the day before when you are cooking for everyone. Toast with whatever, some peas, banana is fine for lunch. And re-heat the leftovers for dinner.

The comprehension skills on this thread are dreadful.

I think you're over thinking it. Give her leftovers, chop up a bit of whatever is in the fridge, toast is fine sometimes. Doesn't have to be a coherent meal, just some balanced ish food.

It's feeling very hard because your approaching it as just preparing for your baby and making it a separate job. Brilliant suggestions of saving food from days you feed both seem like the most workable based on your responses.

Moving forward what's your plan for family meals? We eat together 90% of the time and my children definitely eat better when we eat with them.

You need to feed your child well - that's not high salt low nutrient toast and crumpets

It's not complicated and it doesn't take much effort as you are not cooking a full on dinner at this age, just food she can start to experiment and play with - plenty of people have low hassle suggestions

The portion sizes she needs are tiny and you should prioritise your childs nutrition in the share of your small freezer

You could also come off your current diet and into another one that means your child can share your dinner

I’m not trying to deflect but honestly.

I have said that

My son goes to nursery. The baby doesn’t (yet.)
I don’t currently eat ‘normal’ meals as I am losing weight.
Freezing isn’t an option.

But pages and pages of ‘just cook what you’re having’ ‘well she’s at nursery’ ‘just batch cook and freeze’ arghhh.

And deflecting what exactly? It’s a crumpet, not haribo and cola in a bottle!

Honestly, ignore the batch freezing brigade.

At 7 months I am pretty sure mine was only on one meal a day still anyway? I thought it was introduce one meal a month.

Main nutrition is from milk.

The odd dinner where its crumpet/banana/yoghurt or bloody hell, just milk, is fine!

You are not going to cause some deep life long eating habit because at 7 months they didnt have every meal as a home cooked meal.

As op suggests Brocilli and cooked chicken from a packet takes as much effort as a crumpet but is far better

If you can't freeze anything then you can make a purée that should last 2 or 3 days in your fridge

Banana and unsweetened yogurt are somewhat better than toast and crumpets and not apparently on the ops list of things she is prepared to make

Because toast and crumpet is also ok?

I have no problem with this and it’s a great suggestion. I don’t know why this suggestion had to be served with a side helping of sarcasm and a dessert of spite, though.

Those pieces look pretty big for a 7 month old?

Get what you give

I don't think some people realise how small some freezers can be. Our old fridge freezer was very narrow - it was impossible to replace it with one the same size, especially as by that point we'd bought a chest freezer to put in the garage and wanted a larger fridge section than freezer section rather than 50/50.

I did freeze puréed veg, fruit and cheese sauce in icecube trays for quick and easy meals, I also used pouches so DS could taste food I don't like (basically anything with beef in), and we did finger foods, gave him bits of our food if appropriate - we like spicy food, DS never did, still doesn't.

This rèminds me of the time i boiled a single piece of broccoli and a few pasta shapes 🤣🤣🤣

Its tough just cooking for a weaning baby.
No advice unfortunately But No harm will come from toast or a baked potato

Also its fine to just use pouches if you want to? You dont have to make it from scratch.

The problem is that making something doesn’t mean she eats it. Today she’s been offered boiled egg, toast, sweet potato and carrot. She ate a tiny bit of egg and toast but doesn’t want the sweet potato or carrot. This is why it’s pointless making a fancy feed.

It's not pointless. She's learning to eat. She can't do that without food. What difference does it make if it goes in her belly or on the floor? Just make extra the day before and give her leftovers if you can't bear to make more food for her.

At the moment (and this could change) she doesn’t let me feed her so anything really runny is difficult which is why yoghurt probably won’t work (it’s a good suggestion but not totally sure she’ll go for it.)

I don’t know why people are being so dramatic. It’s one of those silly threads where everyone’s horrified by crumpets and toast instead of just ‘how about this?’

The day before was Wednesday. DS ate at nursery so I have no leftovers.

People are honestly being wild!

I started off with all the right ideas and excitement, clutching my weaning recipes book but after watching yet another meal just get lobbed on the floor I did away with it and she was on pouches, picky bits or whatever we ate if it was appropriate.

Shes 3.5 now and a really good eater.

It’s really not pointless. You can’t expect her to eat everything first time. It’s all about playing, exploring, touching her food as much as eating it at this stage. A wide variety is more important that quantity.

Yes, I realise that. But there is a difference between a bit of pear going on the floor and a lovingly made pasta bake.

Bigger is better when it comes to BLW. A whole chime drumstick or strip of steak is safer than very small cut up pieces at this age.