https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:47:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165602 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:58:49 +0000 cmomma17 1165602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarbear: Awesome thanks. I'm putting beans on my list to introduce soon! C doesn't have any teeth yet, but he's really good at picking things up so I think beans will at the very least entertain him ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165472 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:15:58 +0000 GrapeCrush 1165472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: yup. I've never mushed them. He'd always been pretty good about chewing them(although I have found whole beans in his diaper). Also, I give them to him cold. He loves them to snack on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165435 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:06:17 +0000 Weagle 1165435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: I heated them up a bit. I heated beans straight from the can grosses me out... Even though I know it doesn't matter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165432 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:05:13 +0000 immabeetoo 1165432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: right at the start; so 6m. The only thing we aren't doing before 1 yr is honey. We tried peanut butter at the pediatricians office. Everything else has been fair game. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165426 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:03:32 +0000 cmomma17 1165426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: do you heat up the canned beans first? Or give then "cold"? It seems like such a quick and easy healthy option! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165420 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:02:20 +0000 cmomma17 1165420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarbear: are you giving them to him whole? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165412 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:01:49 +0000 cmomma17 1165412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: thanks!! When did you first introduce spices? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165405 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:59:47 +0000 wheres_c 1165405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feed him refried beans or mashed beans. Started at 6mo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165400 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:56:55 +0000 GrapeCrush 1165400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe 7 months i started giving him black beans. He loves them! He'll eat them as a snack. I use canned(I've also had no luck making beans) and just rinse really well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165358 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:37:37 +0000 immabeetoo 1165358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: my LO loves spices. Some of his fav finger foods are hummus, blueberries, banana, plums, squash with cinnamon, and zucchini with garlic :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165331 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:31:15 +0000 Smurfette 1165331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: Thanks! I will try it this weekend, so far R has no interest except for Mum Mums if she has to feed herself. So trying to do different things to see if we find something that works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165316 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:28:43 +0000 immabeetoo 1165316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: yep it's easy. I roughly follow 1 cup brand - 2 tbsp tahini - 1 tbsp olive oil - 2 tsp o flavoring. So regular hummus I do chickpeas/garlic/lemon juice. Or black beans/cumin/red pepper. Just blend it all together. For dry beans I soak overnight in the crockpot, drain, recover and cook all day in the crock on low. We're not fussy on texture so I just check very once in a while until they're softish. (I boil kidney beans first on the stove bc of some toxin in them). I do a whole box of beans. at once and then freeze in Pyrex</p> <p>.@Smurfette: I give it to him on bread, a tortilla, or just in a lump. He gobbles it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165260 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:15:44 +0000 bpcmarj 1165260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't eat a lot of beans, so I still haven't given them to her. But I have been looking for different protein sources, so maybe I should look into it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165189 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:38:33 +0000 mediagirl 1165189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age, I would cook them, then smoosh them and add a little breastmilk or formula to make them less goopy. I didn't do whole beans until later and then always cut in half. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165159 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:24:35 +0000 sotofamilia 1165159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: recently, so around 7.5-8 months. I buy them in bulk from whole foods and then soak and cook them with a little salt and some sauteed onions - he LOVES them. They're super soft, and he eats one at a time. </p> <p>I would give my son canned beans as well, I would just either get organic or make sure the can lining is BPA-free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165152 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:22:08 +0000 Smurfette 1165152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: How do you give hummus? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165145 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:18:46 +0000 Weagle 1165145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7ish months, I think? We just bought low sodium canned beans and rinsed them well. Beans are one of our major go-to foods for LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165139 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:11:31 +0000 cmomma17 1165139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: do you make your own hummus? I loooove hummus. I have had a lot of dry bean fails so I usually do canned. Any tips? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165136 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:06:40 +0000 immabeetoo 1165136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: we offered hummus maybe at 6.5 m and smooshed whole beans shortly after. I'm not sure if canned beans have too much salt though? I do dried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/beans#post-1165117 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:56:22 +0000 cmomma17 1165117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BLW, or not. When and how did you introduce beams to your LO?</p> <p>I'm a vegetarian (DH is not) so beans are a big protein source for me. I almost always have a can of black beans in the pantry. Wondering when I can share with LO? </p>