ne idea when to start things like suji,cracked wheat or sevaai.
also things like spagetti and pastas..
my nirja is 7 months old and i give her everything we eat, without ne spices and some herbs...
please let me know...she has started picking foods like rice cracker,teething biscuits,boiled vegies/fruits, and eating them,when i place before her in her feeding tray.
pastas are good fill,,and are nutrious,,was wondering if i can start them. seema replied. hetal you can give wheat prods from 10 month onwards. start with suji sheera.then slowly go for harder produces of wheat.after a month, it is okay to start with whole grain pastas.check for the reactions, if any.
hey, liked your tips.i did the same for my naughty brat when he was getting addicted to bottles at night. Night bottles should be stopped when not needed or else they have tooth decay or gum infections.or may even be vunerable to ear infectionsi.e. most common in bottled babies.
slowly this will also help baby to stop bottle and promote spoon feeding or weaning to cup. baby has no other choice but to either drink from spoon/cup or stop asking for bottle at night.for babies upto 9 months, their actual night hours is 5 hours only.
i stopped bottle for arjun like that only and started feeding him bm with spoon now.
you have any toddler recipe.do post.

take care, love to nirja. abc replied. hey hetal, thanx, your tips look practical.will try them.just wanted to ask wat if she still continues asking for bm or directly feeds from me at night.shall i give her.will it cause overfilling for her.

about wheat foods in US, drs say that give wheat after 12 months but my mil just told me to start giving 1 piece of thin well cooked roti in any cooked daal let it soak in that and start that, after she completes 8months..and continue that for a month, until her apetite is good enough to digest. you can gradually increase the size of the roti, every 1 week ! slower the better,as we are giving them all the cereals. its enough for them.after 9 months, you can give her whole grain pastas,spegettis and such things.hey you can give her suji sheera or ragi sheera( halwa ) now, 1 spoon a day in meals will b good for health, with very lil cardamom, and ghee and best is put some banana in it, rather than artificial sugar.
i give it to my dd,she loves that.
love to nirja,
Hetal replied. no pepper for ne meals, until baby is 12 months..dry herbs i mentioned were oregano and parsley,,,when i said use them, you dont have to use them like we use in our dishes,just couple of flakes ! a flake is dried leaf of parlsey or oregano..if you find them fresh, just 1-2or 3 leaves is more than enough for a fist size tummy of lil one!
also our couple of corainder leaves are great, if you think parsley tastes stronger for you or your lil one !

about texture, i give her pureed which i feed her myself,,, but with that i give her own plate to play with, in which i put one smoothly boiled baby carrot,a tiny piece of potato(boiled in cooker, with hing, and lil salt ), and one small rice cracker (homemade)....u'l get them on google :)

now that our babies are 7 months old, this is the right time to teach them how to eat...therefore, with the finely grind stuffs, give them vegies to play with and let them put in their mouth,,by this way they will learn how to bite, chew,,if they get stucked up filling too much in their mouth,,, help them, by chewing the similar piece of vegie in your mouth,,,before them, or if you think she bited big piece, remove the excess and let some b in her mouth.. instead of putting your hands in their mouth and removing it or being panicky !!!!! 6-9/10 months babies are like monkeys,,,they will mimick all you do and all they like in you,,so teach them all you can ! make them eat, when you eat your meals and all will go in their mouth

after 9/10 months, their lil brains will b at work and they will not look at you...

also, i dont give gerber, except the pear and peach,as i cant find them fresh all the time, and frankly saying, i dont know how to buy them :))

so i use gerber ones,,rest all i use fresh and do at home....
neways,,,ne one can tell me if i can start giving pastas, suji or raagi or ne other flour other than rice/barley/millet/oatmeal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sheeja replied. hi Hetal

good to hear that nirja is eating everything that u eat. what r all the things u give her apart from gerber.

is it ok to add little pepper in their diet??
also u were mentioning about some dry herbs. is it ok to give from now itself??
also in what texture r u giving her?For Trisha is grind very finely.

share ur ideas with us
sheeja