Hi...my boy is turning one year old, but i still mash his food through sieve. I feel that I may have slow down his process in taking solid unmash food. Can you share your experience in how to teach bub to take unmash food?
recently, i take out some cooked rice unsieve, as rice is very soft, and mix with the rest of the food which includes mash rice, vege and meat through sieve. but he will still 'choke' at times. does it mean he is not ready? or do i continue till he doesn't 'choke'?
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It depends a bit on the baby but as Cara points out a 12 month old can eat pretty much everything apart from perhaps tougher meats and such.
The "choking" is, as Cara points out, just a little habit formation. Even adults choke on food occasionally, and we have had much more practice. So keep trying despite the "choking".
Try very small chunks of course. And be careful with stuff like grapes and almonds. These need to be at least halved.
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I would not give amlonds to one year old tho, axptguy... I think the general rule to leave nuts till around 3 yrs old..
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I'm assuming because of allergies? That rule is typically stated with the proviso "if you have a family history of nut allergies". In my opinion (and I'm not a doctor so take it as you will) avoiding all nuts until three is perhaps overcautious. Still, one is perhaps a bit young.
With all potentially allergy inducing foods (nuts, peanuts, mangoes, strawberries, shellfish etc), we start by trying tiny portions three or four different times to see what happens. We also ensure nuts are cut in small pieces.
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hmm... i was assuming it is because of chocking hazzard? even choped ones - some guidelines even say 5 yrs old for whole nuts - and that one should chrus or flake them. In that case 1 yr old is perhaps fine?
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I have my almost ten month old almost completely off the purees now...he has only 4 teeth but he seems to do well chewing up small, soft pieces of food. For example, tonight he had rice with minced lamb, spinach and tomato. I have been following the guide in Annabel Karmel's baby and toddler meal planner and that is great, I would highly recommend it. My bub doesn't so much choke on his food as gags when he doesn't like the texture of something. If that happens I just leave the offending food and come back to it at a later date.
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yup my 12 month old has just started rejecting his congee in favour of feeding himself with soft pieces of pasta/carrots/potatoes i put on his tray. tonight he even managed to chew (gum) tiny pieces of chicken which i was amazed at! however i've noticed that he will eat much less than the amount he'll normally eat if spoon fed -- due to alot going onto the floor but also i think he gets bored and just wants to come out of the chair. so in this period are we looking at maybe two dinner sessions to make sure he's actually getting full? i know for sure he hasn't had enough to eat and i don't want him waking up at 2am hungry....
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Oh I see Idsllvn. We do make sure that they are in small pieces with no jagged edges.
"tonight he even managed to chew (gum) tiny pieces of chicken which i was amazed at!"
I know that amazement. Our 13 month old daughter has two teeth (both in the same jaw) and has no issues with pretty large grilled chicken pieces. Just give her time and she will do it. ;)
Sashimi Girl, I would simply ensure he gets a big portion of formula/milk before bed. That should compensate for the small dinner. In any case if he's hungry he will eat.
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yes but bubs has quickly outsmarted me and lately i am not even quick enough to get a spoon in his mouth before he swipes my hand away. the only time i can get a spoon in is when he is concentrating really really hard on picking up a slippery bit of pasta and he hardly notices he's had a bite of that dreaded congee.... ooh how manipulative we are. ;)
anyway we had a yoghurt and banana session shortly after dinner. and i made an 8oz bottle before bed of which he left a couple of ounces so there's no doubt his little belly was full to the brim. (= happy mum!)
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