Almost 1... Wanting Table Food

Hi, T.. My daughter did the same thing. She never took to baby food. I would stay away from hot dogs, peanuts, honey, grapes, and any other choking hazard. Other than that, I would serve tiny peices of food to him. Have you tried the gerber graduates? My daughter tolerated those. Will he eat oatmeal or any of those cereals still? I would continue to try those cereals and try cheerios and small amounts of table food at first, until you know how well he chews and swallows and digests them. Good Luck.

My son who is now 4 had all of his teeth before he was 1 and was the same way about baby food. I think as long as he can eat it why not!! We didn't let him eat eggs and peanut butter but he ate just about everything else! Hope this helps.

If he wants it, let him try it! It doesn't matter the number of teeth. Just make sure it is either soft food or in really small pieces. The only thing that he really shouldn't eat is peanut butter as you said (My daughter broke out in hives cause I didn't know better. Not fun!) and raw veggies like carrots that are too hard to chew. Cooked veggies are great though. Noodles were always a hint in our house. They say to wait on the eggs til they are a year but after that, if he will eat them, give him all he wants. Grilled cheese, bologna, fish sticks. If you are giving to him for the first time, just watch him close and make sure he can eat it without choking. You could also walk down the babyfood isle to get some ideas but then just make it yourseld. It is much cheaper that way. Also, don't give up on the old favorites. It could just be that he is tired of the same old stuff and once he gets away from them for a little while, he will like them again.

All my children ate everything we ate by the time they were as young as 7 or 8 months old. We never worried about it. We don't eat raw fish so I didn't have to worry about that. I guess people say no honey but we didn't really use it for ourselves either. Peanut butter is a concern I guess, but they have to have a first time to try it eventually.

I've been doing daycare for 21 years and only had one child out of hundreds that was allergic to peanut butter. I've had maybe 2 allergic to milk and one allergic to soy. I've had one child allergic to watermelon. I realize that in general food allergies are on the rise. But they usually are not life threatening.

Suzi

T..
I started implementing table food to my son, when he was showing an interest in what we were eating. We placed tiny pieces of what we were eating on his plate to see what he liked and didn't like. He was about 8 months old at the time...Sounds like your son is getting to be a big boy like his brother..and it wouldn't hurt to introduce him to new foods..make sure they are easy to chew and in small pieces.
Good Luck!
C.

Hi T.,

Well this is pretty simple .... give him whatever it is that you are having. Cut everything in smaller bites and let him go to town. Their jaws are actually alot stronger then what your think. They don't need teeth to eat and chew.
My youngest was on table food at 7 1/2 months, she wouldn't take baby food for anything. So I stopped buying it.

You can feed him waffles, toast, pankcaks. Mac and cheese, mashed potatoes. whatever you are eating. W.

P.S., she ate everthing. Eggs, peanut butter, fish, she eats it all. Hot dogs, corn dogs, grapes. You name is she can and eats it now.

My daughter is 11 months old and our pediatrician gave us a list of four things not to give her...
Peanut products
Strawberries
Honey
Shellfish
Everything else is okay. Since she doesn't have enough teeth to chew we cut everything down to the size of a cheerio so she can swallow it whole. Of course she gums a lot of things. We do give her the baby crackers whole, they will dissolve in their mouth, so she likes to eat those. Just remember to always supervise, he may gag some, but this is a natural reflex to having that food touch the back of his throat. Let him try to feed himself (be prepared for a big mess) it's good for their motor skills development, oh and have the camera handy, it's makes for a good photo shoot, especially if there's colorful foods involved.

By 9 months most babies can be on about 90% table food, so at about a year he can pretty much eat anything he wants, except the peanut butter, like you said, and it is also reported that citrus fruits are a no-no until over a year b/c they have a very high allergy rate.

Have you tried bits of hamburger or chicken or even cut up breakfast sausage. Eggs and tofu are also a good source of protein. My little one also loves yogurt. He could feed himself yogurt, although it would be messy! I would say take whatever you're having for dinner and cut it up in bite size pieces for him. Not having teeth is not a big deal...he'll figure out how to eat it!

