I've been steaming, roasting, baking vegetables and some fruits. She and I are getting tired of the usual sweet potato, zucchini, peas, beef patty, etc. combinations. Do you have any interesting/different ideas?
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By 13 months, both my boys are everything we did. I just cut it up very small. DS2 had been doing that since 8-9 months when he had no teeth. They can chew with their gums.
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At this point I'd just be feeding her whatever you eat, with just a few exceptions. Leafy greens are tough without molars, and some meat can be too (like steak or porkchops). But practically anything else will be fine.
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@Mamasig: @ShootingStar: If you feed them everything you eat, do you stress about how salty the food is at all? I feel like I'm constantly worried about the salt level, but I don't know if its necessary. Like, I havent given her deli meat because I thought it might be too salty.
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@Pumpkin Pie: Nope, don't worry about it at all. I figure babies don't want bland food either. My husband does watch it to make sure nothing is too spicy, but that's it.
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@Pumpkin Pie: Yes, we did limit what we gave them under age 1 for sodium. I mean 1 piece of deli meat isn't going to kill them. But things like rice, we don't buy the flavored ones anymore, we buy plain. We make sure veggies are low sodium if we buy canned etc.
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@Pumpkin Pie: If we know we're eating something that's more seasoned, DH will usually set aside a portion before seasoning it. Otherwise, we don't worry too much since it's not like she's eating our portion size.
I really like Mexican food; she literally can eat everything and I don't even have to cut if up! Meat, cheese, beans, pieces of quesadilla and I'll shove spoonfuls of guac in her mouth too..
DD is almost 11 months and has 6 front teeth, but it's not like she really uses them to chew anyway. So as long as it's small pieces she can mash with her gums/swallow, she eats whatever we eat 95% of the time.
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@T.H.O.U.: Good point. I guess it depends what you are used to buying. We've always stuck with brown rice and fresh veggies. I guess I don't like salt that much.
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Our pediatrician told us if you can mash it between your thumb and forefinger then baby can eat it even if they have no teeth. Since their teeth are right below the gums, they are very strong! As for spice, my LO loved flavorful foods. On his first birthday he accidentally ate a piece of habanero sausage and he loved it! He had a couple of pieces before I cut him off. (The next day wasn't lovely though in the diaper department...)
I was mindful of how much salt I put in things but I don't use that much anyway for DH and I.
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I guess we don't eat a whole lot of food that can be mashed between the fingers. How you do guys feel about feeding processed/prepackaged foods. Hot dogs and chicken nuggets?
I'm being paranoid about feeding my kid wrong.
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@Pumpkin Pie: I agree with just feeding what you guys eat. If you eat a lot of processed foods, this might be a good excuse to change your diet! You can easily make chicken cutlets (bread them and pan fry), and then just cut into tiny pieces. Pasta with a variety of sauces, meatballs cut up small, any sort of lentil or beans...possibilities are endless!
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At 13 months, they can gum everything to death LOL It took forever for the molars to come in. But until then, we would just cut up our food into tiny pieces and give it to her.
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@Pumpkin Pie: I have found some really good cans of organic rice and beans which he really likes! I dont feel guilty at all about doing anything like that. But I try to limit chicken nuggets and I think he's only had like a bite of a hot dog.
PS - My guy is now 14 months and still no molars (just the four teeth up front). He eats EVERYTHING we eat. Steak, Ribs, Fish, Chicken, Eggs, all veggies (cauliflower and broccoli are good).
Remember kids dont need a 3 course meal like adults. If he eats an avocado or sweet potato, thats fine, we call that dinner.
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@Pumpkin Pie: Most of hellobee is way more hardcore than me when it comes to food. At 1, they ate anything and everything. Unfortunately, both have gotten pickier as they've gotten older and their varied diet naturally got smaller. But I still offer what we eat. But yes, they get chicken nuggets often. I don't feel bad about it. I think everything is ok in moderation. They eat lots of fruit, cheeses, meats. They don't just eat junk all the time.
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@T.H.O.U.: some days my kid literally just eats sweet potato or peas for dinner, and I freak out. How can that be filling for them?
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At that age mine would only eat one or two things for a meal.
Breakfast would be yogurt and fruit or oatmeal.
Lunch would be some kind of protein and fruit. Dinner would be whatever we were eating but most of the time he didn't eat much.He really liked toast with avocado. And he loved cut up string cheese and beets. I found some already steamed and packaged beets in the produce section of our store and just use those.
Honestly, he would eat the same things all the time and it didn't bother him. I did try to vary things just to increase his palette but some weeks it was just easier to have a go to meal. If he eats various things throughout the day I wouldn't worry about it.
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@Pumpkin Pie: My LO is 13 months too. She eats mostly whatever we eat. I do worry about salt too. We haven't given her chicken nuggets or hotdog but she loooves breakfast sausage. If she eats something processed like that I try to keep an eye on her sodium intake for the rest of the day but I'm not measuring it or anything. I've heard that sodium needs increase at age 1. LO loves oatmeal for breakfast (regular old fashioned oats), avocado toast, banana toast, scrambled eggs...She loves tortellini and spaghetti, chili...anything really. She has 6 teeth now but she's done fine with meat for months. If you're concerned about her chewing/gumming you can do coconut milk rice pudding or pumpkin/butternut squash risotto. And I agree with others who say she doesn't need a ton of different options at one meal. You're doing fine!
ETA: she has been to chick-fil-a twice so she has had chicken nuggets!
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My little ones both love beans. Easy to dump a couple of cans of pinto beans in a pot, mix In some chicken broth, smash them a bit, and heat. I add some garlic salt and bay leaves for some more flavor, then top with some cheese. Doesn't require many teeth to eat!
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Here are some always hits at our house: black beans, frozen turkey meatballs, shredded cheese, pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs. Large curd cottage cheese was also a hit at that age.
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Just to give you some new ideas, some of the things my 13-month-old has eaten this week: chicken salad; low-sodium deli turkey on bread with cream cheese; banana pancakes; avocado toast; banana oatmeal muffins; plums; cinnamon apples (just sautéed in a pan for like 3 minutes); leftover quiche (bacon/zucchini/goat cheese); cucumbers; ditalini pasta with peas, mashed navy beans, butternut squash purée (simply balanced brand from target has little packs of the purée); leftover beef stroganoff with mushrooms; French toast; chicken sausage; homemade meatballs. We pretty much just give him our leftovers from dinner the night before!
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