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Ellie is a week shy of 9 months and already despises being spoon fed! She loves feeding herself, but she's not 100% proficient w/ the finger foods yet--most fruits and veggies seem to be a little too slippery. Also, she doesn't have any teeth yet. She's cutting her front bottom 2, but I don't see those really coming in handy w/ chewing anyway. She seems a little young to be doing so much finger foods, but I guess all babies are different? Or is this normal?
So far we have done, avocado, puffs, whole wheat toast, yogurt puffs, black beans, cheese (she freakin loves cheese--just like her momma & dada), vegan hot dogs, vegan chicken nugs, peas, soybeans, egg yolks.
Please give me more ideas of tiny finger foods she can gum!
We are having fun w/ it... she takes forever to eat, but we don't mind. I'm trying to help instill healthy eating (and not binge eating!) as early as possible. We are also trying to help her to not be a picky eater.
What about the dried baby fruits? They say 12 months on the package.
What about raspberries and strawberries? Some of the guidelines say 12 months for strawberries? Are they allergenic?
Thanks!
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Yes, apparently strawberries can be something a lot of people are allergic to. If you give her mandarin oranges, diced peaches, or pears that are "no sugar added" from the little plastic cups, you can make them less slippery by putting cheerios in a bag, smashing them into powder, and sprinkling that on the fruit so it is easier to grab. Also, I find Del Monte fruit cups are softer/easier to eat than Dole. Hum..other ideas. Cooked diced carrots, canned shredded chicken (I think they make a "natural" one), macaroni noodles with butter/parmesean, meatballs cut in little pieces, chili (they can just eat the meat/beans with fingers). I guess that is all that comes to mind. We were in the same boat with Will - he hated baby food, so he was on finger foods pretty much from 7 months (although he would eat from a spoon, just not baby food). Talk soon!
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