finger food

[alison]

We are busier than hell right now, so I'm just dropping in to selfishly ask what finger foods are good ones to first introduce.

Dd2 is 10 months old, and just got her first two teeth. She's lost interest in purees now that she's got two tiny little chompers. M was a terrible eater, so I haven't ever experienced what order we're supposed to do things in. Dd2 is a scary good eater, and will take an entire slice of bread and stuff it into her mouth. I try to break it up into little bits for her, but she's easily frustrated with that, and wants to take the food into her hands and feed herself. She eats like 4 mummums in one sitting if I let her, but they tend to constipate her. She hates puffs. Will. Not. Touch. Puffs.

Bananas are the same deal. They seem awfully slippery, and I feel like she could choke on them (that, and they constipate her).

What else is out there that easily breaks down, won't crumble and choke her, and won't constipate her. Am I asking for too much?

Thanks!

[Thirteen]

Avocado, roasted squash or sweet potato, cooked egg yolk, applesauce, etc


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[Sheherezade]

finger food

Frozen bagels? Easy to hold, they just gnaw off bits as it melts. Keeps them busy.

[Thirteen]

Frozen bagels? Easy to hold, the just gnaw off bits as it melts. Keeps them busy.

In keeping with this idea, give her a mango pit -- BUT make sure she's not wearing anything nice first. 😄


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[spotty_dog]

Or a chicken leg with most of the meat already cut off. I would actually be way more concerned about bread than about banana spears. But I was a crazy baby-led weaner. By 8-10 months my babies were eating what we were. I remember giving rice squashed into fist-sized balls, garbanzo beans lightly mushed, roasted brussels sprouts, pumpkin puree pre-loaded on a spoon for baby to self-feed, spears of steamed carrot or green bean or broccoli, spears of banana or peach or pear, pasta, eggplant, kale, blueberries, whole-grain waffles, rice cakes...

[SoonerTexan]

Purees in squeeze packs? Ground meat and rice patties cooked in a pan were a fave.


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[alison]

Thanks! These are great.
C has a fine motor skills delay (just started being able to pass objects from one hand to the other).

She isn't crawling yet either--and I thought (maybe incorrectly so??) that in order to start small chunks of food they had to be able to crawl?!? Did I just make that up?

[SoonerTexan]

Cheese!


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[OrionGrad]

I've never heard that about crawling and food before. DS1 was a super late crawler, but I don't remember modifying his diet because of it. (Maybe we were supposed to??)

[Thirteen]

Not sure about the crawling bit, but I don't start them on any food until they can sit up unassisted (which DS2 cannot do yet), so that's my "protocol". 😄


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[scarlett09]

Not sure about the crawling bit, but I don't start them on any food until they can sit up unassisted (which DS2 cannot do yet), so that's my "protocol". 😄


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This, plus the tongue thrusting reflex must be absent and good head/neck control. No connections to crawling, so C is good-to-go! We are waiting on E's tongue thrust to disappear over the next month or so before starting solids. 😊🍚


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[alotofyarn]

Cheese, quartered grapes (E will eat these frozen), sliced strawberries, beans, melon (these are good because you can cut slices if she wants something large to hold onto, and it's less messy than bananas), steamed broccoli or cauliflower, steamed carrots, peas (E eats them frozen, but you can defrost or steam them), sweet potato fries (slice, toss in oil, bake at 425ish until cooked), pasta (penne, bowtie). E's been eating what we eat for quite a while now - there's very little that I wasn't willing to let her try if she wanted it, and she didn't even get more than one tooth until after she was a year old.

[alison]

Daaaaang, you guys are gooood!

I'm gonna try melon. Avocados are so messy! And melon should be good, because C tends to get constipated.

Chicken scares me for some reason, because it doesn't break down very well. I'm sounding crrrrrrazy now.

Thanks, these are all great suggestions.

[alotofyarn]

Oh, butternut squash is another one that works well like melon!

[alison]

Egg yolks and strawberries are a huge hit! Thanks so much!