Baby C has started to lose interest in her porridge for the past few days. It would be a struggle for me to finish off feeding her the bowl of porridge and it normally takes at least an hour for her to finish her bowl of porridge and her bowl of soup. The easiest way out would be to put on her favorite VCDs and sit her right in front of the TV. Otherwise, she would scream and turn her head left and right to avoid the spoonful of porridge when I’m half way with her porridge. What interest her most is adult food… food on the dining table… food not meant for her… food that doesn’t taste bland…. food that she can chew, though she doesn’t have teeth. I have let her try some of the food that we eat and she loves steamed eggs with minced pork and fried fish. She even eats raw yellow bell pepper! I am not keen to start her with adult food just yet as our food has soy sauce, dark sauce, a little salt and other sauces (with preservative and perhaps MSG hidden in the sauce). If she didn’t have issues with her kidney and an impending surgery, I would start blending up rice with dishes to feed her, just like what I did with Sherilyn when she was a year old.
When we are back from our trip in Penang, I will stop cooking porridge for a week and try feeding her with something different to whet her appetite for food. I plan to steam fish with pumpkin and sweet potato and mash up steamed brocolli with fish and butter for a start. Do you have any other interesting suggestions for a 12-mo baby? My baby likes savoury food and she has no teeth yet :S
Bryan didn’t have a single tooth till he was 16 months. I cooked spag bog using minced beef (weight watchers type to minimise fats), finely chopped celery, carrots & peas. Cooked with fresh tomatoes, tomato paste and a sprinkle of mixed italian herbs. I serve usually with pasta (also chopped v small) or mashed potatoes.
I also cooked minced chicken/pork with assortment of finely chopped vegs. Most of Bryan’s meals were casserole style as I batch-cooked them for the weekdays so that the maid can just re-heat and serve with porridge/potato/sweet potato.
Another alternative is meehoo or mee sua soup. I will break them up into small pieces BEFORE cooking them. Boiled soup with meat or anchovies served with chopped carrots/spinach/other leafy veg.
Have fun!
do you use ikan bilis / chicken broth to cook her porridge? maybe that would make it more tasty for her? baby C is really very cheeky and smart eh? she knows what’s tasty and what’s not so tasty 🙂
have a safe trip to penang tomorrow and take care.
Try soft pasta and noodles.
Sarah has been on “solids” for 2 mths. All her food is steamed and mashed with a fork now. Initially I blended them.
You could try:
purple sweet potato + carrot +avocado
pear + avocado + heinz multigrain cereal + milk
potato + broccoli + carrot
potato + beans