Can my 1 year old tomorrow ds eat rice?

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gio71 · 10/10/2007 11:28

Am trying to extend his food groups! Is normal adult white rice ok for him?
Oh this feeding thing is a minefield
thanks

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Brangelina · 10/10/2007 11:31

My DD had normal adult rice at 6mo, it's a perfectly normal food and absolutely fine for babies (80% of the world weans its babies on normal adult rice). What have you been feeding yours up to now?

lailasmum · 10/10/2007 11:34

baby rice is the same as adult rice just sort of flaked down.

Brangelina · 10/10/2007 11:40

Baby food as it is marketed is a total load of tosh, all children can eat adult food from 6mo (as long as it's not processed crap), the only things you have to watch out for are salt and excessive amounts of sugar, both of which are actually in most brands of "baby" food if you read the ingredients. It's just another way of making money out of pointless things.

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gio71 · 10/10/2007 11:40

pasta pasta and more pasta, we live in Italy, (when in Rome blah blah!) I think have become v lazy mother though, have found something he likes and am clinging onto it
Off to cook a big plate of rice and parmesan!

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Brangelina · 10/10/2007 11:43

I live in Italy too! Though near Milan so lots of risotto. Also lots of curries, pilaffs etc....not to mention pizza and passate di verdura.

ruddynorah · 10/10/2007 11:47

he can eat anything at age 1, except anything high in salt.

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gio71 · 10/10/2007 12:19

is brodo the thing for weaning up in Milan as well Brangelina? I had more sleepless nights over brodo, how to prepare it, packet or fresh etc etc than any I have had over ds not sleeping!

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Brangelina · 10/10/2007 13:22

Yes they tell us that up here too. Fortunately DD was having none of it - she'd been used to lots of flavours through my bm so wasn't the least bit interested in tasteless slops. I got her onto "normal" food pretty much straight away - pasta, risotto, curries, dahls, roast veg etc. - and she was much happier for it.

BTW the easiest way of making brodo is by keeping the water from steamed veg. So much less hassle than boiling up the potato, carrot and courgette.... Then you freeze everything in portions, none of this throwing it out after 24 hours thing. WTF? Do they think we all live with nonna and have all day to cook up steaming vats of broth?

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