finger food

[lola88]

What finger food is/did your 7mo eat? I spoon feed but give DS bit of toast and banana sandwichs he loves to feed himself but not sure how to move on from here.

Can anyone give me some ideas?

We did baby led weaning which worked out great for us.
At 7 months DD was eating lots of roasted or steamed root veg, carrots, parsnips, sweet potato, all cut into batons or wedges. Pan fried apple or pear wedges sprinkled with cinnamon were a big hit.

The Baby Led Weaning Cookbook is fab if you're looking for ideas.

Roasted sweet potato, steamed carrots, breadsticks (unsalted) Organic vegetable crisps (you can buy them in the baby aisle - ideal because they melt), well boiled pasta are all good finger foods.

Chunks of ripe kiwi, nectarine, peach, mango - all with the skin on so that they weren't too slippy for DD to hold - she sucks the ripe fruit off the skin and spits the skin out.

Steamed carrot batons.
Eggy bread cut into fingers.
Sandwiches (with crusts cut off) made with something 'sticky' so that the contents don't fall out, e.g. hoummus, peanut butter, grated cheese mixed with mayo, cream cheese.

Dd has had finger food the past 2 weeks. She's 26 weeks now. Finger food She's had include

Toast
Bagel with Philly
Banana sandwich
Pepper sticks
Cucumber sticks
Sweet potato wedges
Parsnip chips
Peaches
Mandarin/satsuma
Apple wedges
Banana
Pasta bake
Pasta bolognese
Jacket potato
Baked eggs

This is onto of Porridge with various fruits added, Greek yoghurt with fruit and rice
Pudding

This week were trying mango, berries and breadsticks with humous