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Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Everyday I feel I struggle with what to give my DD. I dont know why, but I need suggestions.
Part of my issue is that DD gets constipated badly, so things she loves like cheese and bread, etc, are the worst things for her. But even still, I want to see what you are feeding your DC and I want all suggestions. Thanks
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
I am having trouble also ! Eva has a dairy allergy ,so I can't think of anything ! She is still eating baby food ,and is content ,but I throw in some solids like bread and cereal
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| Posted 12/7/09 11:17 AM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Abby is not a great eater and is on the small side. We feed her highly caloric foods with fat from good sources and get the proteins and veggies in when we can. So far spinach quiche has been a favorite as well as mashed potatoes with sour cream and butter. She doesn't eat too much so its not bad for her.
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| Posted 12/7/09 11:44 AM |
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Goobster
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Bumping for selfish reasons
thanks for the replies as well. 
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| Posted 12/7/09 7:41 PM |
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Faithx2
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Yogurt and lots of it. I buy the big Dannon or Stonyfield container and give it with fruit cups-- mandarin oranges, peaches, applesauce etc. I find that keep DS regular. Pasta fagioli is big here--so good for them and a big pot makes several meals! He does eat whatever we eat for dinner chicken, pork, broccoli etc all cut up nice and tiny...
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| Posted 12/7/09 8:08 PM |
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Octobermom
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
I'm not too good at this either. Aiden is still drinking 5 bottles a day of milk and eating 3 small meals a day
Breakfast -- cereal, oatmeal, waffle with butter
Lunch -- grilled cheese, cheese, croissant (he loves), fruit, applesauce
Dinner -- pastina, tortellini w'tomato sauce, bread, pizza, fruit, applesauce, broccoli, a little of whatever we are having, sweet potatoes
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| Posted 12/7/09 8:15 PM |
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Faithx2
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Oh I forgot to add my DS loves these. I give it if we are on the go or if I didn't cook
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| Posted 12/7/09 8:17 PM |
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
avocado
fruit (strawberries, blueberries, quartered grapes, bananas)
spaghetti with sauce
omlette/scrambled eggs with veggies
french toast
pancakes
waffles
rice
Lately though, anything we eat, she eats as well unless it's really spicy. I just make sure to cut it into tiny pieces.
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| Posted 12/7/09 8:25 PM |
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ThreeCats
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
dd is 15 months - she eats everything we eat.
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| Posted 12/7/09 8:33 PM |
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pickles16
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
avacado
yogurt
hummus
pasta
waffles
pancakes
banana
pita
chicken
dr praegers
raviolis
cheerios
cheese
turkey
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| Posted 12/7/09 8:37 PM |
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Jacksmommy
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Posted by ThreeCats
dd is 15 months - she eats everything we eat.
Same here. Every meal comes with a fruit though and dinners also have a veggie. Sometimes lunch to!
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| Posted 12/7/09 8:39 PM |
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Breakfast
oatmeal with applesauce, banana, waffles, pancakes, eggs, yogurt
Lunch
whole wheat bread, cheese, avocado, pasta, butternut squash, left overs from dinner,
Dinner
pasta with beans, escarole and beans II cut up the escarole into small pieces), pasta with sauce, homemade minestrone soup, homemade vegetable soup, veggie burgers, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, pizza (I cut it up into small pieces), rice and beans, burritos cut up,
She eats mostly what we eat for dinner. The only thing she really does not like is meat so I try to give her beans. I don't eat meat so I make a lot of things with beans and pasta.
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| Posted 12/7/09 8:48 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Posted by OneOfEach
Yogurt and lots of it. I buy the big Dannon or Stonyfield container and give it with fruit cups-- mandarin oranges, peaches, applesauce etc. I find that keep DS regular. Pasta fagioli is big here--so good for them and a big pot makes several meals! He does eat whatever we eat for dinner chicken, pork, broccoli etc all cut up nice and tiny...
I do make this and havent given her cannelini beans yet. Do you put those beans in yours? My DD loves loves loves my lentil soup though...have you tried that?
And as for the yogurt with fruit, you give the fruit peices whole or you cut them up and mix them with yogurt? Do you spoon feed him this or does he pick it up? Some things are so slippery for them to pick up.
