Second Foods

everything is mashed with potato masher here ramya...... but she chews bread...soaked rusk... chapati... with her 1 TOOTH

 

I overcook rice, cubed veggies, but never mash them too well these days. I have reduced mashing a lot, there are lot of veggie cubes in his dish, i feed him as such. He doesnt have teeth yet, but he chews them. Chapathi, bread, rusk, biscuits, cookies, all he eats on his own, chews on his own, soaks in his own mouth, drools and then chews, swallows them, lol ! That happy achievement expression is soo nice I use the pillsbury big spoon. Cubed veggies, banana, papaya, chikoo, are his fav finger foods.

 

Ramya, the veggies are in this consistency - when you just crush the cube with your fingers, it should mash. Give her a plate full of colourful veggies, you too have a plate, show her how to grab, take it to mouth, transfer, chew and eat. If you do the demo, they will catch Try banana, papaya, chikkoo, you need not bother about cooking in this at all. Or cooked soft apple cubes too. Let us know how she does Everything depends on when your baby is ready

 

we recently started watermelons with Z and she loves it....

 

ramya, do you use mixie for bread, idli etc?

Laya eats rice unmashed these days. She hated pureed rice. so what I did was I overcook rice in a pressure cooker, did not drain the water off completely, retained some moisture (more or less like kanji) and started giving her and she was happily taking it. A friend of mine has a 1 year old who cannot eat unmashed food, she pukes. I recently suggested her to do this and she told me two days back that her DD is taking rice kanji now. overcook and retain moisture.

I have not yet started self feeding except for biscuits. I should try bread pieces as they are less messy.

btw, she has 6 teeth now!!!!

 

same qn. Laya normally takes a big bite. I am not worried if it is a biscuit, but steamed veggies?

 

she will eventually, theres no hurry