2007-04-18 02:46:45 · 6 answers · asked by heysanj75 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
you can make your own food using normal foods from what you cook and blitz it in a processor to the correct consistancy.
also you could start offering finger foods now too - piece of soft bread, toast, biscuits, fruit etc..
when your child eats - try and encourage them to help you - you have 1 spoon they have another - be prepared for the mess!! you need to start soon or the baby will get used to being fed all the time and will make it harder for you in the long term
2007-04-18 02:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by schmushe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now, you can give him very small cut up hotdogs ( cut the hot dog in 4ths and start at one end of all and cut to the end), peas, mashed potatoes mac and cheese, Cheese puffs because they melt, just about anything small enough so that he doesn't get choked. Let him eat with his hands and give him a spoon and fork and let him experience with both. He will eventually have to learn to feed himself lol.So what if he makes a mess take a picture and enjoy him being a kid. At his first birthday give him his very own birthday cake to dig in and eat. Most places will give you a free small cake for the first birthday like pigs. will here if you tell the it's his first birthday have fun with it.
2007-04-18 09:59:34 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't transition from you spoon feeding, to him spoon feeding. You switch from baby food (assuming you fall for the baby food advertising) to self-feeding finger foods.
http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/rapley_guidelines.html
2007-04-18 09:59:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I started my daughter off with a spoon I gave her oatmeal to eat because it's thick enough to stick to the spoon even if she didn't hold it steady. It's still one of her favorite foods.
2007-04-18 10:17:25 · answer #4 · answered by heartfruitsalad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After that we went to stuff like the gerber fruit puffs and wagon wheels. Things that dissolve real quick but that they can pick up.
2007-04-18 09:52:28 · answer #5 · answered by lillilou 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should talk to your pediatrician, but I think you should have stopped already. My daughter is only 5 months though so I could very well be wrong.
2007-04-18 09:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by pfcprtty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