Need food ideas for BLW baby - breakfast and lunch, preferably non-dairy

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So, DD2 (8mo) has just vomited up the weetabix, banana and soya milk, but I think it was just making her gag (I was spoon feeding her). I'm struggling to know what to feed her. There is a possibility that she has a dairy intolerance (vomiting at night) though it may just be recurrent colds, either way we are keeping her off the dairy for a while.

But I am struggling for lunch and breakfast ideas, I can't keep giving her just bread/toast and cucumber and tomatoes. I'm especially struggling for protein ideas. She isn't massively keen on eggs, at least not boiled egg.

Help! I'm also desperate to fill her up to help her sleep at night. Doesn't help that she's just vomited up her breakfast and milk feed from this morning

Mine vomited at least 2/3rds of everything we fed her at that age, it was frustrating but it wasn't a food intolerance, just her getting used to managing solids.

You could try veggie fritters, they can be cut into strips and while there's egg in them it's more flavoursome than boiled. Also french toast is a good way to get protein in if she likes toast. Pancake with spinach and egg in it? Somewhere I have a recipe for 'rice cakes' which are cooked rice, shredded chicken and baby peas bound with egg and chilled.

It's not protein, but do you own any of that horrible baby rice cereal stuff? Friends of mine have had good luck rolling spears of banana or avocado in that, to help with grippiness so the baby can hold it.

does any of that help?

Drop scones - leave out milk (use extra water or egg) or soya
Cold roast veg
Cold roast meat
Fish fingers (may need to make own, the crumbs often have milk protein in)
Pasta shapes
Meat balls
Chunks of sausage
Muffins with veg/fruit/ham in - make with polenta for extra protein
Fallafel
Anything in pitta bread, and cut into fingers

I am not an allergy expert, but I know 2 children with dairy intolerance who are also soya intolerant, so the soya may not be helping either.

Wrt the vomiting and intolerance, basically she was coughing and vomiting nearly every night for about a month, due to excess phlegm. It stopped as soon as we cut out the dairy, however this week, despite being dairy free, she has had a cold and it has started again. So it may not actually be an intolerance but an going to keep her off the dairy till she's stopped vomiting then start to reintroduce it. We havent fastidiously cut out all milk products, just obvious dairy.

This this morning's vomiting was just gagging, but it's still depressing when I am trying to fill her up! She has had a few good nights after eating really well so am keen to keep it up.

Thanks for the ideas, great help. Banana are always good but she can only really manage v ripe ones. Tried her with avocado but she was fairly ambivalent about it (don't blame her, it's like eating soap!). Might do pancakes or eggy bread for lunch.

Muffins are a great idea. The recipe I have uses buttermilk (I tend to use a milk/yoghurt mix). Would I just leave it out or add more oil?

I'm thinking the same about my DD 6months. We're avoiding dairy as it makes her vomit and soya just in case.

We're finding it hard to think of breakfasts too.

Gram flour mixed with regular flour makes a pancake that holds together well but it has a bit of a strange taste so needs other flavours in it.

If your DD is able to pick up little things, you could try chickpeas or beans, sweetcorn or peas for lunches.

Re muffins - not an expert cook, but I'd start by experimenting with adding oil/water mix in place of buttermilk.

Apparently 60% of children who are allergic to cows milk are allergic to soya too, so it's worth eliminating soya as well as dairy.

Have you tried using a different milk? A friend of mine's DCs are allergic to dairy and soya, and she uses goats milk, or rice or oat milk in place of cows.

How about porridge for breakfast made with water or different milks? If she prefers feeding herself you can leave it to cool and set and slice it up into porridge 'fingers'. Also scotch pancakes (125g flour, 1 egg, 150ml milk, bit of sugar, spoonfuls into hot greased frying pan).

Also try non-cow's milk cheese such as manchego or goats cheese for protein.

Debka's idea is good about the porridge you could do the same with polenta which can be both sweet or savoury. If she can handle a spoon quinoa porridge is full of protein (soak and discard the water before cooking)