My baby is 8 months old. He hates baby food. Aside from milk, honey & eggs, can he pretty much just eat what

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we eat for meals (beef, noodles, pasta, etc.)?
We have not identified any allergies and he is VERY healthy.

Well, of course we would cut it up in very small pieces or puree it.

Answer 1

my daughter never ate the bottled baby food we feed her veggies and stuff we made our selves

Answer 2

My now 2 year old was usually more interested in what we were eatting at the table than the baby food I was trying to give her. There were many nights when she ate off my plate. I mashed most veggies (not corn it's hard to digest) and she ate them. As far as meat she could eat a really mashed hot dog and really crumbled hamburger. As she got her teeth that helped. I'm sure your son has some now b/c of his age. She loved bread. She didn't have a problem eating the fruits and deserts from the jars though. My daughter liked eggs and so far as I know there is no problem with the child eating them. Just soft scramble them. I would suggest you of course talk to your dr about any concerns but like my dr told me feel free to explore and try new things. Although all they "need" the 1st year is breast milk or forumula it's fun to try new things. Be sure to watch for allergies though. Might be good to make a list of everything eatten each night to know what may have caused an allergy if one occurs. Otherwise let him eat what he can safely eat. :) Good luck and hope this helps.

Answer 3

My daughter was the same way! He can pretty much have whatever you have now. Of course avoid those foods that you aren't supposed to introduce until 1, but you can give him lots of different things he will like. Also, eggs are ok as long as you are just giving him the yoke, it's the egg white that is a high allergen. Here are some suggestions of foods, remember, they should be easily mashable (you should be able to squeeze them between your fingers).

Mashed potatoes
baked potato
baked sweet potato fries
green beans (I like the canned vs. frozen because they are soft)
peas (I get the frozen sweet petite peas)
whole wheat bread
bagels
whole wheat tortilla
soft chunks of cheese
avocado
banana
mango
squash
chicken nuggets
whole wheat pasta
small pieces of meat - baked chicken and ground beef is great!
scrambled egg yolk
pears
peaches
cooked, dry beans (such as pinto, black, kidney, garbanzo, etc.)
crackers
large curd cottage cheese

My daughter loves quesadillas...I just sprinkle cheese on a whole wheat tortilla, top with another tortilla, microwave for about 30 seconds and cut into bite sized pieces. Also, grilled cheese sandwiches cut up into bite sized pieces are a hit! I would avoid citrus foods still as your son is still pretty young for all the acid in them. Same with tomatoes as they are rather acidic.

Hope these suggestions help!

I hope this helps. You just have to get creative sometimes!

Answer 4

He can have anything you eat, with those exceptions you mentioned. (I also wouldn't give shellfish for now.) He'll probably welcome it. My mom said I was using a fork to feed myself by the time I was nine months old. Make sure everything is cut really small (no need to puree - that's probably why baby food isn't cutting it.) and that you're right nearby when he's eating.

Just don't freak over any mess - if you have a dog, the dog will be the happiest animal on the planet! =)

Answer 5

When I was a baby, I refused Baby food. I would not eat it for anything. My mom would put me down for a nap and start to cook, I would wake up and scream cause I smelled the good stuff.
By the time I was 11 days old, she had to put me on real food.
She fed me Mashed potatoes and gravy, other mashed up foods, and pureed stuff.
When I started to walk and crawl, I would steal the honey and hide with it and suck on it like a bottle. My mom found me with it under the kitchen table one day.
I was always perfectly healthy. My mom was concerned, but the doctor told her that Real food was good for me and that I knew that the baby food tasted like crap, so I wouldn't eat it. He said that my mom was doing the right thing by feeding me real food instead. In fact, the doctor said that if all of his patients were as healthy as I was as a kid, he would be out of a job.

***One thing you may want to get though is a Turbo Chopper. It is a different brand of the Magic Bullet machine. It chops and purees in a matter of 3 seconds. It's great. We use ours for cooking, for making milk shakes, etc. We had a Magic Bullet, but it messed up, the blade broke off into a milk shake. Good thing mom was paying attention (and I would just like to say that this is only a personal experience. I am not against the Magic Bullet. Some ppl may prefer it). We found the Turbo Chopper on QVC and bought it. It has lasted for a long time compared to the Bullet. The cup things that go on it do crack with time, but all you have to do is send off to QVC for replacements, they are free. Mom loves ours so much that she bought one for me to use at college, one for my sister, and one for my brother.

Hope this helps,
Miranda

Answer 6

Do you're making your guy or woman or feed from a jar? My daughter is so used to my homestead-made candy potatoes, banana-mash and avocado puree that she would be waiting to no longer touch something from a jar. truthfully, i've got tasted that stuff and actual do no longer blame her!! in case you have tried all different kinds of foodstuff and she or he nevertheless looks to truly hate each thing, then it would desire to be that it's not the style yet truly the feel that is bothering her. try this to purpose it out... supply her some formula or breastmilk off of a spoon, so as that she learns to settle for her common foodstuff in a clean way (the fact that the style/consistency is the comparable as what she's used to will make it a smoother transition). as quickly as she's comfortable with that, then make an exceedingly skinny combination of rice cereal and formula/breastmilk, so as that she gets used to the recent texture yet nevertheless acknowledges the style. save making it thicker and finally swirl it with candy potato or banana (some thing elementary). with a bit of luck after that she'll get the carry of it and you will re-introduce each and each of the meals that she in the previous rejected.

Answer 7

He is old enough to eat whatever you are eating as long as you can mash it up or make the pieces very small and chewable, my kids love things like mac and cheese, spaghettios and even just plain peanut butter and jelly, my son especially because he could see his older sister eating different things than him when he was about 7 months old he also refused baby food. Just make sure the food you are eating is healthy.

Answer 8

Baby food is very bland. Maybe he is ready for something more tasty!

Does your baby have any teeth yet?


Does he show any interest in the food you are eating?
Try cutting up regular food, or use a food processor, and see if he likes that.

Here's a good website:

http://www.seattlechildrens.org/child_health_safety/resources/health/nutrition_fitness/nutrition.asp

Answer 9

Pasta and noodles are great! Also, cheerios, bananas, any finger foods that are relatively soft will work just fine. I don't know if I would give him beef yet though; it might be hard to chew and swallow.

Answer 10

Eggs should be the last thing you introduce to a baby. And at this age...he doesn't have enough teeth to be eating table food (meat). He should be eating stage three baby foods or if this is difficult, try gerber graduates...but he should have more teeth to help with the chewing / digesting process

Answer 11

Yes, just be sure to only introduce him to one new food each day..That way if he has an allergy you will know what caused it.Also be sure the food is very small and easy to swallow.