wamr finger food as a meal

[mummytojames]

my son 9months is having no problems with finger food and he's chewing stuff that not even a lot of twelve month olds do he has finger food meal for his tea but im getting stuck with what to give him
i give him
pasta (dry) he refuses it
chips no problem
sandwiches with sliced meat he takes it apart eats the bread and eats a bit of the meat
chopped up fruit and veg he will eat banana after banana if we let him but nothing else and he wont touch veg unless we feed it to him
he has toast no problem
boiled and grilled chicken no problem
but it seems like hes haveing the same thing over and over again and im feeling totaly lost on what to give him
oh and he will eat pasta with sauce but not sure how i would go about doing that as a finger food
sorry so long but feeling really baffled he's haveing grilled chicken with chips tonight but cant think what to give him tomorow i feel like a total failer because hes not fussy at all

I give my 9 mo-old sweet potato fries, which I make by cutting one up into 1/4 inch sections, brushing w/olive oil, and placing on a baking sheet with more olive oil drizzled on it for 30-35 min at 425f (don't know what that converts into for c). I give him fish or chicken fingers, where you cut meat into 1/2 in strips and coat w/mayonnaise, and roll in bread crumb/parmesan cheese mixture and bake. He gets bagels w/cream cheese and an apricot spread that is made by boiling 1 part apple juice concentrate with 1 part dried apricots for about 15 min, and then whirred about in the food processor. He LOVES macaroni and cheese that I make myself, since I don't like the sodium content of those in a box. I make him pumpkin muffins w/raisins + bits of dried apricot, sweetened with 100% apple juice and has wheat germ in it, so is healthy. Or tofu sticks shaken in a bag with crushed cheerios or graham crakers. Sorry so long.

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I agree with Yorkiegirl, both of mine have loved penne pasta with sauce at this age. Messy but tasty!!

What about

small strips of cheese
ham slices rolled up
hard boiled eggs
toasted cheese and tomato sandwiches (or whatever) cut into strips
cooked broccoli
I would do pasta in a creamy cheesey sauce and let him pretend it is finger food.
balls of mashed potato (fried if you want into potato cakes) You could do get a small piece of cheese, squidge cold mash around it, and bake in the oven.

great thread
I am in the same boat with my 9mo old.
Lots of good ideas here, may be I can finally kiss goodbye to the dreaded orange mush.

ds loved baby sweetcorn as a finger food at this age.

mine used to love cooked ham with bread and butter

thanks all there are some great ideas im going to try there exspesialy the sauce with sweet potatoe to help it stick the pasta i uy for him mainly is spiral pasta to make it easier to hold and concheli for us so i thik i will give him the conchelli with the sauce see if he's a bit more willing that way i gave him chease on toast in strips and he just looked at it as if to say whats this but tried it wore more of it but what can i say thanks again all