What do you feed your 14 mo olds?

The babies are now 14 months old, and I’m trying to move away from all the jarred food. I moved to home cooked dinners about 3 months ago, and I’ve been trying to throw other foods in for breakfast and lunch, but it’s been allot harder. Anyway, they’ve been getting Earth’s Best jarred foods since they were about 6 months, and I want to stop feeding them that for breakfast and lunch, but I’m not sure what to feed them!

So far my only ideas for breakfast are scrambled eggs, hardboiled eggs, cereal and yogurt. But I don’t think one of the little things of yogurt is filling enough to be used by itself for breakfast. DH thinks we can just give them eggs every morning, I’m vetoing that! But I can’t think of what else to feed them! I’m not going to feed them what we eat for breakfast because I’m trying to feed them healthy stuff and toast with jam ( dh’s favorite ) or Dunkin Donuts is not exactly healthy.

As far as lunch goes, I have no ideas at all. They have 10 teeth each and I don’t think they’re ready for sandwiches. And even if they were, I don’t really want to feed them cold cuts since they’re not very healthy and have preservatives in them I’d rather avoid. I don’t think they’re ready for raw salad either, again the no back teeth thing. So what do I feed them for lunch?

What did you feed your babies around this age?

 

AT 14 months mine were pretty much eating anything and everything. Breakfast would be oatmeal, toast, waffle, pancake

Lunch-grilled cheese, fishsticks, pizza, pasta, ham, chicken patty/nuggests, anything leftover from dinner the night before. With fruit, yogurt (always) and maybe peas

Dinner-whatever we are eating

I don't fix separate meals at dinner for anyone unless it is something I know the twins can't eat. But they just eat whatever we are.

I would think yours could too since they have so many teeth.

 

Mine eat everything we eat, besides peanut butter and shellfish. I do buy nitrate/antibiotic free hot dogs and lunch meats though (can be found at Costco, Whole Foods, Trader Joes). We've not done any babyfood since about 10 months.

Some example meals:

Breakfast:
waffles, grapes, milk
pancakes, strawberries, milk
yogurt, cheerios, banana, milk
(mine aren't the biggest egg fans)

Lunch:
grilled cheese (sometimes with lunch meat too), veggies, milk
leftovers of whatever we had for dinner the night before, veggies, milk
ravioli, veggies, milk
hot dogs, meatballs, lunch meat w/ cheese and veggies, milk

Dinner:
whatever we have

 

you said dunkin doughnuts and i cringed..

but thats ok..to each his/her own..

any who.. what i feed my kids and youll see my advice is healthnut.. that is me im all about vegies..

there are stage three diced carrots/ and diced green beans.. my kids are 2.5 and 1.5 and still eating vegies.. beause of this jarred product

i also buy broccoli and peas.. i rotate the 4 vegies.. weekly.. along with vegtable soup chicken tiny pasta/ tiny redmeat/ tiny bit of spagetti..

any who a week for us is this..


breakfast.. real fruit banana, strawberry, mango , grapes, diced single serve peaches, pinapple.. ( single serves can also be used for snack)
waffels- not often.. and yogart..

lunch and dinner.. start off with a jar per child- mine are older.. of carrots, greenbeans,
or serving of peas/ broccoli are the ones i usually mix in the meal..

they can have any type of meat/or vegie.. such as liverworst, bologna, fish, chicken, ( salad chicken) aka frozen cken precooked slices from sams.
also comes in steak.. keep in the freezer.. cook and serve..

i love the stuff.
a couple times a wk i add a bread / cracker/pasta..

but thats pretty much how i feed my kids..
hope this helps.

ps// those jars of vegies are easy for picknicks and meatballs/ cken nuggets i divide in to baggies.. nuke for afew minutes and throw them in the cooler.
perfect summer food.. we hardly eat dinner at home when its this easy..

but.. it was alot harder when i had to feed my x dh too..
its easier just to feed three non picky kids

 

At that age mine ate The bigger cups of yogurt, cereal or instant oatmeal, and pureed fruits.

For lunch and dinner I tried finger foods, fish sticks, chicken fillets (cut up really small), rice... pretty much You can feed your toddler the same food that your family is eating as long as you Mash, grind, chop, or cut into small pieces the food items so that your child will not choke.Many one-year-old toddlers chew or gum food very well. Others have not developed this skill; however, without molar teeth (flat on the top surface) they cannot chew things such as a piece of meat or carrot sticks. Meat will need to be ground or cut into very small pieces to avoid choking. Raw vegetables can be lightly steamed so that he can eat the vegetable without choking.

 

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you said dunkin doughnuts and i cringed..


I meant we can't feed them that. We eat junk, but I'm trying to feed the babies only really healthy stuff. Teach them the eatting habbits i never picked up!

Thank you for all the advice!

 

Every week I make batches of veggies, rice, noodles and chicken. I freeze most in ice cube trays. Every morning they get some rice or noodles or blended chickpeas (which they LOVE) or whole cooked lentils. Also they get a veggie or two (carrots, beets, beans, brocolli, sweet potato etc..). Then they get toast and banana, maybe yogurt or egg and definitely watermelon, another fav. Get the book Super baby food by Ruth Yaron, it's great. I read whatever they eat from their first birthday to their second will set their eating pattern for the rest of their lives. So I am being extra anal about it. Their never eat (or see) any of the crap I squirrel away and eat.

 

My guys eat anything and everything.

Breakfast- pancakes, waffles, french toast, turkey sauasge, oatmeal, dried cereal, wheat toast, bagels/cream cheese, fruit

Lunch- cheese/crackers, sandwiches(peanut butter, grilled cheese, etc.), mac and cheese, hot dogs, fruit, veggies, yogurt, apple sauce, salsa

Dinner- fish sticks, spaghetti, chicken, pasta, veggies, fruit, enchiladas, turkey burgers, steak, quesadillas, lasagna

They usually eat pretty healthy, but when we go out they sometimes eat crap

Cari

 

My two have been eating yogurt mixed with fruit and wheat germ, and a side bread (toast, waffle, or pancake) for breakfast every morning since about 12 months. On weekends when DH cooks breakfast we might have eggs (fried, scrambled, or omlettes), toast, and a fruit. They do not seem to tire of yogurt, fortunately. I do rotate the fruits. We buy a large container of plain yogurt and use that. I think they get about two large tablespoons of yogurt each, plus a healthy handful of fruit mixed in, and a spoonful of wheat germ.

As for other meals, by 14 months we were pretty much "they eat what we eat" for dinner, and lunch is usually last night's leftovers, or whatever is around. They can be picky about meat and veggies, but I serve it anyway and see what happens.