can i give a 7mth old things like fishfingers chicken nuggets and stuff like that help

[babyjjbaby]

either blended or cut into small chunks i give him sausages and he likes them but need more stuff as we can't afford to eat meat all the time i give him chipsif we have them as long as they ain't too crispy and he loves them i'm not talking about giving him it all the time but once or twice a week probably

notjustmom's idea is a good one though

if you are feeding a child it is worth learning to cook properly

it's a skill for life and you could end up really enjoying it

i cant cook probably-i am a bad cook.my children are 7,6 and 2 and i havent poisened even 1 of them yet.i think if your not into going to a class or anything-im not sure i would either tbh!just have a try!the only thing i completly messed up on and was completly uneadible was salmon fishcakes!they looked like piles of pink poo!
youll be ok-just keep asking mners for tasty recipes!im saving this thread for ideas!!!

trip trap

I think OP is geniunie and just needs some advice and guidiance as she is still very young herself.

i think its real but if not im getting lots of fab ideas for dinner!

genuine

Lots of good ideas here, but still cannot agree that oven chips are any good for a 7 month old, since they are processed. Home made oven chips I dont have a problem with made with decent pots and olive oil. Also making them will cost much less than buying frozen packs.
Agree with others that a cooking course would be good, I knew how to cook at 16 but didnt know anything about what a baby needed, though so think your HV should be helping out babyjjbaby.
Also have you looked at the weaning and food boards on here? There is lots of good advice on these boards.

To the OP, is the £90.00 a week purely for food and pet food or do you have to buy other stuff too?

A lot of people seem to think it is a lot. I have a similar amount for my shopping but that has to include cleaning stuff, toilet rolls, toiletries, nappies, wipes, formula milk, washing powder, softner etc so when you add all that stuff up the figure for food is much less.

It sounds to me like you are doing what you can to give your baby a healthy diet now and are going to take on board the great tips that mumsnetters have posted for you.
Good on you for asking!

nope i wouldn't want to go to a cookery class or anything i'm not that sort of person i'm not bad at cooking some things just not very adventourous and we ain't the healthiest of families i don't understand why some of u think i am not genuine just coz i said i won't get rid of my pets there part of our family anyway i just fed him the lunch i made he ate all of it an di liked it too but am i the only one on here who doesn't think i am wrong in saying that i had the animals i should look after them

Whereabouts are you babyj?

Lomond no it covers food pet food nappies pet bedding toilet rolls cleaning stuff washing powder softener everything really and bus fares which can be upto £10 a week and sometimes petrol aswell

When DD was young and being weaned it was just me and her and we used to eat a lot of chicken and rice, with peas, anything with mince in, pasta with passata, jacket potatoes, TONS of baked beans (mashed potatoes and beans is actually quite nice and healthy enough, you could add something to it for the grown ups).

We also had a lot of toast, porridge or raisins for snacks.

At 7 months old, babies main nutrition is still the milk, so you're just topping up with extras.

If you're not happy to actually go out to any courses etc (I wouldn't have done when I had DD and I was 19) then try calling surestart to come to you.

And babyjjbaby, if you can work round your pets and feed your baby properly (which I believe can be done) then, No, you are not being silly saying about your pets.

If it was affecting your child then I'd agree get rid of them, but it isn't, what is making it harder for you is lack of knowledge, which you are trying to improve, so I think it's better that you do keep them.

Do your mum and dad enjoy pasta? Carbonara is really quite cheap and easy.

You cook the pasta as normal, get some bacon lardons (cheap bits of cut up bacon from the butcher ot tesco/whereever), fry the lardons, add two eggs (which you've already whisked) into the frying pan and keep stirring, then some cream probably about 100ml and a tablespoon of cream/cottage cheese. Mix it all in with the pasta, and voila, carbonara.

