Does she eat enough?

i was wondering about pikelets too, they would love them im sure. my little alison holst book has french toast as a finger food too, thought i might try that for lunch

must be somethign with thomas's, this one has no teeth either, no sign of them either to be honest, i take the skin off as well and try popping it in his mouth but he jams it shut once he knows its mandarins will keep persevering he may change his mind they reckon 10 goes

oh yeah i forgot about them! Thomas has been eating the petit miam ones, i cant find the fresh n fruity ones anywhere!

good point mel! I hope i havent been dehydrating my boy, i give him water with breakfast but he usually refuses his bottle till after his morning sleep i try hoping for a longer sleep

Simone - we gave those baked fruit sticks from about 8 months I think

We go through tons of yoghurt in our house now too. We just buy the big tubs (1L ones), it's way cheaper than the little ones

I'm a bit different with Daniels first bottle of the morning. If he's slept through and hasn't woken at all then I give him half of his bottle, wait 20-30mins, feed him breakfast and then wait and give him the remainder of his bottle.. makes for a happy boy.

what time does cooper have breakfast mel?

thats great! so much cheaper!

going back to the finger foods- I would be worried about giving her dried fruit, as they can be quite hard to break down and chew. Also some dried fruits (i.e. mango) have quite a bit of sugar in them.

Lucas LOVES the kiddy yoghurts ...espesh choc flavour. Plunket nurse told me this was fine to give him DESPITE it being choc flavoured.

Now as for wee Kylah and her eating, darl I wouldn't be too worried. I worried myself sick over Lucas' eating - or should I say lack thereof?

Even nowadays he just picks at some foods. He wasn't even properly taking solids till 10 months of age, and even now he's still eating the 4-6month pureed jars for his veges and custard. Have you tried Kylah on the Vanilla Watties Baby Custard? Lucas HAS to have that every morning for breakfast otherwise its all downhill from there.

At current he is still a fussy eater, although he's always been a heavy boy so no-one ever believed we were having problems with his solids. The last few days he's only eaten a jar a day ...every meal time seems to be hit and miss atm (damn teeth).

So snacks that have been a winner with us ...

CHEESE, either cut up lil blocks, slices (I find best)...grated would be good too. Colby is best option. And processed cheese slices are fine to give (can work out cheaper too).
Another option for cheese is Dairy Pops ...you should find them in the dairy section of your supermarket,they are little cheese sticks for kids, with added calcium and vitamins.

Marmite sandwiches, they say not to give brown or grainy bread when they're young, so try and stick with white. If your wanting to add more fibre into her diet you can always go for the loaves with high fibre.

Oven Chips/Wedges and even the vegetable fritters or hash browns in your frozens section of supermarket. The vegetable fritters/patties we eat are YUM, they're called 'Birds Eye Bubbly 'N' Squeek'. A little rectangular yellow box with 8 patties in it. Can't recommend them highly enough and they're mushy so if she has no teeth it's not an issue.

Kiddy Yoghurt's/Adult Yoghurt's or the yoghurt's in baby food section are all good.

Healtheries Rice Wheels (found in chip section) ...no added flavours and colourings and HEALTHY. (might need teeth for them)

Superwine or Arrowroot biscuits. Rice crackers and anything thats corn or rice based in the cracker section.

Frozen Veges steamed/cooked in the microwave. Can get lots of diff combinations in the freezer section. Lucas doesn't like veges in any other form than the 4-6month pureed jars or fritters.

Fruit ...I wish I could help you here but my boy won't touch the stuff no matter what form.

Cooked up pasta is good, even macaroni cheese. Lucas loves anything cheese lol.

Main things to stay away from are Peanut (I'm sure peanut butter is included as it can stick to the roof of your mouth and allergy wise it shouldn't be introduced before a certain age?) ...Eggs I think you have to wait until after 9 or 12 months, Honey is a No no, Mum claims raisins are a no-go too due to choking hazards and sugar content (apparently they rot their teeth?)...

I'm sure Kylah should have had a 9 month Plunket check or at least be due for some kind of check where they'll measure and weigh her and talk about solids etc. Plunket have finger food charts with pictures of all the foods she can eat at what age. They were really handy. I'd suggest making an appointment with a nurse, afterall they are trained in this area. Karitane nurses are really helpful too.

Hmm if I think of anything else I'll let you know, but bottom line don't worry too much, if she's hungry she will eat. But I agree with the ladies above who've mentioned maybe dropping a bottle in the day ...and if she's happy, healthy and not visibly losing weight etc and has plenty of wet & dirty nappies - I'm sure she is fine. Judging by photos she looks beautiful and healthy so I wouldn't be too worried.

SimoneF wrote: what time does cooper have breakfast mel?

He has baby muesli with pureed fruit over it. Loves it.

Stacey, I love your idea with the half and half bottle I might try that this weekend. I never thought about doing it that way.

Kandice, Briahna is still in 00's aswell!