August mummies 2012 weaning ideas!

my little man is 7months now. He's doing really well with his meals.
I feel I'm a bit repetitive. I find he loves feeding himself too. We've only had a couple of gagging incidents xxx

 

It's timing I'm struggling with. He eats at about 4.30, my OH doesn't finish work till 5pm. So I'm having to make him dinner, then ours?
I don't know if I should feed him a bit later. He's in such a good routine.
Finger food wise I give him prunes, strawberrys - big hit! Melon, cut up grapes, rasins. He loves toast, with butter or philidelphia or mashed banana. Dinner is usually beef, or chicken with veg haha! I have made him eggy bread. He liked that. I have tried him with tomato soup he liked that I thickned it up by tearing up some bread. Iv made him spag Bol it wasn't so much of a hit. Macaroni cheese with penne pasta so he could pick it up. He's had some baked potato and low salt beans too. Mashed up with a little butter..xxx

 

Crumpets, croissants are a winner too!xx

 

Yeah William has a bottle at 7.30, 1.30 and 8pm. So it's easy to fit in meals. But I don't think he would last till we have our dinner. Think I'll stick to it at 4pm. When I go back to work he will need to be later though xx

 

De-seeded watermelon is fab cos it's so mushy xx

 

Mango is also really good if its ripe as are pears. T will gum an apple slice, but if you are really worried then you can get those little mesh things to put the fruit in until they get used to it a bit more xx

 

We are doing blw and it is working for us at the moment so far Cs favourites are:

Toast
Cheese on toast
Pancakes- I hide things in pancakes like tuna and other meats
Bread sticks
Rice cakes
Carrot and banana muffins (homemade)
Broccoli
Asparagus
Carrots
Fritata
Omelette
Bolognese with pasta
Pasta with tomato sauce
Chicken curry
Arancini (risotto balls)
Roaster veg- red peppers are his favourite
Banana
Watermelon
Honeydew melon
Strawberries
Mango
Blueberries
Plain yoghurt
Homemade custard

I am sure there are more hits xx

 

Silly question alert - I bought a parsnip, and sweet potato I want to try him with roasted veg, can I roast these? And how do I do it?xx

 

Yeah I roast them for T he loves it. I cut then into sticks then pour over a little oil and I add a tiny bit if herbs then lob it in the oven for about 20-30 mins. I usually do mine at 180 degrees. Whatever is left over I purée.
Xxx

 

Thank you! I'll be doing it tonight xx

 

Ava eats lots! so was starting to struggle with changing up her meals! X
- carrots broccoli cabbage cauliflower potatoes yorkshire and gravey
- fish pie carrots onions potatoes and cod or haddok
-sheppards pie
-cornedbeef stew
-cornedbeef pie
-strawberries
-blueberries
-grapes
-cheesy pasta
-chicken pasta
-yogurts
-apple and mango purified (although since she's been teething she loves biting on an apple piece)
-spaghetti bolognaise
-blueberry muffins home made
She pretty much eats anything I make her. She loves the heinz biscotti biscuits too
The only thing I struggle with is desserts I just don't know what to give her! X

 

Ashley do you purée all that?xxx

 

Nope I mash her veg and potatoes but she's a very good eater and enjoys eating whole food! The mince I chop a little smaller for her! X

 

I'm an early September mummy but jumping in anyway

I'm just starting to get Aaron onto "proper foods" so today he had spag bol for the first time.

I'm trying to figure out what he can and can't have of what we eat.

Can I give him a chicken stir fry with noodles pureed? (Providing not too spicy)

What about curry? Is chicken tikka masala too spicy?

The other one I'm wondering about that I make quite often is chicken fried rice - it has Soy Sauce in it, but I would take out Aaron's portion before adding it. So it would be chicken, rice, spring onions, red pepper, egg, ham?

Then I assume all pasta bakes etc are fine?

I've got into the habit of using jar sauces as its quick, but obviously I need to watch the sodium levels now. Whats the guidelines for sodium again?

 

Hiya tweety I'm not sure about the guidelines for spice, I made chicken till the other day but toke Ava's chicken out and made up a tomato sauce she loved it I did dip my finger in the tika for her to try an she came back for more so next time I will take her chicken out and give her a bit of sauce on the side too see how she goes,
Chicken fried rice is fine if he is able to eat the rice.
Sodium is less than 0.4g a day I think!
And pasta bakes are fine I bought Ava the tiny baby shells and so I haven't got to purify them she does really well with them! X

 

Tweety I got myself really worked up about the salt thing - trying to work out how much I had used, then how much salt would be in that. Was taking over me for a while. Then I spoke to my friend who is a nurse and a mummy, and she told me to check salt contents isn't ridiculous, and then just give him it. Don't add salt to anything. It's hard because some adult sauces that we use in cooking does contain high salt. But perhaps watering it down and the actual amount they eat the salt would be ok.
Also Heinz do baby sauces, so does Annabel Kramer? A baby bolognaise sauce, baby curry sauce. W seems to like them. Or iv made my own sauces.
I don't see why you can't just give him stir fry and pasta bakes.
Purée some and give him a little noodle to hold. Just to feel it? That's actually a good idea. I might try it.xx