What to feed 11 month old??

My son is 11 months old (he'll be 1 in 3 weeks). Hes got 7 teeth, %26amp; has been eating baby food %26amp; baby cookies since he was 5 months old. Recently hes gotten to a point where he wont allow anyone to feed him anything,and Im having MAJOR issues with meals for him. He doesnt really 'chew' yet which makes it a little harder to find foods for him.He LOVES fruit and HATES veggies. I've tried giving him ravioli, but he gagged on it. We've tried green beans, potatoes,grilled cheese sandwiches, and quite a few other things. They only thing he'll eat without any trouble is fruit (Gerber fruits, or the DelMonte fruit cocktail), baby cookies(sometimes).





I dont know what else to try! Ive got some carrots cooking right now, hoping he'll eat them.... But, I dont know what else to try....


I'm a 1st time, single mom, with few resources, so I dont have anyone to advise me on these things.Everyone says to feed him what I eat,but hes in daycare all day %26amp; we dont really eat dinner...HELP! Please!

What to feed 11 month old??
he wont chew? have you tried letting him put the food in his own mouth? and cutting it up- my son jsut turned a year and and only has two teeth, he has been on table food since about 8-9 months
Reply:just keep trying. Going from the Gerber fruits to table food is an adjustment and a different texture. Don't give up or get discouraged. He will get used to it soon and start liking all the different things that he will be able to eat.





On that note... try noodles with tomato sauce and let him feed himself. He will make a mess, so I normally strip my son to his diaper and let him go at it.





Try some cubed cooked potatoes. He should be able to smash that in his mouth also.





Hope that helps some... like I said, just keep trying.
Reply:My daughter ate everything we ate at the age, she loved pasta and veggies mixed together you just have to cook the pasta longer so its really mushy where he can smoosh it around in his mouth, even with veggies cook them long to soften them up. You can even mash them yourself or blend them up like with chicken or hamburger I would chop it up in my blender so it was like baby food but with way more calories. Just give small peices and I always showed my daughter how to chew now she is perfect at it. Um this is what i was feeding my daughter at that age.


Breakfast: Oatmeal mixed with formula and I would buy those organic baby yougarts had the dha in it and mixed that up and would give her toast with butter on top with a banana, eggs with some cheese in them, pancakes, french toast. (Not all at once of course but just ideas)


Snack: some baby puffs, she loved the baby goldfish, yougart


Lunch: Toasted Cheese, Soups, Veggies, Squash, chicken


Dinner: Mac and cheese, chicken, shepards pie, corn chowder, anything we had really. You just have to watch them and keep practicing because the more you try the faster he will get the hang of it. Its so hard to plan meals for babies I liked when I could grab the jar of baby food lol, but my daughter is very picky so I cook like tons of different things before she actually eats. I buy the regular size jar of apple sauce, diced pears and cut them up to real small cubes, bananas cut up, toast cut up real small. Hope that gives you some ideas. Sorry so long.
Reply:i have two babies. if he doesn't want to eat certain foods, then feed him what he likes. you have to find what he likes. forcing him to eat isn't going to solve anything because he just wont eat it. as long as he drinks his milk and gets something into his stomach, hes fine. my 2yr old didn't eat much of anything till he started to self feed. just milk and rice and beans. he would throw any meat or chicken out...etc. follow him and you'll see what he likes. listen to him is my best advice.
Reply:Have you tried a fresh food feeder? My daughter loved this from 6months and it's a great way to introduce new tastes, without the fear of choking. She loved watermelon or orange in it but you can put anything in it - even meat. And might even help to develop the chewing.


http://www.munchkin.com/products/detail....





I'm no expert either (on only worked in childcare) but I have also heard of food phobia's - where children have preference or dislike certain textures of food. If you suspect this may be the case you may need to talk to your doctor. Have you tried dipping the cookies or adding other flavours to the food that he will eat, ie yoghurt or fruit or veg puree - if so will he still eat it?


http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.c...





Otherwise you could try grating up foods first - apple, cheese, carrot and see how he goes - maybe he's afraid of gagging? Some kids also wanted to hold the spoon themselves so they felt like they were in control of doing it (whilst you also feed with a spoon). I've also made some wild kind of mixes of fruit and veges which my daughter loved (try avo and apple or apple sweet potato carrot and corn) My daughter also loves chewing on the cob of corn (I just cut all the kernels off so she doesn't choke and give her the whole cob!) Hope that gives you a few ideas...