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Hi!Im a working mom. I send my 17 month old \";Prince\"; :D to day care. I actually pack food for him. He is still eating food in the form of paste only. Here's what i give him:
1)Powder rice,moong dal,toor dal and pressure cook them with tomato and ghee.
2)8 ozs whole milk with straberry flavour(Do u suggest anything else?)
3)Yogurt-La Cream from Dannon
4)Gerber
5)Cheese singles from Kraft
I actually want to move him from Gerber to something else which has fat in it(he needs to gain weight). I want to send him something light like yogurt so it is easy for him to eat and i dont need to cook. It is ok if you suggest me something that i can cook also. The other things that i can think of are pudding and jelly. Does any one feed their kids jelly and pudding. If so, what brands and where can i find him. Also i want to introduce non-veg to him. Remember he eats mashed to paste food. So where should i start. Are there any good soups that i can give him with good amount of calories and fat???
I apprecaite your help in fixing his menu. Thanks for your help.
Shalu
Shalu replied. My son does not eat khichidi if i dont put tomatoes in it. Here's the recipee:
Take equal parts of rice, moong dal and toor dal put them in the grinder and make them into powder. For three spoons of this powder add 6ozs of water. I actually buy tomato paste from safeway and add one spoon of it with a pinch of salt. Then pressure cook on low flame for three whistles. Cover the lid of te vessel otherwise it wont get cooked properly. Add ghee to it. You can add fresh tomatoes too but my son will trow up if he eats tomato pieces however small they are. So earlier i used to put them in the grinder after i started to work i just buy the paste.
Some more foods(strictly paste) to try...
One is the Tapoica/Rice/Chocolate pudding (not the gerber ones) gerber ones does not have enough fat.If u want I will check out the exact brand. It is written\";old fasioned\"; on it. The other one is Knudsen Double Pineapple Cottage cheese singles.They are avl in many flavours pineapple,apple & cinamon, straw berry, blue berry. The other thing is Kraft American Cheese Food Singles. Move away from gerber since it has no fat calories now that i gave u many options.
I took my son to the doctor. She said it is absolutely fine. Some babies eat paste until they are 2 or more. Dont worry, just relax, stop all the therapy. I think if mother is relaxed baby will do fine. My son is 21 lbs at 18 months and 32 inches tall. Im fine with him. My previous doctor used to make me tensed for evey visit. You know what i did changed the doctor.
You can also write to me at LSHALINIatHoTMAILdotCOM if you have some more concerns. I will update you whenever i find new foods for my baby.
Take care!
tina replied. Hi shalu,
I'm also having the same problem with my son .He also like to eat puree yet,Also he don't eat daal at all .I try daal when he is hungry so he can eat in small amount .Do you put tomatos in daal in pressure cooker or after daal & rice is cooked,i don't add tomatoes maybe i try so that he like to eat.every day i also having a problem & think what else i can try.You can try avocadoes mix with some fruit puree or in yogurt.my son love to eat avocadoes it is rich in fat.I gaVE him gerber jars also he love gerber vanilla custurd but it may cause some constipation.
My son don't like to eat indian food like khicdi,daal,suji kheer,upma,parathas.have you any recipe which is indian so that my son loves.
Do you give him roti or parathas mash in warm milk i try to give my son but he don't like it like you said he also like paste so i still give him gerber jars.
Do you live in usa pls write me Where do you live ,i live in charlotte ,Nc usa .
At 17 month most toddlers eat parathas roti or what ever we eat but mine son does not.My american friend son also not eat solid things so Dr said take him to occupational therapy so she is started therapy where therapist come & look at him.have your Dr also said something like that becoz my indian dr said that wait sometime children can outgrow & later they will eat solid slowly.I write in hurry so anything you don't understand write me or mail me at y2kmal2001 in yahoo
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