Good luck!

As long as it isn't a choking hazard or nuts, go for it. My kids barely ate any baby food. My older daughter wouldn't eat it at all. Really, what we eat is mostly better (if you eat healthy). Try to flavor things with less salt or portion his out before you salt it, but I certainly this giving him what you eat early is the best way to prevent pickyness, and who wants to teach their kids that all their food comes from little jars (as opposed to say, the farmer's market)!

Let him have at it.

K.

HI, have you tried yogurt, jello, mashed potatoes and cooked sweet potatoes, green beans, cooked apples, sliced ripe fruit like pears or peaches, cooked carrots with a little maple syrup. I feed both my children (3 and 4 yrs old now) almost anything we ate, I just made sure it was cooked really soft or cut really small. We even feed reall mac-n-cheese, just cut smaller. I would not do hot dogs or grapes yet! Hope this has given you a few ideas. L.

Do you have a baby food grinder? He could eat green beans or really any vegetable (except corn as he might choke) cut up. Turkey or ham (deli meat) in a baby food grinder. Pasta noodles, mac and cheese.

I was also curious as to what company you work for full time from home that would be awesome!!!!?

Good luck!!!

Your son can eat almost anything you guys eat - just cut it up in small pieces. Of course don't give him peanuts or nuts yet due to allergic reactions. I thought my pedicatrician was nuts when at nine months he said my son was ready for table food. But 2 years later when I had my daughter, she stopped most baby food at 8 months. She was eating Pizza, Sloppy joes, hamburgers, etc - She is almost 4 now and she likes almost everything and is willing to try most things.

My 9 month old eats everything we eat except nuts, milk, peanut butter and honey. I just cut it into little pieces. He just cut his top two teeth, but uses his gums to mash everything up. His favorite foods are cheese, grapes (quartered) apples, bananas, toast and pizza.

He can eat most of the things that you eat,just break it up really small.My Daughter didn't get her first tooth til she was 11 months old and she never seemed to ave a problem.My Son (was underweight) the specialist wanted me to take him off all baby food at 10 months!I thought the same thing he couldn't eat EVERYTHING we eat.However I was wrong!Just use common sense don't give him things like tortilla chips.However if you are eating tacos,give him the meat and the cheese with crackers.Other than that some ideas are yogurt,waffles,french toast sticks,green beans,(those gerber dices are good for on the go)applesauce,pizza cut into tiny pieces,Lunchables has a new one out that is diced up tiny,even things like spaghetti you can chop it up,mashed potatoes,mac and cheese,rice,spaghetti o's .You'll be suprised I bet.Like me you are probably worrying too much!

Do your research on the peanut butter as a no no. I found that the studies which that is based off of were done in other countries where they don't eat peanut butter like Americans do, so their bodies weren't used to it anyway. I was going to wait til my daughter was 3 or 4 (whatever they said) before giving peanut butter, but I thought why not - no one in our families has ever had a problem and I grew up on the stuff. :) She loves it. Of course, you might discuss it with your pediatrician just in case and discuss any research you find on the subject.

Mostly, feeding your little one will just mean that you have to cut things up very small and make sure it's not too tough. You can also cut grapes with a sharp enough knife, so don't rule those out either. Just be careful to watch what big brother feeds his little brother since they just don't know the consequences of their actions sometimes. (Sorry, I'm a safety nut sometimes and a worry wart)

Good luck!

Let him eat whatever you are eating--you just have to make good choices for yourself. Peanut allergies usually run in the family, so if no one is sensitive let him try it and see if he has any reaction. Honey is a no-no until they are 1 because it has bacteria (is that right?) that little one's immunity doesn't know how to deal with.

Don't worry about the lack of teeth. That doesn't stop old men who have lost their teeth...

T., You would not believe what they can eat without teeth! Small bites of chicken nuggets and fries, manderine oranges cut in half. Gerber Graduate Pasta Pick Ups. Scrambled eggs with cheese, bites of toast, green beans, cooked carrots, peas, bites of grilled cheese sandwich (I even put a little turkey on them).

Good Luck. M.