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Weaning

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BLW food to put on my shopping list

8 replies

PeanutButter99 · 09/02/2011 09:42

DS is nearly 7 months and we do porridge with pureed fruit for breakfast and mash up any combination of veg, rice, potato, lentils for lunch. He also eats baby biscuits, toast and cucumber.
Want to give him more finger foods to try. Eating off our plates is not really an option at the moment as we come home from work around 6 and so don't make our dinner until after DS is in bed. Would rather spend the time with DS than in the kitchen!
Writng a shopping list at the moment instead of working Blush.
Have on it mild cheese and spaghetti.
I need more ideas!!

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compo · 09/02/2011 09:43

Omlette
pasta
carrots
cucumber

PeanutButter99 · 09/02/2011 09:45

Will make up a batch of pasta sauce for the spagetti. Can I use tinned tomatoes? I've been very instinctive up to now with DS but this weaning thing has me doubting myself all the time! No sugar, no salt, no lumps before this age but make sure lumps before that age. Let them eat this, don't let them eat that! Confused

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witchwithallthetrimmings · 09/02/2011 09:53

just cook what you usually do and don't mash it up. It will be fine

crikeybadger · 09/02/2011 09:59

Agree with witch- blw is actually very simple.

Cook what you normally cook (obv leaving out salt or big amounts of chili).

Take a portion out for DS

Enjoy the mess Smile

Meatballs, fishcakes, mince, risotto, cheese scones, sweetcorn fritters, falafel, polenta fingers, roasted vegetables ....the list is endless.

CuppaTeaJanice · 09/02/2011 10:06

Pitta bread
Breadsticks
Any veg that can be eaten raw and cut into bite sized pieces
Bananas, soft fruit, grapes (cut in half). Would avoid apple personally as a baby in Mum's village choked on it, but soft pear or plum should be fine.
Toast
Cous cous, Quinoa etc. Make it quite sticky with cheese etc so baby can pick up lumps without it falling to pieces
Chicken breast, pork thin cut steaks, any other lean meat that can be cut into strips (prob best to leave this until baby has teeth)

RJandA · 09/02/2011 10:09

Just keep a bit of your dinner and give it to the LO for lunch, then tea can be something easy like toast, omelette, quick pasta sauce.

Teapot13 · 09/02/2011 15:17

Avocado
Cooked beetroot
Sweet potato

You can bake or boil harder fruit (apples, pears) and give him a quarter to feed himself. Or buy tinned pears in juice.

Steam up some baby spinach and give him a couple of leaves.

babybouncer · 09/02/2011 20:00

A little of your dinner last night is a good call.

Other quick and easy things I bought were:
rice cakes (salt-free adult size, broken up)
baby crisps
organix bars (mostly fruit based)
bread sticks
mini pittas (kept in freezer)
dried apricots
lots of fruit cut into big chips

still use lots of these as quick snacks!

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