Iam a new parent of a 10 month old and Im having difficulty deciding what he should eat?

Question

he hates baby food and I find myself stuck on what he should be eating.

Answer 1

How many teeth does he have? My son had all his teeth by the age of twelve months and could eat just about anything. If yours has no teeth yet or maybe only 2 or 4 stick with the very soft foods. I don't blame him for not liking baby food. At his age it is probably pretty bland. Soft scrambled eggs are usually a hit as well as mashed bananas, mac and cheese and dry Cheerios. Offer him a variety and he will soon let you know what he likes best. At your son's age,my son would only eat fish sticks and pineapple and the pediatrician said that was fine. Just be sure he takes his vitamins and drinks some form of milk daily.

Answer 2

What does he hate about baby foods? If it's the texture, then he's probably ready to try some new, chunkier things. This is a hard stage, because they want to feed themselves, but they can't quite figure it out. You'll have to play around with some things, but you'll find something. Once you find something he likes, don't be afraid to give it to him a lot. He's still getting most of his needed nutrients from your breastmilk or formula, so eating is really just practice and learning for a few more months.

Talk with your doctor, see if you can introduce dairy. Shredded cheese is a nice thing to start them on when they are getting used to new textures. You can make your own baby foods, but that can be frustrating as he probably doesn't eat much at a sitting, and he's probably picky. I recommend buying a few things of baby food, and maybe mixing it with other things. If he's wanting textures, try a pureed vegetable and adding rice. (It's okay to give a baby this young "empty carbs," this gets them used to textures. You can replace the rice with a more nutritional food as he is older and more used to the chunks.) Try soups, too, as these will often have the smaller chunks of things that are fun. And the broth has some nutrients and tastes that are good to introduce.

My son went through almost a month where he only ate oatmeal and greenbeans and yogurt. Then he woke up one morning and wanted to try everything under the sun. They're going through a lot at this age, learning to crawl and walk and talk and use their hands... Sometimes they just want an area where they can have consistency and less adventure. My son found this at the dinner table. He outgrew it, and he's none the worse for it.

Like I said, don't worry too much about his nutrition, unless your doctor says he's not growing appropriately. He'll get past this, as with everything else, and then you'll wonder how you're going to keep your refrigerator stocked with this monster in your house. =)

Good Luck- hang in there!

Answer 3

Maybe he doesn't like the baby food because of the consistancy. Try giving him what you eat, just in small bites. I would stick with fruits and veggies for a while to see how he does with soft food that is not blended. Another option is to buy the gerber teething buscuits. My daughter loved these, and they are something for him to chew on. Try weaning him from the bottle and start using a cup for his formula, milk, and juice. I know it seems too early for this, but my daughter hated the bottle at 9 months and loved the cup. He probably just wants to eat what you have, since you are the center of his world. Talk to your pediatrician about this also, there may be other alternatives that he/she can suggest. Good luck, and hope all goes well!

Answer 4

My daughter just turned 11 months. I'm a first time Mom too and I disagree with the duh's people having been giving you. I make the majority of my daughter's food and here are some examples:

-black beans, lentils and gerber rice cereal
-organic chicken boiled and cut into tiny chunks
-mix of frozen vegetables, steamed then pureed in a food processor. Sometimes I will make a chicken stock (not broth too much sodium) and mix the puree in the stock
-She loves peas, so I'll steam some and put them on her highchair tray (not hot of course)
-Chunks of sweet potato or pureed
-Squash pureed
To add texture I will add little star pastas
-Yogurt, tiny chunks of cheese
-I do buy baby food fruit and will mix the baby oatmeal in. My daughter loves it.

Here are some good websites too:

www.wholesomebabyfood.com
www.home-made-baby-food.com

Hope this helps!

Answer 5

lol my daughter does that. needless to say the canines love her.. i assume it somewhat is standard. My daughter does all of those issues. the only element you're able to do is in basic terms inspire her ingesting foodstuff. consistent with danger grant some bottle on the initiating. in basic terms so she's no longer starving. So she would have the ability to be greater affected person whilst it includes ingesting her foodstuff. i might additionally propose that for the period of foodstuff,for the main section that she sit down in a extreme chair. So she learns that once it somewhat is time for supper,you consume,and not play or feed the canines. it may make an effort. yet for top now this isn't any longer something to be extremely disturbing approximately. because of the fact she nonetheless takes her bottles nicely.

Answer 6

at this point he can eat a variety of things except cow's milk and honey...he can have those after 12 months

when you eat give him a taste of what you eat to see what he likes...this will show you what he will eat from what he won't

with babies it can take a while to get used to the taste of some thing new.....my first daughter was hard to feed so when i was eating i just let her taste my food...she liked eating from my plate so that's what i did until she was 2

keep on breast feeding or bottle feeding on demand and once you find something that they like just keep on giving it to them 3 times a day even...they are used to having the same thing all the time so they don't mind...if you are afraid they are not getting enough nutrition start them on a liquid muti vitamin from enfalac

just be patient it get's easier....and you are not alone try joining a mom's group in your area if you like....there are millions of babies all around the world just like yours....just be patient and stay positive and don't let those ignorant answers get to you.

Answer 7

Most table food mashed up should be okay. Don't salt the babie's food, it's really bad for them. No spicy food, no chili, or taco's, of course. They can eat things like eggs, mashed potatoes, spagetti, spagettio's, fruits and vegtables, (cooked and mashed.) Watch it though, I remember at that age, my son loved to give himself a mashed potato shampoo every time I made them! (so you can expect that!) Just the main things are that it's not spicy hot, not salted, cooked and mashed, just try to use common sense. I hope I helped ya.
Vickie P.

Answer 8

Yes give him real food just make sure it's not causing a choking hazard. Soft mushy foods, try mashed veggies and soft fruits scrambled eggs, cottage cheese, oatmeal, etc... (btw i had a scary incident w/ my son on imitation cheese ie: singles, so avoid that until he learns to chew).

Answer 9

Check out http://geoparent.com/home/food/homemadebabyfood.htm It shows you recipes on how to make homemade baby food. It's healthier and maybe your child will like it. It's worth a try!

Answer 10

I agree with Mina (without the duh).
As long as you eat a balanced diet.
It makes it easier on the transition to solids as well. Not as fussy over your food!
Mums cooking is best as they say.