What does your 9mo eat daily?

[DollyWobbler]

Hi there,

Would you mind sharing your daily menus for your 9mo please?

I am wondering what quantities of food I should be feeding my LO and I am also looking for new meal ideas.

Thank you,

DW

Um, exactly what I was eating? I don't understand the question as 9mo doesn't need a special menu. The only thing they can't eat is whole nuts and honey.

Yes, my DD is 8.5mo and eats whatever I'm eating (within reason). So today, she ate:

porridge with banana and prune juice
sweetcorn and cheese fritters, boiled potatoes, broccoli
pasta pesto
an orange

It can be hard coming up with meals we'll all eat as I also have fussypants 3yo DS (hence the randomness of today's lunch!) but DD will eat pretty much anything :)

Today my 9 month old ate
8am - weetabix
10am - grapes
12pm - pasta with brocolli, smoked salmon & philidelphia + banana
2.30pm - breadstick & cheese
5pm - fish pie with carrots, asparagus & peas + mango pieces

Today was: Porridge w dates
Banana
Orange
Pasta in tomato sauce w grilled veg
Omelette (his fav!)
And another banana

But I run out of ideas too esp since I'm on a diet lately and trying to stick to soup and salads so he can't have what I have... Watching this thread

My DD ate

Breakfast: 2 crumpets, yoghurt and banana,
Lunch: Cod with butternut and apple and banana purée
Snack: organix carrot crips things
Dinner: cottage pie and fruity crumble

Eight months here, and he ate:

Lunch: Red rice, squash and yellow beets
Dinner: Chicken thighs, kamut pasta and spinach, with some finger foods of watermelon and blueberries

Breakfast is vert infrequent, as he likes to fill up on boob in vast quantities in the am.

My 9m DD is insatiable, and I too am running out of ideas.

For breakfast she normally has weetabix (sometimes two!) or porridge, which I sometimes put a bit of apple or pear puree in for a different flavour, and to get a bit more fruit into her.

Snacks can be a banana, mini muller rice, yoghurt, rusks, digestive biscuits.

Lunches can be beans & toast, or homemade soup with bread or toast, or portions of spagetti bolognese etc out of the freezer. Tried tuna pasta salad today but the jury's apparently still out.

Dinner is whatever we're having, unless it's something I think has too much salt in. Tonight is fish with cauliflower cheese and leeks. Last night was beef stew.

I struggle most with lunches, if what's in the freezer won't work with that nigth's dinner (eg if it would mean having bolognese twice that day). I also think she could do with more fruit, am going shopping soon so will see what there is there :)

8.5 month old here, she eats what we eat so no menus as such, just different dinners each day but similar the next week iyswim.

The last few days:

Breakfast

• porridge (not baby stuff, normal rolled oats) with strawberries or banana.
• boiled or scrambled egg and toast
• full fat natural yoghurt and fresh fruit such as melon, grapes (cut in half), strawberries, blackberries (messy!)

Lunch

• tuna mayo or cheese sandwich (on bread or pitta bread) with cucumber sticks
• scrambled egg or omelette with cherry tomatoes (cut in half)
• last nights left over dinner!

Dinner

• chicken curry and rice
• pasta with pesto sauce, mushrooms, fish
• roasted veg, potato and pork

I try not to give too much bread but she would have it at lunch if she didn't have it at breakfast (or visa versa)

I also don't really do a 'pudding' as we don't tend to have one; sometimes a bit of natural yoghut which she loves, or some tinned rice pudding or custard although I end up sharing with her

I try not to do too much bread/wheat so 8mo DS had:

Breakfast: Oatibix, and usually a whole banana
Lunch: Toasted cheese sandwich, fromage frais
Dinner: Beef stew and dumpling.

Sometimes I give him a supper of rice pudding or a rusk and milk if I think he hasn't eaten much - something to fill him up before bed (although he has a massive BF last thing anyway).

He also likes omelette strips/eggy bread, oatcakes or ricecakes with Philadelphia, cheese spread or hummus, sweet potato wedges, and is beginning to 'get' pasta. His all-time favourite is a roast dinner though (BLW cliche! But it's true).

Dd2 will eat anything/everything! We tend to eat together for most meals & always in the evening plus dd1 is quick to spot any differences so we mostly all eat the same.

Breakfasts: weetabix dipped in milk as fingerfood, or mashed in milk on a spoon, banana, toast fingers.

Lunches: crackers & cheese, with cucumber & carrot sticks, breadsticks & hummus, ham sandwiches, baked beans a bit mashed onto toast or eggybread fingers, cheese on toast, cherry toms, fromage frais, pear & apple quarters.

Snacks: rice cakes, malt loaf, cheese sticks, bread sticks, fruit eg mango or melon stcks, toasted teacake, croissant, brioche.

Dinners: this week she has had -
Minty lamb chops, new pots, broccoli
spag bol
Pizza & garlic bread (HM)
Chicken fajitas & wedges
Sausage/tom/veg pasta
JO crispy salmon & noodles
Creamy mushroom chicken & rice

Quantity-wise, I give her a small amount & replenish as necessary. She'll always fill up on bm.

Even if you don't go the whole hog on blw, the guns rapley book is v helpful.

Today DS had:

Breakfast: half a toasted fruit bun, few lumps of cheese, half a little yoghurt.

Lunch: peas, carrots, potatoes, broccoli, turkey, cauliflower and parsnips. (I put it on his high chair and he helped himself and I spoofed him a few bits too).
Custard.

Dinner: I didn't realise how late it was as we were out so he just had custard again.

