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Latest post on 24 February 2012 - 09:58

Hi Ladies

When did you start giving your baby normal rice/bread/pasta? DD is 8 months old and has been on solids since 18 weeks. She has tried lots of things including vegetables, fruits, meats, eggs, yoghurt, cheese and baby rice/cereal/porridge. She loves her solids and we have been fortunate not to experience any adverse effects.

Thanks to helpful advice I received on this forum, I have been making her foods at rather than buying ready made foods. It's time to cook up another batch and I want to increase the meat ratio within each batch and would like to know if I should continue making purees with veggies for example or if I can move on to regular rice/bread/pasta.

TIA

Kiwi - in one of your earlier posts you mentioned a type of brown rice

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Latest post on 25 February 2012 - 16:31

well done M! Its obviously a bit more hassle than buying jars but you'll find the transition to table food much easier and your baby is getting much better nutrition so worth the effort, better put all those extra riyals you're saving away to pay for her PhD one day. ;)

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Thanks Kiwi and SydneyGal - invaluable help as always! I must say that the at home cooking wasn't as difficult as a thought - I basically spent about six hours in the kitchen one Saturday when the nanny was working and couldn't believe how much I was able to puree and freeze. As a full time working mum, I had my doubts but in the end the work has clearly paid off and many pennies have been saved! Kiwi, the steaming in the microwave is so easy, great tip!

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yep you can freeze pasta, I cook it, drain it, toss in olive oil, serve it into portions (I use a silicone muffin tray) and when frozen pop into a ziplock bag. it defrosts perfectly. Believe me, if it can be frozen I will find a way. :) my niece is also a refluxer and is fine with lots of the foods that have been a problem for us so yep, all are different. DS can eat curries, garlic, ginger onions etc with no bother whereas some kids struggle with that stuff.

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agree with kiwis as always. The reason I like the Barilla wholemeal pasta is because it's not too wholemealy :) It's the one wholemeal pasta I can get away with when cooking for DH, he doesn't even realise it's wholemeal. You will need to be more careful with a refluxer although all babies are different - I have another friend with a baby who was a bad refluxer (now 11 months) who has had no issues with any gluten/wholegrains. kiwis - you can freeze pasta? I am all about freezing too but have been boiling up the pasta each time in teeny portions. How do you store it? Agree on the finger food thing too. I also started mashing instead of pureeing around 7.5 months (vegies that is, I still puree meat) and offering fruit cut into teeny cubes which are gradually getting larger.

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Be careful with normal bread as the salt content can be quite high (in some breads one piece apparently is the sodium limit for the day), normal pasta is fine and so is normal rice. White rice and pasta can be easier on their stomach but have very little nutritional value, wholemeal versions are "healthier" but just go slowly as they can be a bit rough on a young tummy. In our case gluten and wholegrains were not great with DS's reflux, I'm also of the opinion that you need to be a bit careful with starchy foods and babies in general, but if your LO has coped well so far then by all means continue, just make sure that fruit, vegies and meat make up the bulk of the diet and they don't fill up on pasta and bread. Risotto is a good one, (make your own stock or buy a sat free version) you can also make a nice pasta sauce (with lots of vegies in it) and add some lean mincemeat. This freezes well. You can also pre-cook and freeze pasta portions (I'm all about freezing). Millet and quinoa are also good alternatives to rice. Depending on how your baby copes with chewing you can also give well cooked pieces of broccoli, carrots, sweet potato etc as finger foods. I always preferred taking this sort of stuff out and about as snack foods rather than crackers, rice cakes etc. You can also try little sandwiches (but don't overdo it on the bread). Its a good idea to start giving at least some finger foods from this age if not earlier as after around 9 months some babies can reject them if they get too used to fine purees.

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Hey M! I think I started around 7.5 half months....first grains i started with were rice that I cooked into a congee - so porridgey consistency which I then mixed into a batch of chicken casserole and quinoa which I mixed with a lamb stew. I also started randomly giving DS a chunk of wholemeal bread to suck on and when he started to get bits off I gave him toast fingers which he loved. He did gag a few times but learnt quite quickly what to do. I then started adding things like couscous and pasta after I noticed he took bread (ie gluten) without any issues, and started with the tiny pasta shapes (like orzo or small soup pasta) and now he has proper grown up spirals (I like the Barilla wholemeal ones) which I chop up or sometimes give him whole with a sprinkle of cheese on as finger food. Hope that helps....just go slowly, make sure she is OK with gluten before giving too much wheat based carbs and enjoy! DS now has things like risotto and proper oat porridge for breakfast which he loves with stewed pear and cinnamon :) Am sure Kiwis will be here soon to offer some more advice!

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