Sorry the measurements arent too hot but I've cooked it for ages so don;t need to measure it anymore and can't think properly!

hi babyj, i don't know if anyone's suggested this already but why don't you write down the kind of things you eat already and then see what's suitable from there. we can help you to tweak things if you like. i gather you don't want to cook much but if you've got a micro and a pan of water most things are done.

my dd LOVES pasta, pesto and frozen peas all mixed together, takes ten minutes and all ingredients cost very little in Lidl. plus, we eat it too so no fuss.

spanish omelette also good and quick (if you're giving eggs). bake potato in micro, fry onion, chop potato and add egg. i also add frozen peas because then there's something green in there and it's delicious. that's a really good lunch for all of us, esp with a bit of buttered bread.

also, you can pretty much substitute puy lentils for meat in most bolognese/mince sauces, and they actually taste nice. i say that as a renowned carnivore. good luck anyway, if you aren't sure about cooking then speak to HV and ask if she can help with a class. (that i know you don't want to go to, but still... you'll thank us in the end. believe us, we are old and know everything. and i'm kidding)

VS, those lardons or pancetta come in two-packs for £1 at sainsbos, even cheaper at lidl. they're great, i always have them in the freezer.

My Ds is 8 months and has things like:

Breakfast: Toast with dairylea or a little scraping of jam, porridge with some mashed up banana or some stewed fruit. Yoghurt - he loves the petite filous - they are usually on offer in Asda - 18 for £2?

Lunch: Scrambled egg, egg bread, boil in the bag fish in parsley sauce with some little chunks of bread added, philidephia sandwiches, little bit of pasta with tomato sauce, cheese on toast. Usually has a yoghurt afterwards. He also likes banana, just peel it and hold it for him, he bites chunks off.

Tea: Mash potato with peas and a little bit of gravy, vegetable soup (homemade - just whatever vegetables and some stock), beef casserol (again some stewing steak which is uaually quite cheap - asda had 2 boxes for £6 last week, was enoough to make 2 big pots, vegetables, stock and little red wine if you want - if you make loads can freeze and defrost as and when - cook for about 4 hours on 160 deg), mash with cheese and a few beans, macaroni cheese, spag bol, tuna and mash or tuna and pasta,

Also, there is no shame in giving your lo a few or 2 of baby food if you are pushed for time or ideas - asda do the HIPP ones which are organic 6 jars for £3.50 which would last a couple of weeks if you had one every other day?

Perhaps you could ask on the wanted boards if anyone had any baby cook books that they were finished with that you could have? Or ask at your local library. It might give you a few ideas that you could alter to suit your budget/family needs/skills?

Hope your mum is ok.

I feel really sorry that you have been jumped on by so many people when all you were asking for was a little advice. I think at 16 you are coping amazingly well - I certainly couldnt have run a house and looked after a baby and pets at that age!

i will just reiterate that a 7 month old does not need 3 big meals a day, milk is still the main source of calories and nutrition........

so don;t stress too much about 3 meals a day every day...

geordiemacminx thanks that svery helpful i tend not to buy the jars coz they are alot more expensive than homemade i think i might ask on the thing for a cook book or go to libary tomorrow i've been pretty much running the house since i was 11 so i'm used to it lol it is just that i find it so hard t omanage on £90 a week when i go round asda b4 i gotot the till i have to look thro the trolley and if there is anything which i don't really need i have to put it back and it's all the time i'm the only one who likes pasta in our house too but i can have pasta for lunches i sometimes buy the batchelors pasta and sauce things but haven't been buying them latly how much at each meal does ur 8mth old tend to eat coz i'm sure he eats too much

lulumama but if he eats it then i'm gonna give it him lol if he don't wan tit he won't eat it at about 8;45 am he'll have breakfast then he goes to bed at 10 -about 11;15 then he has a bottle then when he wakes up he'll either have a 7oz bottle for lunch or food then he goes to bed about 2;30 - 4;30 and he'll either have a bottle b4 or when he wakes up we have dinner bout half 5 and he goes to bed at about 8;30 with a 8oz bottle and sleeps thro till about half eight

Something else I meant to add, when you cook a meal only dish up small amounts for each person, then if you want more, dish up more, that way rather than having food left on the plate to be thrown away you'll have it left in the pot to freeze.

Tinned fruit and vegetables are good as well, DD loved tinned peaches and I always have tins of petit pois and carrots in my cupboard, theya re great to add a bit of goodness to an otherwise bland meal.

As lulumama says, your baby does not need 3 meals a day every day, but also, a meal for a baby is not the same as what we would class as a meal. Tinned peaches are a whole meal, mashed and peas is a whole meal, some chopped chicken and sweetcorn is a whole meal, they don't differentiate between sweet and savoury for dinner and pudding like we do, nor do they think it has to be the standard meat and two veg.