What To Give Him

[Ry&ChansMommy]

Ok, so my ped. said that we can start giving Chandler table food, but I am not 100% sure of what to give him. I know no milk, but what about cheese or yogurt? I feel so dumb since I raised one child but I forgot EVERYTHING from this age. He only has 4 teeth and still isn't chewing anything hard yet. I break up crackers really small and he can do those (almost crumbs because I am scared he'll choke), and he does little bits of bread. He had a few small pieces of b-day cake the other day...he was in heaven...lol. I know I can give him Jello, but haven't tried it yet because I am afraid of the red food dye. Watching the doctors last year scared me death with the food coloring, especially red food dyes....grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Maybe I will buy orange Jello. Anything else I can maybe give him to try?

[Caitlin]

Aiden still only has 3 teeth, but so far he's been good with: cheese, yogurt, pancakes, bread, pasta, stewed veggies, bananas, oranges, chicken nuggets, french fries lol

He will try pretty much everything we eat, but whether or not he'll really eat it is another story.

[Heather]

How old is he now, I can't remember? Seems like I started giving Cohen yogurt around 8-9 months old, but I don't believe I did cheese for a while. Gosh, I really can't remember either! I know we did alot of the jarred babyfood purees starting at 6 months old.

[Jojo]

We give Matt everything. :hehe: Yogurt, cheese... The cheese we give him is the cow bell triangles probably toxic as hell but he loves them.

[Ry&ChansMommy]

He will be 11 months on January 6th. I remember giving Ry the yo baby yogurt, but couldn't remember what else.

[Ry&ChansMommy]

We give Matt everything. :hehe: Yogurt, cheese... The cheese we give him is the cow bell triangles probably toxic as hell but he loves them.
:hehe:You crack me up

[Elaine]

We give Matt everything. :hehe: Yogurt, cheese... The cheese we give him is the cow bell triangles probably toxic as hell but he loves them.
I love them too. :hehe:

I think he can eat pretty much anything as long as it's small and somewhat mushy. Ben barely had any teeth at that age and I gave him all sorts of things. Cooked veggies cut into small pieces, soft fruit, cheese, teething crackers, pasta is hilarious because they have a hard time picking it up :hehe:, darn near anything you eat just small and mushy. I think eggs and milk are really the only ones to avoid for a few more weeks.

[Goosey]

I just gave them soft stuff that I could think of. Mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, yogurt, applesauce,etc.

[Jojo]

I also give matt hard boiled egg but only the yellow part. He's only had it 2 times and doesn't seem to thrilled with it.

Whatever you give him for finger food just make sure it's soft. Our favorite is the banana. Oye what a mess.

[Ashley]

We give Lily just about everything we eat except for the things the pedi said to wait on. She said at 9 months to start with things like yogurt and cottage cheese to get them started on dairy (as tolerated if they have any issues). But other than that and eggs (because I never remember which part they can have :hehe:) she eats mostly what we do. Some things like veggies I was overcooking a bit until she got used to it. Also the gerber pasta pickups are great, I do still cut them in half.


I have to laugh as I'm typing this, lily eats all this food and only has 2 teeth and 15 pounds. People look at us like we're nuts in restaurants when we're giving her pieces of chicken :hehe:

[Jojo]

We give Lily just about everything we eat except for the things the pedi said to wait on. She said at 9 months to start with things like yogurt and cottage cheese to get them started on dairy (as tolerated if they have any issues). But other than that and eggs (because I never remember which part they can have :hehe:) she eats mostly what we do. Some things like veggies I was overcooking a bit until she got used to it. Also the gerber pasta pickups are great, I do still cut them in half.


I have to laugh as I'm typing this, lily eats all this food and only has 2 teeth and 15 pounds. People look at us like we're nuts in restaurants when we're giving her pieces of chicken :hehe:

That is great! Matt will spit out anything I give him that he doesn't like--chunks of avocado or chunks of banana.

[Farah]

For the cheese I took shredded cheese and then mashed them together over the sink (b/c of the mess) to make them into little cheese balls that essentially would just fall apart in his mouth. No worry about choking for him!

[Ry&ChansMommy]

Thank you everyone. I swear I am more cautious with him than I was with Rylee. I was never worried about her choking or what she was eating. I baby Chandler much more. I guess it's because he's my last or just a mama's boy:hehe: He choked on a banana last time, so maybe I cut it too big. I freaked and took it all away and said no more. I feel like I am learning all over again. I did what Farah said today with Cheddar and Mozzarella cheese, and he loved it! I bought some yo baby yogurt today, and will give him that tomorrow. Hopefully all the baby food I bought today will be my last, except for the lunches. Thanks again everyone. If you have an other food ideas, keep them coming though:D

[Jojo]

For the cheese I took shredded cheese and then mashed them together over the sink (b/c of the mess) to make them into little cheese balls that essentially would just fall apart in his mouth. No worry about choking for him!


This is awesome! i am going to try this tomorrow ;)

[Ashley]

For the cheese I took shredded cheese and then mashed them together over the sink (b/c of the mess) to make them into little cheese balls that essentially would just fall apart in his mouth. No worry about choking for him!


This is awesome! i am going to try this tomorrow ;)


Ditto!! What a great idea. I will have to try this, I'm trying to give her some more dairy..