There are many reasons that our country is plagued with obesity, infant and toddler nutrition is definitely at the top of the list. There is no reason why your 10month old can't eat almost everything that you eat. Feed her the food off your plate so that she learns to eat a variety of foods and textures. Textures, believe it or not, is actually the reason for so many "picky eater" at the toddler age. We are feeding them strained everything and they are not learning the proper chewing methods. I'll get off my soap box and give you the suggestions you asked for, sorry, I'm passionate! :) Remember nothing that is allergic (i.e. nuts, peanut, strawberries, egg whites, honey, shellfish etc)
Veggies- fresh is good but frozen and canned with no added salt are also good, cooked just long enough for her to chew
Fruits- fresh is best but you can get frozen and canned with no added sugar
Protein- chicken, deli meats, egg yolks, soy alternatives by Morningstar Farms, tilapia (Walmart offers individually frozen fillets for $6.42 for about 8 fillets and they are very good), Frozen edemame (soybeans)
Carbs- You are covered on bread, just remember that the whole wheat variety is the best and if she hasn't had white then she won't know the difference. Pasta, rice, etc.
Dairy- yogurt (low sugar), formula, cheese
It is hard to change your eating habits but so worth it for your children. Another bit of advice from my pedi. is that it takes 10-15 tries before a child knows if they like or dislike a food. Keep trying it can be a very frustrating stage but you have already gotten through the first stage. You are doing a great job in recognizing that your little girl is done with the baby food, so many just don't realize what their children are telling them. Good luck!
try the gerber graduates jarred fruits and veggies--they have apples, pears, peaches, carrots and green beans--they are very soft and, apparently, yummy--my daughter loved them. Almost any cooked veggie, cut very small, will work. Applesauce, yogurt, bananas, pears, cooked beans etc is also great. Try to stay away from chicken nuggets and junkier food until you absolutely run out of other things. There will come a day when she demands food like that--put it off as long as possible and give her the healthiest start you can! Good luck!
My daughter hated baby food. I used to give her stuff like mashed potatoes, oatmeal, cream of wheat. She started teething early so by 10 months she was able to eat the cut up string beans and fruit.
My son loved to eat oatmeal, instant grits, and the little lunch buckets. I think they are sold near the soups. He liked the rice and chicken with veggies and the mac and cheese. These were just some of the things we gave him. I also would give him soggy cereal and he would eat it sometimes. Depends on your child and if she's picky. My son loved bread too!
My son stopped eating baby food around 9 or 10 months as well. He is now 15 months. Ask your pediatrician what he/she recommends but our pediatrician said he could eat almost anything we ate- just cut up in small sizes. Bananas are good because they are soft. Blueberries (mash them or cut in half), yogurt (yo baby is good), cut up plums and nectarines (ripe ones so they were soft), broccoli, chicken, deli turkey, cheese (torn up slices of American at first, now he eats little cubes of cheddar) are all things our son liked/likes. As you probably know, you should wait 2-3 days before introducing a new food so that you can isolate which food caused an allergy if that were to happen. Also, hold off on Strawberries and peanut butter until she is two because of high allergic potential.
My 2 year old would eat bread ALL DAY LONG if I let him. I know she's young but what I would do was tell him he had to eat such and such or so many bites and then he could have bread. As she gets older this may work for you. Bribery is a great thing!
You know, they make these little mesh baggies with handles for solids for little ones who are begining eaters. I bought one at babysrus for around 6 bucks. We put bananas and other soft things in that my little guy could try. It helped eliminate the chocking hazard because he had to chew/suck on the food through the net. You might try one of these...
otherwise it sounds like she is ready for some new flavors... maybe a bite of what you're having? mashed taters, small veggies, bannana, etc. My little one really loved chicken at this age but... okay, I know this is tmi- I would have to chew it up or grind it up really well for him before he could eat it. He didnt have any teeth yet!
My grand daughter is 1 year old and she stopped eating baby food about 2 months ago and she won't eat anything but bread, biscuits, and crackers and whole milk but that's not enough nutritional value for a baby. So please respond.
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