Hi friends,

How many of you are still giving infant gerber cereal to your kids? Or have you switched totally to home made meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner? I am giving cereal as breakfast and dinner. My son doesn't like it at all. But how else will he get all the vitamins and iron? We are vegetarians. What are you people doing? Just wanted to know how your kids are doing.

Kindly let me know.
Thanks

Mom to be ck replied. I stopped giving her cereals, very rarely bottled cereals/fruits/veggies when we go out in the weekends. I give her egg(though we r vegetarians) and cheese apart from her regular food.

I feed her whatever we eat, make it little less spicy by adding water or ghee or milk. She enjoys spices more than sweets. poonam replied. hi,

my baby stopped the cereals long back...she also used to hate it...we are also vegetarians...i have discovered various meal options for her...ill give u an idea...

1. daliya....can be made sweet and with veggies too.....dryroast daliya or add a bit of ghee...add veggies and water and pressure cook for 4-5 wistles...u can add milk and little sugar and pressure cook too.

2. make little little peices of roti with a knife...very very small...add usual daal and bit of subzi that u make for urself...shudn't be too dry..

3. grate carrots and pressure cook with rice...add very little salt..when ready....put a bit of zeera in ghee and do the tadka...u can also add a pinch of dhaniya powder and garam masala to it....no harm...add diff veggies time to time

4. khichdi with rice and various daals...like masoor daal (the red one) moong daal (small yellow one) toor daal (flat big yellow) etc...u can do the usual tadka in it...or also make tomado tadka and mix...

5. when u make rice for everyone...give it to ur baby too...with daal and subzi...just mash it a bit...dont blend anymore coz they r past that age of fine food...

6. dry roast sooji (bit of ghee can be added) when brown and smells nice add milk and sugar...u can also dry roat sooji and keep in air tight box for later use...then it wud take 2 mins to make it.


the idea is that ur baby shud like the kind of food u eat urself...so let them get used to it...they will get all the nutrition from this food...just like we do...and milk will take care of the reat...

i hope this info helps u.

love
poonam