Finger food

I'm just wondering what way people do it.

Do you have one meal that's only finger food?

Do you feed a jar first and give finger food after or vice versa?

Currently I'm giving finger food at dinner time and then I 'top them up' with a jar of food.

I guess it's whatever suits each baby and family.

We do finger food for breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast: Milk feed then fruit and toast/weetbix.
Lunch: Meatballs, chicken etc.. and carrots, peas, corn, asparagus (tinned - too cheap for fresh stuff hehe), brocolli, courgette (peeled) etc...
A few cubes of cheese and sultanas every other day.

Dinner we give her whatever we're having, but I spoon feed her so I can fill her up, like Stacey mentioned.
Then she'll eat a banana/strawberries/peach or pear slices with her hands.
Milk.


Edited by MamaPickle

at that age Ella had a mixture of finger food and food in a bowl for lunch. She was also having morning and afternoon tea I think (it's all a bit of blur) so we stuck to finger foods for those meals as well (and still do).

I do what you do Tishy... finger food and then top her up with a spoon-feed to make sure she is full. I try to offer finger foods at lunch and dinner, breakfast is usually just fruity museli here.

From about 8mo Michaela refused to be spoon fed at all so she got all finger food for every meal (although occasionally I gave her a pottle of yoghurt or stewed fruit to self feed).

At the moment we do, spoon fed at breakfast

Marmite on toast for lunch

Jar of food for dinner, then while we are eating we tent to give her some extra vegies from our dinner.

Throughout the day if we are out and she gets grizzly I often give her grackers.

And we are always trying out new foods as we come  across them.

star- i was just like you...even breaking his crisps into tiny bits..to start with i gave him foods that melt(like cassava chips) but then he progressed to other foods.. with like mixed veges i cut them up then spoon fed then..and let him play with some then slowly he started to eat it now he just eats the mixed veges as they come.. but he did gag and still does occasionally..it was scary but everyone kept telling me it was normal.. as i say though i gave him little pieces so i knew he wouldn't choke but he was just getting used to it.. now I'm sure he can chew I'm giving him bigger bits..

crackers are generally good cause they just melt in the mouth and i gave him things like bits of strawberry and banana but now he has the whole thing(but he does try to shove it all in:)

Edited by foxxy_one

the chips i give him have hardly anything in them(as he is only allowed meat fruit vege and rice.. so they are pretty good as far as chips go:) he's not even allowed milk arrowroot:(!!