What to feed an 11 month old going on 1?

Question

My boy turns 1 next month. I've been giving him mashed fruits and veggies and a few finger foods (like Cheerios and the Gerber puffs). I know you can feed them pretty much anything, but I'd like some ideas of what he could mash easily in his two-toothed mouth. And how often do you give your infant food vs. formula? I'd love to see your daily feeding schedule that works for you and your 1 year old.

Answer 1

well, my son is 14 mo... but has been eating the same stuff for a while. He has 8 front teeth and is getting 2 molars right now... but teeth dont have a whole lot to do with it. They dont chew food with thier front teeth (do you?) they chew with thier back gums. My son has been eating table food since about 8 months... so hes had lots of practice.

Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg and one peice of buttered whole grain (unenriched) toast
Lunch: Crackers (unenriched) and hummis, or sunbutter, fruit, sometimes beans, avocado sandwiches
Snack: fruit... typically bananas or berries or cantelope... whatever looks good at the store.
Dinner: whatever we have... i try to include 1 protein, and at least 3 vegetables... sometimes whole wheat pasta or brown rice.

He nurses throughout the day and night still... he probably get about 1/3- 1/2 his nutrtion from milk.

Answer 2

have you tryed stuff like mashed pototo my little boy loved that and you can mash lots of veggies in with it carrots, peas all sorts of veg if u have a blender. i am a mum off 3 and ive been there so i know whats its like trying to find things for them.but you can also try him on normal food as well now like toast, breadsticks, things he can stuck on as well, even thou hes only got 2 teeth u will be surprised how much he could eat. spaggitti bol all mine loved that, cottage pie, shepards pie.pasta.bread and butter mine use to like with jam or sommet on it.my youngest is 2 now but when he was 1 he was eating loads i didnt realy know what to give him even thou id already had 2 but i just tryed him on different things, now he eats everything. when he was 1 and eating more he had weetabix with milk for breakfast, then he never had no more milk till dinner time till he had his nap, then next milk at bedtime. i put him on juice inbetween or water. i hope i helped you. xx

Answer 3

Mine gets three meals and 2 snacks. her snacks are things like puffs, applesauce, baby yogurt. Her meals are generally what we eat. I get the Gerber Graduate meals for when we have something not good for her.
Formula:
she is on Enfamil AR. she gets one 8oz bottle during the day. usually before her nap. she gets the other one at bedtime.

Answer 4

cook some vegetables until they are soft. I used to buy the mixed veggies in the frozen isle and cook them that way and feed them to my kids, they loved it. Also, little chunks of apple, or pears, blueberries, cantaloupe, etc. are really good for them and it's fun for them to feed themselves. :) Good luck!!