Today was quite a varied day, he tends to have lots of fruit, veg, natural yogurt, weetabix and loves toasted fruit buns.

I do wonder if he is getting enough food on the days when I work (my Mum or DH) look after him and he can't fill up on breast milk until the evening) but he doesn't complain so I figured he can't be starving.

What does your DC eat?

GodisaDJ think we eat similar stuff

DD's dinners the last few days have included beef stew with mashed potato, cheesy pasta/broccoli/leek bake, mixed bean chilli and rice. Lots of omelette/scrambled egg here too, it's quick and easy. She loves tuna mayo sandwiches, but I try not to give her them too often in case of mercury or wheat overdose.

She also loves buttered fruit loaf, but sadly so do I to the point where I dare not have it in the house

Sounds like all your LO eat fantastically. My 10mo DS eats a reasonable range (bit variable) but its quantities I'm unsure about. e.g. if you prepare 2 crumpets or spag bol, how much is actually eaten?????

Definitely sounds the same bender mine loves egg of any type and tuna, but like you say, I like to limit the tuna to more than twice a week. And yes, toast / crumpets / fruit toast with butter always go down a treat with me too but I am trying to limit 'wheat' intake as it does 'clog' her up if she has too much.

She does eat/try absolutely anything. Shes loving fried mushrooms in butter at the min and of course Sunday dinners (roast potatoes!)

I have found the more flavour the better (chilli, bollanaise, curry, chinese stir fry noodles).

I also have a picky eater and am just starting to get us all eating what I eat with mixed results. He doesn't seem to like meat protein at all yet, and some days wants mush and others lumps. Totally unpredictable and totally frustrating!!

Sometimes we have sandwiches for lunch (cream cheese, hummous, tuna, peanut butter and banana, or grates cheese. I press the bread flat so he can't pull them apart). However I always bring a backup ellas pouch or 3 and some finger fruit. However even these are hit and miss, the only predictable one is strawbs!

For dinner we've had pasta twirls with tomato sauce and cheese (success!), turkey balls (failure, followed by a little success), chicken goo - White sauce with rice and peas (5 bites then no), and commercial jars over pasta, couscous or quinoa (always successful- why do I try?!?)

So I feel your pain. For puddings yogurt is always successful, so when in doubt I just fill him up with yogurt !!

I guess they all eat what they need... Difficult tho.

As an aside, to those who went "umm... What I eat": really unhelpful. Remember people are posting for a reason, please be supportive.

In the interests of fairness, I should point out that of the three dinners I listed above (beef stew with mashed potato, cheesy pasta/broccoli/leek bake, mixed bean chilli and rice), my 3yo ate only the rice

Once upon a time he too was a dream BLW baby. Mackerel fishcakes, curry, stew, everything went down with gusto. Now he won't even eat baked beans. So I try not to get too complacent with DD and just enjoy the fun of having a non-picky eater for a while!

Can i ask to all of you giving your DC Weetabix and porridge, do you mix it with bm or formula or cows' milk?

Can I ask about quantities? For example, if you gave pasta how much roughly would they eat? Or toast? My DD was not into food until much later but 7 month DS seems very hungry, not sure what is a decent amount...

Meg cows milk normally, it's ok to 'cook' / mix with food if they are over 6 months

Bobbie quantities vary with us. With it being BLW, dd picks how much she eats and it's hard to see how much she takes and how much is on the floor! It's getting better though. Last week she ate really well - so for example about 6 or 7 penne pasta shapes for lunch when with my MIL as she had no bf milk (!) another lunch she ate one egg omelette with cheese and about 4 cherry tomatoes (8 halves!) only a bit of egg left and the Tom skins; dinner she ate one roast potato, one carrot stick,, small bit of chicken and a couple of florets of cauliflower cheese - but the last 24 hours, not a lot as she's teething and just wants momma's milk! She's managed a bit of natural yoghurt this morning, half a plum and 4 grapes and is NOW sleeping why couldn't she sleep at 3am?

Thanks Godisa, I did BLW with my DD so never thought about how much she was getting, but my DS wants finger food and spoonfeeding, I'm anxious not to overfeed him but he seems to have a massive appetite!

Things I feed him - breakfast: toast, cereal - oatibix, or porridge, pancakes are a hit.

lunch - rice cakes with cream cheese, cheese on toast, sticks of cheese (sense a theme?!) some days Ill just do fruit salad or salady bits with ham, tuna or cheese...eggy bread is good too.

Main meals are bolognese, lentil and sausage stew, he quite likes burgers, agree with roast dinners...macaroni cheese, mild curry with rice...

Youghurt and fruit puree also go down well too, as do bananas and mandarin segments ( I hold these and he sucks them , theyre a bit solid for a 7 month old)

its been interesting reading this thread as my 8.5 month old DD eats for england and I feel like I'm running out of ideas for her snacks - normally yoghurt but she seems to want something else as well and i give her a lot of fruit already and am concerned about the natural sugar in it - should I be?

i may add bread sticks and maltloaf to my shopping list. she already loves rice cakes and any sort of bread but I try and limit bread due to salt (she has unsalted rice cakes).

Any other ideas?

Strips of omelette are good, and you can add all sorts of bits and pieces to vary the flavour. Steamed veg sticks - precook or make double when you cook for yourself, then keep in the fridge.

Thanks so much for all your replies, you have really inspired me! :)

Bobbie Normally if she's having weetabix she'll eat one, but on occasion she eats two! (She takes after her dad for appetite!)

Megumi I make porridge and weetabix with cow's milk.

You lot have made me feel very inadequate. My 9 mo only ever has jars. He has only three times had something I cooked and he hated all of it. Twice he threw up.