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Layla's love for eating started with simple purees at 4 months and has grown as she has gotten older (and 2 teeth!). We call her the bottomless pit because she eats...and eats...and eats!
Now that she is 9 (almost 10) months, she is mainly eating table foods and is losing interest in pureed foods. I'm glad about this for two reasons; because her pediatrician suggests being completely off of any purees by the time she turns 1, and because I was really 'over' making pureed foods all the time! She eats 3 solid meals a day (breakfast/lunch/dinner) and it's so much easier to steam/heat up some table foods & foods that we have in the house for us.
Here are some examples of what foods I offer:
Breakfast//
- Slices of organic pears, peaches, Mandarin oranges
*I buy canned organic fruits because they are affordable and EASY! I'll open the can, strain the fruit, rinse, and store in a Tupperware.
- Organic Waffle with either Earth Balance or Coconut Oil spread
- 'Earths Best' Whole Grain Oatmeal with Organic unsweetened applesauce.
Lunch//
- Cubed avocado
- Cubed & steamed sweet potato/butternut squash
*I buy pre cut containers of both of these, so much easier!
- Organic ground chicken
- Steamed green beans/peas/carrots
*I buy frozen organic veggies because they are affordable, easy to steam, and last forever in the freezer.
- Sliced Beets
- Toast with hummus
I love all of these foods because they are easy to prepare! Like I mentioned, I buy a majority of her vegetables frozen & I usually take a few minutes every couple of days to steam and store larger amounts so that I can scoop out a small portion and microwave them when it's time to eat. Once Layla is in her highchair she is very short on patience so the faster I can put food on her tray, the better.
I also love these food ideas because they are healthy & easy for Layla to feed to herself. The time Layla spends feeding herself is usually time I can take to do dishes/prep my own meals.
We still buy pouches to use out of convenience when we are out and about. For example, if we go out to lunch or dinner I will bring along a pouch and then also try and order something off the menu for her to feed herself. She can suck down an entire pouch in less than a minute so I try and limit how often she eats directly from the pouch as I don't want her to prefer the ease of a liquid meal, ha!
Anyways, I'm always looking for new and easy foods to introduce her to. She has her 2 bottom teeth as of now so I try to stick with soft, mashable foods that don't require a lot of biting/tearing.
We haven't introduced any dairy products yet and seeing how we don't really keep dairy in the house, I'm not sure if I'm planning to give it to her period. With her 1st birthday quickly approaching, I have to research and decide what I plan to wean her onto as far as milk. I am planning to continue breastfeeding until she is 12 months, beyond that I am going to have to play it by ear. Part of me will be so ready to wean her (if she hasn't already weaned herself) but I know a part of me will be sad. But, that's talk for another time.
Nap is almost over, better run...
-xo
I also love these food ideas because they are healthy & easy for Layla to feed to herself. The time Layla spends feeding herself is usually time I can take to do dishes/prep my own meals.
We still buy pouches to use out of convenience when we are out and about. For example, if we go out to lunch or dinner I will bring along a pouch and then also try and order something off the menu for her to feed herself. She can suck down an entire pouch in less than a minute so I try and limit how often she eats directly from the pouch as I don't want her to prefer the ease of a liquid meal, ha!
Anyways, I'm always looking for new and easy foods to introduce her to. She has her 2 bottom teeth as of now so I try to stick with soft, mashable foods that don't require a lot of biting/tearing.
We haven't introduced any dairy products yet and seeing how we don't really keep dairy in the house, I'm not sure if I'm planning to give it to her period. With her 1st birthday quickly approaching, I have to research and decide what I plan to wean her onto as far as milk. I am planning to continue breastfeeding until she is 12 months, beyond that I am going to have to play it by ear. Part of me will be so ready to wean her (if she hasn't already weaned herself) but I know a part of me will be sad. But, that's talk for another time.
Nap is almost over, better run...
-xo
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