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Full disclosure: I am often not hungry for a huge dinner at dinnertime and would be satisfied with a container of yogurt and a banana. My husband and I both work out of the home and have access to fab cafeterias, so we can eat gourmet for breakfast and lunch for reasonable prices. I don't feel like cooking frankly, during the week and I don't feel like fussing with dishes on the weekends!
So, what we do is family breakfast on the weekends. We often do an errand and then come home and we all have a nice breakfast of cold meat, cheese, bread, jam, cream cheese, etc. We all get what we like, but it comes from the same source. We all sit at the table, with proper furnishings and my son loves to pour us our juice.
I guess what I am trying to say is that you don't have to have family meals every single day, and it doesn't have to be dinner, to instill good eating habits and proper function at the table!
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@cherrybee, haha, yeah it really helps to make lots of food and stick it in the fridge! We're getting away from that as she gets older, though, and is more interested in what is specifically on DH and mine's plate. Makes for an easy transition for us.
@foodnerd, mine is in a hummus obsession and I spread it on some tortillas for her. She. Flipped. Out. Only plain hummus will do. She licked it off and threw the tortillas overboard!
Babies aren't always going to have well rounded meals. They know what they want and they go for it. If you look at their diet over a week, I think that's a much better idea of the nutrients they are taking in. They just really seem to focus in on one type of food, and then they want nothing to do with it. They know what they need
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@Cherrybee: oh also, for pouches, c would happily hold it herself but she would make a gigantic mess so I still hold it for her. She puts her hands on the side like she is holding it too, but she sucks the purée out, rather than me squeezing it up, she she is more in charge than spoon feeding or something. She E might not mind it as much, especially if you start with flavors she really likes. We use them when we are out and I want to make sure she eats something not too messy (though the kid can make a mess out of anything.)
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@blackbird: I keep reminding myself that she knows why she needs but it's hard when 80% of her meals seem to be strawberries, blueberries, and cheese. But I also remind myself good before one is (mostly) just for fun. The licking the hummus off and tossing the pita over the side cracks me up though, especially because I absolutely remember doing that with carrots and dip when I was younger.
Who am I kidding. I've dipped my finger in hummus and ate it as an adult.
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@Foodnerd81: Re: cucumber - we used to peel it but I don't bother now because she has five teeth!
@blackbird: How does she eat hummus then? With a spoon? Or with her hands??!
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@foodnerd81, carbs and fat?
@cherrybee, well first I had given her a snap pea and she was dipping it, but not getting much on it. And i got tired of her double dipping in the container, so i plopped the hummus onto her high chair. Then she chucked the snap pea and just started shoving her fingers in it and licking them clean....so that's how she eats it, lol.
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@blackbird: That's amazing!! Hahaha! I luuuurve hummus - I might try this myself!!
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DD (16 mo) eats all table food at this point, but rarely what we are eating unless it's leftovers. I do a lot of cooking and freezing for her. I also buy a lot of frozen vegetables that are super easy to defrost and stick on her tray (think butternut squash chunks, broccoli, peas). Some things that work well (some are great for making ahead, reheating, and freezing):
meatballs
grilled chicken
breaded chicken (sometimes I buy this frozen)
Dr. Prager's spinch-potato pancakes
sweet potato wedges
macaroni and cheese
baked oatmeal
omelets or scrambled eggs
baked egg cups with any type of veg + cheese
quesadillas
black beans
bananas
pears
grapes
cantaloupe
any type of berries
green smoothies
peas
broccoli
green beans
cooked carrots
butternut squash
cheese
graham crackers with peanut butter
whole wheat toaster waffles
toast/toasted bagels
hummus
salmon
any type of soup - either in a cup with a straw or strained (DD particularly loves bean soups)
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