food question 1yr old baby

I have 2 food related questions


1. in what proportion do you feed your children

protien:carbs: veggies.


My baby generally loves his spinach and broccoli, pasta, noodles and congees, but i wonder if i am feeding him enough/too little/ too much protein. he either gets a portion of cheese or about 40gms of chicken/pork/salmon/beef etc, or about 100gms of tofu.


also when can you give babies things listed that for me are on the exotic side (as in didnt grow up with them)

1. soya milk (just the normal one that you buy or make, not infant formula or anything)

2. passion fruit

3. sea food like prawns, squds etc

4. cheeses like brie, camambert, gorgonzola (hubby wants to try now. I'm a bit suspicious).



Baby has so far had no problems with spicy food (pepper, chillies etc), and actually demands food off our plate when we are having it. but he has had reactions to sweet potato (threw it all up in 5 min) and blue berries (seriously sore red bottom).

1: was never so exact with food proportions...esp. after 1 when he would eat what we eat (or more like we would eat what he can eat to save cooking effort), i just cook through trial and error. definitely wouldn't know exactly how many grams of a specific food group in he has in day.

2: soya milk - never tried yet, I HATE

1: was never so exact with food proportions...esp. after 1 when he would eat what we eat (or more like we would eat what he can eat to save cooking effort), i just cook through trial and error. definitely wouldn't know exactly how many grams of a specific food group in he has in day.

2: soya milk - never tried yet, I HATE IT so have no plans to buy a carton anytime soon :)

3: passion fruit - haven't tried yet, not something i eat on a regular basis so not bothered.

4: seafood: my tot is 2 but haven't tried any shellfish yet as our doc told us to wait until past 2 just to be on the safe side.

5: cheeses...the only cheese he's had are cheddar, ricotta, cream cheese, gruyere, edam...haven't been adventurous enough to try unpasteurised ones yet.


I envy you that your baby can eat spicy stuff, we have tried to introduce but he screams everytime we do! my husband and i love our curries, be it thai, indian, malay so we want him to enjoy it too!!


pity about the sweet potatoes though, it was staple food for our bub for a long time as we used it to "sweeten" stronger tasting stuff like broccoli, etc.

thanks guys


I have a friend who has a baby who's three weeks older than mine, and she's very exact in what she feeds him, so we do cmplare notes and then i wonder if im doing the right thing after talking to her..


also want to make sure that baby doenst wake up at night due to hunger.


soya milk: it's supposed to be good for you ;)) and i've been told that i'm allergic to cows milk so i HAVE to drink it.


cara, maybe it's time we did another foto swap? I do agree on not wanting to share soft mature cheeses: personally can't stand them. hubby likes them thouhg and is keen to give baby a taste..


fruits; baby had serious problems with blue berries, so i'm a bit scared to give him things that may give him a diaper rash.


wow your baby is eating pizza?? that's great. how many teeth does she have?

mine has only four teeth and plays with things like bread rather than eating it


I do love experimenting on him. Its' great to see that he eats boiled barley and jiaozi (nothern chinese dumplings) with equal relish ;)


Wheelymate; my mum told me to start early with the spicy stuff. not actually give him a spicy meal as such, but give him a little taste here and there. So i started when he was 8 months old.


I think the curries that you buy in the shops are usually a bit on the strong side. maybe your son finds them abit overwhelming? You could try to 'clean' meat pcs with rice and then give your baby a lttle bit to try? Also you can cook some spicy food at home, with less spcies and gradually increase the levels of spiciness.


i'm sure you are really busy, so when you have the time to cook, you can try this

you can cook half a kilo of chicken with some a tspn each of cumin, fennel seeds, ginger garlic paste, 1/2 tsp of chilli powder, turmeric powder, and 100ml of yoghurt. and a few fresh curry leaves (optional) jsut fry all the spices in abit of oil for two minutes, add the chicken stir for 2 minutes on high heat, add yoghurt, salt to taste and close the pot cook till chicken is tender and cooked through. take the lid off and let the dish dry out.


my baby really likes this.


some kids and also people don't like spicy food and never quite take to it thouhg. i have afriend who teases me saying that i would disown my child if he didnt like spicy food :)


good luck...

hi GK,


that's what i have trying to do - introduce the taste of curry without the spice

the only thing he's accepted so far is a very mild chicken curry that i make with korma paste, raisins, apples, peas and served up with rice. he loves it.

Cara: I hope the phase is a long lasting ones. Babies thare are eat all and well make life soo much easier for mums and dads.

will have to make some pizza and try it out on him.


wheelymate, i really hope your son takes to spicy food.

i guess your son likes sweet things. he might like mango chutney. why dont you add sweet potatoes to your korma?


here's another simple recipe you can try as a side dish for chapathis and puris.

boil about 2 potatoes till they are soft, peel them and mash them.

finely slice 1/2 red onion. pour some oil in a pan, add 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds, then onions, stir and cook them till onions are cooked through. then add a teaspoon of turmeric powder, give it a stir and then add the mashed potatoes, and salt to taste and stir till everything is mixed. you can also add some boiled peas when you add the potatoes.

that sounds yummy, will try it!! :)

Cara, my LO is a couple months older than yours and still on congees, purees and mashed fruits/veggie - how do you do it? Any hints as to how to get my LO to progress to more adult textures without gagging and throwing up (which is what she does if something is a bit chunkier or sticks to the roof of her mouth!)


Thanks.

mumbee, mine also needs to ahve his food purèed though there are some things that he prefers not purèed, like pastina with cheese, noodles in broth, fish and grated veggies cooked together with congee.


maybe you can trying giving your baby some food off your plate. mine never gags when he eats food off our plates, chinese dumplings, spaghetti, rice, vegetables, chicken, you name it, he'll eat it. but when he is being fed his meals he makes a bit of a fuss.


my mum told me it's not a big problem and to not be worried. She says that when the molars put in an appearance around 18months, babies are keener on chewing.

thanks goddess kali and cara. my LO eats congee that is well/long cooked and doesnt need that pureed, but the chicken and pork that goes in the congee needs to be run through the blender a bit.

hi mumbee, here are two more things that really seem to work with my baby.


Toast a pc of bread well, lighlty spread with butter and give him bite sized pcs while still warm.


Blitz half a peeled apple (or pears, or papaya and banana) and a glass of milk in the liquidiser, cut up a pc of soft bread into 5mm sqarues and soak in the fruit milk and then feed it to baby with a teaspoon.


flakes of steamed fish, boiled cubes of soft tofu in congee also work really well.