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| Posted 12/7/09 9:13 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
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Posted by ThreeCats
dd is 15 months - she eats everything we eat.
Same here. Every meal comes with a fruit though and dinners also have a veggie. Sometimes lunch to!
See this is where I get stumped. Do you give a fresh fruit, jarred fruit or other? And what about the veggie? Again fresh or jarred?
How to prepare the fresh veggies is where I get sooooo stumped!!
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| Posted 12/7/09 9:15 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Posted by jprimrose
She eats mostly what we eat for dinner. The only thing she really does not like is meat so I try to give her beans. I don't eat meat so I make a lot of things with beans and pasta.
You should try my grandma's lentil soup, sounds like you all will love it.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
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| Posted 12/7/09 9:17 PM |
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DRMom
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
I feed my kids carb protein and veg or fruit at every meal. I find it easier when I think like that:
Breakfast
Ians French Toast sticks
Bananna
Apple
Peaches
Yogurt
Mango
Pear
cut up grapes
Whatever fruit is in season
I also do mini cinnamon raising bagels with cream cheese
Lunch
Natural cold cuts from Whole Foods:
Chicken turkey etc-I ask them to cut 2 thick slices and that is usually a 1/2 pund-then I dice
green beans
peas
Asparagus
lima beans
edamame
Broccoli
cauliflower
Pok chop
Chicken
mini meatloafs with veggies mixed in
"chicken fingers" I buy organic ground chicken roll in panko and bake
Sw Potato-orange and purple(these dice really nicely and my kids love them
Squash-I buy winter squash cut in half and season and bake for 40 minutes or so-then dice
Dinner is a variation on lunch
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| Posted 12/7/09 9:39 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Posted by DRMom
I feed my kids carb protein and veg or fruit at every meal. I find it easier when I think like that:
Breakfast
Ians French Toast sticks
Bananna
Apple
Peaches
Yogurt
Mango
Pear
cut up grapes
Whatever fruit is in season
I also do mini cinnamon raising bagels with cream cheese
Dinner is a variation on lunch
Stupid question but what size peices of fresh fruit do you cut? And do your boys eat large items on their own...do you hadn them the mini bagel or do you break it up?
You feed your boys so great, I admire that. I want to do a better job, not happy with what I have been doing!
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| Posted 12/7/09 9:48 PM |
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Faithx2
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Posted by Goobster
Posted by OneOfEach
Yogurt and lots of it. I buy the big Dannon or Stonyfield container and give it with fruit cups-- mandarin oranges, peaches, applesauce etc. I find that keep DS regular. Pasta fagioli is big here--so good for them and a big pot makes several meals! He does eat whatever we eat for dinner chicken, pork, broccoli etc all cut up nice and tiny...
I do make this and havent given her cannelini beans yet. Do you put those beans in yours? My DD loves loves loves my lentil soup though...have you tried that?
And as for the yogurt with fruit, you give the fruit peices whole or you cut them up and mix them with yogurt? Do you spoon feed him this or does he pick it up? Some things are so slippery for them to pick up.
The mandarin oranges he LOVES--I cut them in half and he picks them up with his fingers--he actually is starting to stab foods and pick them up with the fork now too. The other fruits like peaches I tend to leave diced and he handles them just fine--picks them up after I drain the juice out well. I keep the fruit and yogurt seperate. The fruit keeps his hand occupied while I feed him the yogurt.
Yes I used cannellini beans in mine. I haven't tried lentils yet but I should!
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| Posted 12/7/09 10:27 PM |
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
DD loves veggies. But sometimes it's hard to cook fresh veggies when I'm in a rush so I always have a bag of frozen Stop & Shop organic veggies. All the veggies are diced, including the green beans, so they are perfect for DD to pick up & feed herself (she's 10 months). I just saute in a tiny bit of butter. She eats about a 1/4 cup at dinner. She will not eat canned veggies for some reason, which is fine with me since they are not all natural. She also eats diced/shredded chicken breast every night for dinner. I cook it on Mondays and Wednesdays and she eats the leftovers in between. Sometimes I use thin sliced turkey breast (organic) instead. I bake it. She also eats Ditalini pasta a few times a week. Again, perfect for little hands to pick up, no cutting required.
