What can I feed my one year old?

Question

My one year old baby boy is drinking milk, water juice and eats different baby cereals in the morning like oatmeal with banana or oatmeal with mixed fruit and crisps. I have been feeding him the number 3 jars of food. I try scramble eggs, chopped fine and he starts to gag and not swallowing it. Tried mash potatoes and different things chopped up. Doctor says he should be on table food now but he does not want it. I tried the little boxed baby dinners and he refused it. Doctor says nothing is wrong with his throat. Any ideas on what I can try him on. I was thinking of pastina.

Answer 1

Chop up regular table food really small and make it really saucy. Maybe your son starts gagging because the food is too dry. I make a lot of pasta dishes with chopped veggies and add soup stock. Then just before it's ready, I thicken the soup stock with cornstarch to make it really saucy. My daughter loves it!! Don't worry about pushing him too much. It might take time. All babies are different, so maybe your son needs a little more time before eating regular table food like other babies do. Good luck.

Answer 2

1) Try different textures and flavors - this is easier with homemade food. My baby loved fresh steamed veggies, baked eggplant and squash. You can puree it or chop into small peices. My baby didn't like many starches at first, but came to like them later. He also loved it when I put curry on his veggies and a little garlic salt on his mashed potatoes. (He hated eggs and would gag for a long time).
2) Try watering down the food - it may be too dry.
3) Eat with the baby - my son always wants to eat what I am eating
4) A certain amount of gagging is normal - most moms I know say their kids when through the chewing ajustment stage where they learn how much food can be swallowed at once.

Answer 3

get rid of the jars food or he will never progress to table food.
Start by chopping table food up really small -- almost pureed. If it is dry, he may gag, so try adding broth to moisten it.
Yogurt is also really great.
My daughter used to love fresh pureed peas,carrots or any type of squash mixed with pastina and a little broth. You could really do any veggie he seems to take to.
Skip the pure protein until he is closer to 18 months -- you can do shredded cheese, but the texture of bef, turkey and chicken is hard for those gums and new teeth of his.
Check out the book, Super Baby Food
Good Luck!

Answer 4

Will he pick up finger foods and eat himself? Is it the seasoning? Purchased baby foods have NO flavor. If it's the texture, just mash it up real fine. He will outgrow it, but make sure that you consistently offer him the same foods he refuses...sometimes it just takes a few tries. He should be eating the same things the rest of the family is eating at each meal. Don't stop trying the differant foods...otherwise you will end up with a very picky eater with habits that will be VERY hard to break. And remember...if he's hungry....he will eat. Little ones don't need a whole lot. Also, try yogurt. Don't let it frustrate you...this too shall pass :-)

Answer 5

As long as he has enough teeth to chew it, he can eat pretty much anything you can. Sounds like he can, and you've tried, but he just doesn't want anything. Have you thought that maybe the food is too bland for him? When you give him scrambled eggs or mashed potatoes, do you add any salt or butter to them? I don't mean pile it on, but just *enough* to give it some flavor? Both are very bland foods. Is it possible someone (perhaps a grandparent, daycare provider, etc.) has given him highly seasoned foods, and now he doesn't want to eat the milder/blander ones? From my experience with my two boys, once they get a taste of the "good stuff," they don't want the plain stuff anymore. :)

Answer 6

Simply puree your table foods (before spicing them up) in a blender, add enough liquid to make it the consistency of the foods he is used to.
He can already eat different foods, including some meats like turkey or chicken. So these can be cut up, boiled and blended with rice and veggies. Try smashing some of your foods for him to try. Sometimes messy eating helps, give him the blended food in a bowl, allow him to eat with his hands, he will suck the food off his hand and will be less likely to choke. Stay away from foods that are too dry or hard or have too much skin.

Answer 7

Feed him what ever your eating with the exceptions of fish/seafood, peanut butter, nuts, popcorn, and hard foods such as raw apples/carrots, and chewy meats like steak.

Any type of pasta, easy to eat meat, breads, and others things.

My daughter saw an oral therapist between 1 and 3 years old. My daughter developed an eating disorder and needed to have work done with her to get her to chew the food. Some things they did with her were experiment with different textured foods and once candy even. (the candy was pop rocks, I don't remember why) they would play tug o war with her by getting her to bite down while they pulled. There was a bunch of weird things they did.

If your truly concerned ask your doctor to send him to a place like community bridges to be evaluated. Then if he needs therapy they will be able to decide that and work with him.

Answer 8

It just takes time to develop his tastes for food. Just keep working with him. My son was eating Bananas, Eggs, Ice Cream, very small amounts of Peanut Butter (They can choke a little if it too much) Cheerios one at a time, etc. most soft foods. Do not forget the "Lizard Fuel"! http://www.sobebev.com/product_info/lizardline_fuel.shtml

Answer 9

I know when I started my kids out on table foods my mother in law got me this thing that makes table food into baby food. I don't remember what its called but it even made hotdogs into baby food I loved it!! It isn't one of them little bags that they sell at walmart that your baby chews on. this thing looks like a hand held mini strainer but it had this part that goes down over it and it smashes it through these tiny tiny pin holes. My mother in law used it over 32 years ago maybe you can ask your mom .

Answer 10

Cooked veggies, etc. Does he like to feed himself? Fix him things he can put in his mouth himself. Cooked carrots, green beans, pinto beans, etc. I'm thinking he just doesn't like the eggs, or maybe the texture. It's gagging me right now!! Try the pasta, too. He'll come around!