What food's do you give your 1 y.o

My pedi said that the boys shouldn't need baby food anymore. I do give them some once in awhile but that is only because I run out of different things to give them that they won't choke on. I have a variety for breakfast but what can I give them at lunch/dinner? Any suggestions are helpful!


Also, I was wondering if it's okay to give my twin's beefroni/ravioli. I'm still deathly afraid of them choking. The noodles to the beefroni are tender but should I cut them in half.. same for the ravioli? I'm excited to see if they like em!

 

It's a pain isn't it? We had to switch ours off baby food around 11.5 months because DD refused to let us feed her (we still sneak in the fruit jars with oatmeal or yogurt though).

Breakfast is actually the worst for us because I just have no ideas. So I rotate with yogurt/oatmeal/muesli, which I still spoon feed them because they love it (although DD complains at first), and French toast or waffles with fruit. I buy frozen whole grain waffles, but I've made french toast... They've had pancakes before too (need to make more, I've never tried frozen).

For lunch and dinner, they get one protein (meatballs, veggie burgers, fish, chicken nuggets, veggie pancakes, mac'n cheese or toast with hummus or melted cheese - mine don't like eggs sadly because it's great too), some veggies (we got several bags of frozen and just put them in the microwave for 2 minutes, easy!), sometimes some yellow veggies, and fruit (fresh or frozen) and/or cheese (so far they only eat string cheese, ugh). Sometimes they have leftovers, but we don't really eat healthy so it's rare! We just really cut it in small pieces. Yup, they've gagged and chocked a few times, but they made it out ok.

I'm the worst lazy cook so I've found that the organic/natural frozen section of the grocery store is my best friend. So far it's working ok I guess, even if they don't always eat what we give them and don't seem to like really plain stuff (like eggs, fish and veggies).

 

They eat litereally everything we eat that isn't spicy (i.e. no jalapenos or habaneros) or loaded with sugar. The only exceptions are strawberries, grapes, peanut butter, and nuts.

Today for example they had:
Breakfast: apple cinnamon oatmeal, banana, and an eggo waffle
Lunch: leftover rotisserie chicken, squash, green beans, roll, and applesauce
Snack: cooked carrots & string cheese
Dinner: Lasagna (noodles, hamburger, mozerella & montery jack cheese, light on the tomatoe sauce) & garlic bread. They tried some salad, too, but weren't too thrilled with it.

I try to have some sort of protein at at least 2 out of 3 of the major meals. They eat lots of chicken and freshwater fish, as well as some turkey, hamburger, pork, beans, eggs, and cheese. I also try to have at least one or two veggies for lunch and dinner like squash, carrots, potatoes, beans, peas, asparagus, or boiled okra (they eat stuff even I won't eat! ) Tip: look for veggies in the frozen foods section if you don't do lots of fresh veggies for yourself. It's easy to steam up a small amount in just a few minutes. I also cook lots of stuff in the microwave (like squash and potates - literally less than 10 minutes). In a pinch I also keep some things stocked in cans - look for the no sodium ones that are just the food item and water. I also try to have at least 2 fruits a day - and I feel like with everything out of season they don't get a lot of variety here, but we eat lots of bananas, cooked apples, peaches, cooked pears, and some dried fruits like raisins (though I am just now getting comfortable with these...) apricots and prunes (they love the prunes but we have strict limits on those. ). The boys also eat lots of breads and pastas. I let them eat macaroni whole, I split penne & rigatoni like pastas in half, and I cut up long pastas like angelhair in 1 inch sections.

My general rule of thumb is that I don't give them anything over an inch in length (because they don't get the concept of biting off a piece yet) and never more than a 1/2 inch in diameter. I also keep them away from really chewy stuff, but other than that we try just about everything.

 

At around 13 months my kids ate just about anything. I gave them pasta, steak, chicken, etc, just cut up in small pieces. You can certainly give them beefaron/ravioli, just cut it in small pieces for them and use a bib, it's messy. :lol: I think they can have whatever you are comfortable with at this point.

 

At that age I served them pretty much whatever I made for the rest of us.

I wouldn't give them beefaroni or the like (if you are talking about that canned stuff). Nutritionally it is terrible :bad:

Just the sodium alone is 959mg

See details here

 

Oh yikes on the beefaronis! I don't like them anyway

You can try fresh raviolis or tortellinis though. Mine like them... especially covered in melted cheese.

 

Our girls will eat almost anything we put in front of them, lol...
For breakfast they still eat baby oatmeal/rice cereal mixed with a fruit puree for the iron. They like it. Next time I go shopping I'm going to get them some "real" oatmeal. We just have a TON of baby cereal and I'm trying to use it! They also eat dry cereal (cheerios, etc), pancakes, toast...
For lunch they eat at daycare, which varies but usually includes a protein, veg, and fruit and some sort of bread or grain.
For dinner, they eat veggies (we use frozen also!) usually some sort of bread/toast/pasta. Our girls LOVE bread. Lol, it doesn't even have to be toasted or buttered or anything. Just bread torn into pieces. We also buy the Gerber pasta pick ups but they are not huge fans. They like grilled cheese cut into pieces and any cut up fruit, especially mandarian oranges.

One of my new favorites, especially for when we are out, is freeze dried fruit. Gerber makes some but we buy the wal-mart brand. It dissolves quickly and is not messy. I can put just a small amount in a container to take to the mall or wherever.

 

At that exact age, I remember mine loved pancakes and eggs.

 

At a year the girls were eating everything we ate, but I just cut it up really small. I give them ravioli (BJ's has yummy ravioli with grilled chicken and mozerella in it), but I always cut it up.

 

We give the boys whatever we are eating.
Breakfast is typically pancakes, waffles or toast. We use sugar free, seedless preserves. No syrup or butter. Just don't think they need that yet. Along with fruit. They also really like fruit and grain bars.
For lunch they love grilled cheese or left overs from dinner.
Dinner is whatever we are having. Last night was chicken parm and fettuccine. I always offer a fruit and veggie.

Dianna