Please help!?

Question

What's the methods of preparing food for an 8mth old?






I know the kind of food they eat and I know you get it ready made. But How do you make it at home. (home made food).



Some people told me that they just boil the vegetables. But what else. Like when you make porridge, Minced meat spaghetti Bolognese mashed etc..





Please be specific.
Thanx a lot..

Thanx a lot for you answers.

Is it true that you shouldn't give an 8mth old anything that contains sugar or salt. What else should it not contain?

How can cheese sticks be feed to an 8mth old?

Answer 1

you can feed an eight month old any mashed vegtable or fruit and that's as simple as can be. Just boil and mash. It's also a very good idea, because pre made baby food is full of food coloring, preservatives, and especially SALT. Feeding your baby home cooked food means you get to controll what their little pallet is exposed to which can set him/her up for a life time of liking healthy foods.

Porridge should be fine too.......but I would make cream of wheat which has fewer lumps. You can make it as described on the box and let it cool untill you can put in on your inner wrist with out any heat sensitivity.

Minced Meat Spaghetti is getting into "real food." Until you notice teeth and chewing, it might be tricky. However, you can do things like over cooking the spaghetti a little so that it is mushy and cutting it up into short pieces. As far as the meat goes, use a fork while cooking and push the meat up through the tongs to seperate it into as little pieces as possible.

Really, you can adapt almost anything to feed to a 8 month old. The things to remember are:

1. Keep it simple, any thing with more that 3 ingredients might be a little too complex

2. Look out for lumps, thing that are hard enough and big enough to choke on.

3. Be creative, Try different vegtables, like squash or Turnips

4. Have fun...remember, you are setting up eating habits that could last a life time. So try to keep meal time pleasant and stress free

Answer 2

It is easy to feed an 8 month old baby,and you are a wonderful mother because you want to learn how to feed your child healthy, homemade food. Many things can simply be mashed with a fork. My kids loved mashed bannanas and most fruits can be mashed with a fork. If they are firm fruits or vegetables just put enough water to cover the bottom of a saucepan and cook till tender, then mash with fork. Most people use blenders, but if you don't have one, a fork works fine. Cream of wheat cereal has instructions on the box to make and children usually like it's mild taste. Any meal that you make for yourself can generally be eaten by your baby. Just take a small portion of each thing, put it on a plate and mash it. Such as noodles, kidney beans, meats, bologny. Meats may seem a little course so add a few drops of water and mash. A little gravy with mashed meat and some mahed potatoes is easier for a baby to eat. Vegetable juices and fruit juices can moisten foods also and contain more nutrients than water. Cooked carrots, beets, squash, are favorites too. If you have left overs, just put them in a container in the freezer and you will have a variety to choose from. Love to you and your baby! kmj

Answer 3

Some foods I made for my baby

baked butternut squash, cut squash in half, remove seeds, bake in a 350(f) degree oven until tender (45 minutes or so - more if if it's a big squash) puree in the blender with some water until it's completely smooth and relatively thin (so baby can swallow it easily) I would make it about the same consistency as yogurt.

Carrots can be cooked in boiling water and blended in the blender (use the cooking water to thin the mixture)

Cook peeled apples in a little water in a pan until they are very soft and blend with the cooking water.

Raw bananas can be mashed with a fork until very smooth.

The commercial baby cerals are good too - most are fortified with vitamins and iron.

There are a bunch of websites for making homemade babyfood - search on yahoo for them, There's also a good book called Super Baby Food that might be at your local library to check out.

Answer 4

If you're making veggies, boil them until they are soft and then puree them. If you have a food processor, that works the best. If not, just "mash" them with the back of a spoon. Add a little water if it is too thick.

If you're making fruits, most you can just mash. Peaches, bananas, etc. mash easily.

If you're making meats, cook the meat and puree it (can't mash meat with a spoon so you'll need either a processor or a blender). Add a little water or even beef/chicken stock (depending on the meat) to thin it out.

For spaghetti, just cook the noodles and mash them. Add in the tomato sauce or cheese sauce if you want.

If you ask me though, it's a hell of alot easier and cheaper to buy the pre-made stuff. It's just as healthy as homemade baby food too.

Answer 5

You can just take whatever you're eating, for example spaghetti bolognese and mash it up.
Or if you are making a curry then add the spices last and take baby's portion out and mash it before you add them.
If you eat junk food like chicken nuggets and stuff though it's better to prepare a seperate meal, boil some veg and mash it, or make some omelette or something.

Answer 6

I usually cooked most food for my little ones just like I did for us, just without much seasoning. So for spaghetti, cook your meat without seasoning and boil the noodles. You can then either use a food processor to grind up the food really small, or just cut it into very small pieces. Be careful with the meat and make sure it is cooked really well and the pieces are very small. Any type of vegetables you can usually boil or steam and then mash them really well or use the food processor. Hope this helps some. Take care :-)

Answer 7

yes just do as you would for yourself but leave out the salt any foods veg meat potatoes blend it down in a blender and then place it all into ice cube trays put them into a bag and freeze once frozen you can tip them all into small food bags 3 or 4 in each and defrost each morning.if thee baby doesn't manage 3or 4 change the amount accordingly.as baby grows dont blend the food as much and exchange the ice cube trays for individual pots (dessert pots would be ideal)you know exactly what you are putting into your baby and can be rested there are no additives.the types of veg vary according to baby's tastes it may be an ideal to test a few out individually before adding two or three together.

Answer 8

Food processor is the most wonderful invention. My mum used to blend anything they ate and gave it to me as a baby. The more variety at that age the more immune to allergies in future so literally anything , unless it has booze or anything really spicy in, that isn't a good plan

Yes avoid salt and sugar put these in your food after blending the bit for the baba. Avocados are good and they are mushy already and things like banana', mango if smoothed enough.

Answer 9

i used to boil veg and then use the water they boiled in to soften them in a blender, spaghetti is better than pasta to blend as it goes into much smaller pieces and add texture. i also used to store the food i made in a 4oz bottle and freeze it for days when hubby and i were having spicy foods. fish fingers are great if you remove the crumbed part. scrambled eggs are ok at this age too as long as they are well cooked, at 8 months you want to introduce textures, so try not to over blend, avoid those baby biscuits as they are full of sugars. buy good cuts of meat and these blend up well with boiled water and veg. mashed up avocados went down well with my son. make up cereals like rice crispies with formula and leave to stand for 5 Min's and these are ok for you baby to eat for breakfast. hope this helps xxx

Answer 10

As far as porridge (oatmeal?) goes, there is baby oatmeal and rice cereal that you can prepare with water, breast milk or formula and heat slowly over the stove. With other foods, I would try using a food processor. It will practically liquify the foods for the baby's consumption. For my daughter, I bought pre-made food, but I've since bought a food processor and when my next child is born (in July) and ready to eat baby food, I am going to try using the food processor. Good luck to you.