What table food do you feed your 8 month old baby?

Question

Hi, Just wonder what type to table food you all feed your 8 month old. My little one loves feeding herself now and I am looking to expand her foods! Thanks!!

Answer 1

Well...none of my kids ever had solids that young, but what I did give them when they were babies included potatoes, brown rice, grated carrot, grated apple, chunks of banana, sweet potato...maybe other stuff. Basically *anything* that you eat other than highly allergenic foods or choking hazards are fine.

The most allergenic foods are dairy, soy, wheat, and eggs (and peanuts if you live in the US or if either parent is American). Other allergenic foods include citrus and berries, tomatoes, corn, chocolate, nuts, fish, and pork. These--especially the first group--shouldn't be offered until baby is a year old (longer if you have food allergies in the family).

A food is a choking hazard if it is hard, firm, or sticky and the size of the baby's windpipe. This would include chunks of raw carrot, whole nuts, popcorn, and peanut butter from a spoon. You can "fix" most of these to make them safe for a baby. For instance, grate the carrots, grind the nuts, and spread peanut butter thinly on a cracker or slice of bread. Depending on who you ask, foods that can be a choking hazard shouldn't be given before ages 3-5 years and then *only* sitting down. And...just to clarify... When we say an adult is "choking" on a food, we mean coughing up something that was partially wedged in the windpipe. This is *not* the problem with babies. If a baby is coughing up a food, it is uncomfortable, but not dangerous. Don't worry about it. The danger comes when a food gets *completely* wedged in the windpipe and the baby *can't* cough it up.

Honey should never be given to a baby under a year old. It is *highly* unlikely, but it could cause infant botulism. Many people have eaten honey as an infant and survived, but why risk it?

In addition, you *should* avoid all highly processed and/or sweetened foods. Babies just don't need all the sugars and chemicals.

Answer 2

Recent studies have shown that the most common food for kids by the time they're 2 are french fries, so be careful, you don't want a junk food eater. I started with veggies, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, brocoli (all steamed) and then went to bananas and soft fruits. Gerber makes puffs and my daughter (21 mos) really likes Kashi mighty bites and Goldfish, but those require teeth. No milk products until a year old b/c they're not as high in nutrition as breast milk or formula. And then only whole milk. I give my daughter whole milk yogurt and cottage chesse. HTH.

Answer 3

Mashed potatoes, french fries, cooked green beans, pudding, yogurt, ice cream, oatmeal, eggs w/ tiny pieces of torn toast, and anything that really isn't too solid. These are a lot of the foods that I started feeding my girls when they were about 6 or 7 months old. They are 6 and 9 now, so they made it! Ha. Ha. Good luck!

Answer 4

Any food that you have will be good for her just not to spice and salty. I found that if they are ready to eat they will try any thing. I cut veges into large finger food for them any vege is good. They have lots of fun with big fat chip size bits of food either boiled or steamed and i used to make and still do a white sauce for them to dip into. I would show them how to dip and eat. Food time has to be fun and messy. I now have 6 year old twins and a 7 year old. Have much fun at meal times.

Answer 5

I gave pretty much EVERYTHING that my son would try! He loved getting little nibbles off of mommy and daddy's plates! It's a great way to introduce him to more exciting textures and flavors! And, I think it helped him to be less of a picky eater later on down the road! He's almost 17 months now, and we haven't had ANY problems getting him to eat what we want AND he LOVES to eat the healthy foods we would give him from our plates! Even broccoli!!!

Answer 6

Hi , so you are a new mother,well start off with little mashed potatoes add a little milk so it goes down easier. You can feed your little one everything,but please strain it or put it tru a blender. You can add very ( 2 Tbsp) little meat if you like to.It always denpends on how healthy your Baby is. So start of with Veg. and puddings (cooked) and small noodles were he or she can make little fingerfood, just a few. Dont overdo it ,start slow and all the best wishes.

Answer 7

I have an 8 month-old and have started trying some regular food. He likes rice, beans, pasta (w/out sauce), potato salad (mashed up), and just about anything that is small and soft and meatless. He is my third child, so I just give him a try of whatever we have, and make it into tiny pieces.

Answer 8

My son loved frozen peas, straight from the bag. Not only did he love the flavor, they helped when he was teething. He never ate a cooked pea until he was about 8 years old. He only liked them frozen out of the bag.

Answer 9

Fruits have seeds; "vegetable" is a non-scientific word for cultivated edibles

Answer 10

My son loved edamame (soybeans) and kidney beans (I'd squish them a little first, so he wouldn't try to swallow them whole), cold hot dogs (usually the vegan type) that I sliced lengthwise then crosswise (little semi-circle shapes), Cheerios, even diced carrots that I'd steamed til soft then cooled.