Fruit and Veg what part of the day?

[Haily111]

Hello, i know this probably doesnt matter when they have their food as long as they have it. I am just interested other moms and how they do it?
My dd is coming up to eight months, she had been having fruit in the morning and then rusk with milk and a banana at lunch and the meat and veg in the evening. But today i gave her weetabix with formula this morning and she loved it, i have also given her a piece of toast before now and she seemed to like that as well. But she is supposed to have 5 fruit/veg a day so i am trying to see how much easier i could fit it all in? Any ideas welcome :-)

DS and I had porridge with chopped plums and banana this morning. (he is 6 though)

With porridge do you mean Readybrek?
This probably sounds really bad, but i never used to buy fruit as i hardly ate it myself, but have started to buy bananas fresh for my dd, and would like to buy other fresh fruit and veg as well, any ideas who does smaller bags :-)

My DS is 9 mo and i give him the following:

Breakfast - weetabix with mashed banana
Lunch - Cooked meal (cheesy veg or chicken & Pasta or tuna pasta bake etc) and yoghurt
Tea - Toast or Sandwich (Dairylea or jam etc) with a pot of grapes/sultanas etc and yoghurt if still hungry

HTH

I'm not sure that babies this wee are supposed to have 5 portions of fruit and veg. It's more about getting them to enjoy food and to get them in the habit of eating solids.

My DD is a bit younger but for lunch she often has some "soup" - veggies and little bits of meat (and maybe some pasta) boiled up in homemade chicken stock. Also, I give her tea at about 4pm (she doesn't yet have dinner as she falls asleep too early!) which is often finger food, which may include a peach or a pear or some slices of avocado.

Maybe im daft but do you just give him a sandwich? And do you use ordinary white bread?

yes, i don't think the 5 fruit and veg thing is necessary yet. is he still having plenty milk?

dd is 8 months. she has porridge or cereal for breakfast, or banana on toast. i try to only give bread once a day (salt content).

lunch is usually something sandwichy (humous, cheese spread, hard cheese, tuna)or something on toast or an omelette if we had toast in the morning. i put veg in the omelette (peas, broccoli, potato). then she has piece of fruit for 'pudding' (usually pear, peach, nectarine).

then tea is more like a proper meal, pasta, fish, always with at least one veg other than potato. we don't eat meat.

snacks are usually fruit or organix snack things (sweetcorn rings/carrot sticks/rice cakes).

basically, she has what i'm having, so if that is 5 portions of fruit and veg then that's what she has. however, some days she doesn't fancy much, so she has lots of milk.

yes i just give a sandwich. i cut it into 4, and it's white or brown bread, depending what i have. i try to give a variety. she also likes pitta sandwiches.

She is doing well with her milk for her standards (i.e. 20 - 25 oz) i shall try that with the sandwich :-) Thank you

Sorry got that wrong between 25 - 30 oz

Yes i give him a sandwich but cut it into soldiers (half the size that we'd have with an egg iykwim)

Yes proper porridge. All you do is put 1-2 tbsp per person of porridge oats into a pan, add water (I suppose about 1/4 pint for each tbsp oats) and gently bring to the boil, stirring. Simmer gently for a minute or two, still stirring. If it's too thick you can add more water. Then you can sweeten with fruit or honey.

You can make the porridge with milk if you like, it's richer. There are other variations some not suitable for little ones but fine for adults, you can add seeds, nuts, dried fruit, or yogurt. I understand in Scotland a lot of people have their porridge with salt.

Ds (9 months) has apple and blueberry for breakfast (won't eat cereal), has dinner with two/three types of veg in e.g salmon with mashed potato, broccoli and cauliflower, followed by fruit for pudding, then his tea is something carb rich and vegetarian such as veg with cous cous, followed by more fruit. He eats so much better than I do as can never be bothered with fruit.

mmmmm salt, anorak. the very idea of sweet porridge is revolting, i think.
not so good for the nippes, though.

that was a nippers typo, not nipples...

the think IMO is to get them used to tastes and textures, not to worry overmuch about the 5 fruit and veg

I would concentrate on the veg tbh. They normally like fruit.

I tend to give mainly veg/fruit as snacks (they need lots of snacks).

Also-the portions are around a handful. 8 mos have very small hands. And bear in mind that you can have up to 2 portions of any one veg/fruit and that juice and beans can count for a portion each.

so

The banana is probably 2 portions

probably 2 portions in the veg

and then fruit in the morning.

you're probably doing great!

Thanks for the advice am trying her out on all these things