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| Posted 12/7/09 10:36 PM |
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
DD will be 1 year on 12/25...this is her schedule...
Wake up 7 AM: 6-8 oz formula
Morning Snack: Yogurt and Cheerios, toasted mini-waffles, toast w/apricot preserves, plain whole wheat pancakes, oatmeal with blueberries (I froze them this past summer)
Noon: 8oz bottle formula
Afternoon Meal/Dinner: I put these together because a lot of her lunches are leftovers from the previous night:
Quinoa mixed with sweet potatoes or any veggie or fruit
Piccolini (mini pasta) with either my homemade sauce or Earth's Best Tomato Carrot Stage 2, Happy Baby Frozen Cubes, I made a ton of squash and apples in October and will defrost a few cubes for her and mix it with Quinoa or just give it to her plain, meatballs: turkey, chicken, beef, pork...I buy them all ground and make her all different kinds of meatballs. She loves them. I also used ground meat and mix it with a little broth and some mashed veggies and cheese--she loves that too.
Wholesomebabyfoods.com is my recipe source. I hardly refer to it anymore because I have already learned so much.
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| Posted 12/7/09 11:09 PM |
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DRMom
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Posted by Goobster
Posted by DRMom
I feed my kids carb protein and veg or fruit at every meal. I find it easier when I think like that:
Breakfast
Ians French Toast sticks
Bananna
Apple
Peaches
Yogurt
Mango
Pear
cut up grapes
Whatever fruit is in season
I also do mini cinnamon raising bagels with cream cheese
Dinner is a variation on lunch
Stupid question but what size peices of fresh fruit do you cut? And do your boys eat large items on their own...do you hadn them the mini bagel or do you break it up?
You feed your boys so great, I admire that. I want to do a better job, not happy with what I have been doing!
I read that around 1 their food should be the size of a pea and that their throats are the size of your pinky so I use that as a guide. Most of the food they get is soft. Fruit is around that size and meat, definitely...the bagel I tear up and i tend to make those a bit bigger than pea sized since it is almost impossible to get it that small. Honestly-think about how you would eat if you had the perfect, healthy diet and then feed her that stuff. I am still waiting for it to rub off on me
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
DS is almost 14 months old. I try to feed him whatever we're eating for dinner.
Breakfast:
oatmeal with fruit (usually stage 3 fruit) or sometimes I cut up some fruit really small
mini pancakes
french toast sticks
Lunch:
usually yogurt with fruit
mac and cheese
grilled cheese sandwich
Dinner:
usually is whatever we're eating
meatloaf with veggies
chicken quesadilla with veggies
turkey burgers
grilled chicken with avocado
pasta
Snacks:
string cheese
cereal bar
puffs
cheerios
crackers with cheese
fruit
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
for breakfast ds will have eggs, waffles, pancakes, or oatmeal with a piece of fruit
for lunch or dinner he has grilled cheese and fruit, chicken nuggets with a veggie, yogurt and fruit, a beachnut toddler meal, mac n cheese, pizza if i have left over, fish sticks, tator tots, pasta with tomato sauce (i just discovered the new veggie pasta that he loves)... basically anything that we eat he also eats...
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| Posted 12/8/09 2:49 PM |
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Jacksmommy
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
Posted by Goobster
Posted by Jacksmommy
Posted by ThreeCats
dd is 15 months - she eats everything we eat.
Same here. Every meal comes with a fruit though and dinners also have a veggie. Sometimes lunch to!
See this is where I get stumped. Do you give a fresh fruit, jarred fruit or other? And what about the veggie? Again fresh or jarred?
How to prepare the fresh veggies is where I get sooooo stumped!!
I have given fresh and the containers (like the dole ones)
for veggies, I give fresh, canned, or frozen. Fresh is usually green beans, broccoli, carrots, or cauliflower. Most of the time i take the zip and steam bags and just steam them in the microwave. Comes out perfect.
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| Posted 12/8/09 7:48 PM |
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mirla122
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Re: Moms of 12-14 mth olds, please list your food suggestions
omg...DS doesn't eat anything compared to some of these posts.  We struggle with him too. One thing he eats everytime are fruits. He likes pastina and dino chicken nuggets.
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