Re: Feeding 10 month old baby

[Guest guest]

> I have a baby that is ten months old and having a difficult time

getting him started on solids. I have fed him avocados, mashed on

and off. I thought this would be a good fat for him. I have also

tried cooked squash, mashed bananas and egg yolk. He seems to have

tummy aches at night after I have fed him these things all at

different times of course.They have all been hard to get down him.

He tongue thrusts most of it out. He does like to pick up food his

brothers and sisters leave behind and chew on it. He really seems to

like foods he can feed himself. He loved chewing on some bread and

waffles left behind by siblings. I know he would eat these more

willingly than what I spoon feed him, but I didn't want to start him

on grains and they are a mixed food. I am breastfeeding him and it

is the only thing he gets most days. Could I start getting him to

drink our goat milk from a cup and when I am sure he is used to it,

add egg yolks? He is on the small side and seems to have a delicate

digestion at this point. Would love any suggestions! Thanks,

I'm not a parent, but my gut feeling is that you should let him eat

what he likes even if they aren't the ideal food. Encouraging a

healthy appetite is more important than feeding the perfect diet,

IMO. The egg yolks and milk sounds like a good food if the milk is

raw but I'm biased - that's my favorite breakfast!

Have you tried feeding him bits of meat that you have already chewed

and softened? I read in NT or on the WAP site that african mothers

would feed bits of masticated raw liver as their childs first food.

Meat is pretty easy to digest.

[Guest guest]

at 10 months he should already be on finger foods, and he's clearly wanting

that,so I would stop giving him mush and give him food cut up small. My daughter

stopped wanting to be spoon fed at 5 months and ever since has eaten by herself.

I used to scramble eggs into an omelet and cut up into squares. Cooked fine

grain kasha gets thick in the fridge, then can be cut into squares and warmed a

bit. Vegetables are easy to make into finger foods. bananas are full of sugar, I

would go easy on them.

You can make him potato pancakes with just the yolk. Cut up apples is good or

make him chunky apple sauce. If you don't want to give him wheat, you can make

waffles and pancakes from buckwheat or rice flour. I would probably give organic

cheese but if he's been vaccinated then you have to be more careful about

allergies.

Sara

----- Original Message -----

From: sharon wagner

Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:29 AM

Subject: Feeding 10 month old baby

I have a baby that is ten months old and having a difficult time getting him

started on solids. I have fed him avocados, mashed on and off. I thought this

would be a good fat for him. I have also tried cooked squash, mashed bananas

and egg yolk. He seems to have tummy aches at night after I have fed him these

things all at different times of course.They have all been hard to get down him.

He tongue thrusts most of it out. He does like to pick up food his brothers and

sisters leave behind and chew on it. He really seems to like foods he can feed

himself. He loved chewing on some bread and waffles left behind by siblings. I

know he would eat these more willingly than what I spoon feed him, but I didn't

want to start him on grains and they are a mixed food. I am breastfeeding him

and it is the only thing he gets most days. Could I start getting him to drink

our goat milk from a cup and when I am sure he is used to it, add egg yolks? He

is on the small side and seems to have a delicate digestion at this point.

Would love any suggestions! Thanks,

Shari

[Guest guest]

Why rush it? I'd let him eat solids when he feels like it. Some people

think the cause of most allergies is feeding foods too early, and there is

no harm in waiting. Babies have very thin guts and lack certain digestive

abilities: certainly howling and tongue thrusting could be signs that he

knows what is good for him.

I started feeding some solids fairly early, but mainly because the kid was

screaming for food and scarfed them down (she LOVED rice cereal). I did not

feed her proteins though, or wheat, because of the potential allergy

problems. But I could not produce enough breast milk -- probably because my

own nutritional condition was so bad. If I COULD have only done breast

milk, I would have. Other cultures do breastfeeding as a main source of

food for years and the babies thrive. The push to feed babies early is, I

think, primarily a result of Gerber advertising!

-- Heidi

At 10:29 AM 4/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>I have a baby that is ten months old and having a difficult time getting

>him started on solids. I have fed him avocados, mashed on and off. I

>thought this would be a good fat for him. I have also tried cooked

>squash, mashed bananas and egg yolk. He seems to have tummy aches at

>night after I have fed him these things all at different times of

>course.They have all been hard to get down him. He tongue thrusts most of

>it out. He does like to pick up food his brothers and sisters leave

>behind and chew on it. He really seems to like foods he can feed

>himself. He loved chewing on some bread and waffles left behind by

>siblings. I know he would eat these more willingly than what I spoon feed

>him, but I didn't want to start him on grains and they are a mixed

>food. I am breastfeeding him and it is the only thing he gets most

>days. Could I start getting him to drink our goat milk from a cup and

>when I am sure he is used to it, add egg yolks? He is on the small side

>and seems to have a delicate digestion at this point. Would love any

>suggestions! Thanks,

>Shari

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Unless he is not thriving (keeping pace with his own growth curve),

there's no reason to worry about him. If all he wants is breastmilk,

that's all you need to give him. Breastmilk is a complete food and can

sustain a child long past 10 months as the sole source of nutrition.

Tongue thrust is a good sign that his digestive system is really not

mature enough; possibly a sign that he may have food allergies.

Forget the spoon altogether. I never spoon fed my kids who are now 6y

and 4y - finger foods are the lazy mom's solids! If he really wants to

eat some finger foods, just cut up the avocado or whatever into small

pea-size chunks and let him make a huge mess on his high chair tray and

himself. I like the idea of putting the egg yolk into the milk (I have a

6.5mo myself).

~ Carma ~

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