Things Ian is eating.

[kyrielle]

This is mostly for myself, but I do find the list (and, more to the point, people's reactions to the list) amusing. Ian is 7 months (and a bit), and is eating or has eaten:

1. Baby Mum Mum rice crackers (original and banana)
2. Garlic hummus on said rice crackers (not the banana ones, ew) - and yes, he only gets small amounts, as this does have more salt than I want him to have much of. It's 104 mg of salt a serving, and I'd guess he's getting about 1/10-1/5 of a serving per day when he has it, so. Spread thinly, it still is a very intense taste.
3. Banana - divide in thirds along the length so it's spears, and of course not a whole banana at a time
4. Applesauce (no sugar added; also not my first choice but it was the best of a baby-unfriendly list at the zoo today, along with shreds of my grilled chicken, which brings us to...)
5. Grilled or rotisserie chicken, the interior portions, shredded
6. cooked blueberries, minus skins
7. raw grapes, slivered and minus skins, but he didn't care for them much
8. shredded bits of white bread, bagel, homemade pancake interior, etc.
9. homemade barbecue beef
10. homemade baked beans
11. avocado
12. sweet corn
13. peas
14. baked sweet potato
15. watermelon
16. strawberries
17. homemade spaghetti sauce
18. swiss cheese (but didn't care for it much)
19. egg

...I swear I'm forgetting one or two, but maybe not. That's all I can pull to mind at the moment. Maybe we should take him out for Moroccan and see what he thinks of the lentil curry. Of course, Drew is at the picky stage and might not do so well going out for Moroccan. Hm.

I'm planning to try Ian on zucchini and summer squash next, largely because I *have* some. Cooked with garlic, since we know from the hummus he can handle garlic and likes it. (Ian and hummus: om nom nom nom nom grin nom.)

Comments

[technoshaman]

Garlic... good for what ails'ya. He's getting a nice variety there!

Green veggies much? get'em used to peas and brocs now, and they hopefully won't turn their nose up at'em later...

[kyrielle]

Peas is on the list, so is avocado. Getting broccoli soft enough for a baby is kind of a pain, unless you're going the purees route. I prefer not to teach them first that food has no textures and then later that it does, and this way I can feed him when we're out and about without much planning and without having to buy a stupid little jar.

(I think the only puree consistency he's had has been the applesauce, and the sweet potato was close, but otherwise no.)

Cauliflower is another one I want to get in, but remember also he's only 7.5 months - he started just a bit before 6 months - and they recommend one new food at a time, no more often than every three days, so you can tell what they're reacting to. (I don't actually follow that one, except for the more allergenic foods like eggs, but I do try not to jam three new foods in one day either.)

[kyrielle]

And I remembered this this morning. I got two pounds of boneless skinless chicken to toss in the crockpot - so added a bag of frozen veg including broccoli (6 hours on high in a crockpot will make it very soft! Hee). Also some garlic. Let it cook, shared with Ian tonight.

Thank you for mentioning it. Apparently broccoli with a hint of garlic is excellent - he not only ate it, he yelled at me when I was slow with the next bite.

[technoshaman]

Winner! You're welcome. (And the two pounds of chicken, SCORE! :)

[mika-vumner.livejournal.com]

Have you tried him with guacamole? Seeing that he had avocado. :)

Mikayla was iffy on it when we tried her on it at first as a means of extra calories while we had the dietician advising us on things to help her gain weight. :)

[kyrielle]

I haven't - maybe I will, though mostly we don't eat it. I'm trying to get him on things that are easy to eat by themselves and introduce textures and things we eat...but a spicier taste added in might be worth it. Hmm.

(The only things he's had at anything resembling a puree consistency, at least when provided to him, have been the applesauce, sweet potato, and hummus, all of which have that as their nature. The avocado he got in slices. Fun to watch.)