When did you start giving table foods to your baby?

[Shleedogg]

My DD refused baby food so we went to table food around 8 mos, right around the time of our 2nd Dis trip. DD was eating everything we ate (except pb, chocolate and cows milk) and still nursing between meals. It made the trip a lot easier to have her eating the same thing as us. Have fun!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I wouldn't.

I brought a baby food grinder and gave my babies foods they already had at home. You should be able to find bananas. If they were in the window to try something new, I'm adventourous enough to allow that.

But you may wish to hit a grocery store to pick up a couple of things and bring those along. That is pretty much what I did. We used organic jarred foods as back up, but I usually tried to avoid that if I can.

You might be able to get someone to help you steam a pear or apple--I know at the all star food courts, they have a microwave--so a sliced pear in a bowl with a little water and a bowl on top would make a good makeshift steamer.

I made all of my kids baby food--so that is what we found effective.

Mine were still nursing and learning to eat at 8 months, so I really didn't care about food access until they were about 11-12 months old.

About a year is when they had meal replacements in the form of mashed or soft table food in lieu of a nursing session.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Another point--the prepared foods at Disney are not necessarily plain and food introduction typically is.

So you wouldn't want a "buttery green bean" for example and give that to your baby.

As for yogurt, you need to give babies whole milk yogurt if you opt for it (no lowfat dairy until age 2) and Disney doesn't sell this. And from what I have found in my yogurt searches, they are all mixed with fruit and contain sugar or aspartame. So I wouldn't give your baby "disney yogurt" at this age.

 

[kevschickee]

Another point--the prepared foods at Disney are not necessarily plain and food introduction typically is.

So you wouldn't want a "buttery green bean" for example and give that to your baby.

As for yogurt, you need to give babies whole milk yogurt if you opt for it (no lowfat dairy until age 2) and Disney doesn't sell this. And from what I have found in my yogurt searches, they are all mixed with fruit and contain sugar or aspartame. So I wouldn't give your baby "disney yogurt" at this age.

If you read a lot of baby food cookbooks the food isn't plain. They encourage new flavors for babies it can help the child with not being a picky eater and with the whole milk issue not all pedis encourage whole milk. You can go directly to 2% so a week of disney yogurt won't hurt.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

If you read a lot of baby food cookbooks the food isn't plain. They encourage new flavors for babies it can help the child with not being a picky eater and with the whole milk issue not all pedis encourage whole milk. You can go directly to 2% so a week of disney yogurt won't hurt.

I do actually. Several.

An 8 month old who has tried all of 2 foods in her life is not likely ready to try multi-ingredient foods and I simply was suggesting the OP be careful for those type of things.

A week of disney yogurt is another multi-ingredient problem with artificial additives.

My last child was born in 2007 and it looks like APA changed their whole milk stance in 2008. I hadn't realized. I still wouldn't recommend teh yogurt for the reason I mentioned above.

It wasn't meant to turn into a baby food debate.

 

[kevschickee]

Oh I am not debating anything. I know that the regs had changed and I made my babies food and never skimped on seasonings or not added certain things. I also didn't buy special yogurt for them.

 

[jack'smom]

You might be able to get someone to help you steam a pear or apple--I know at the all star food courts, they have a microwave--so a sliced pear in a bowl with a little water and a bowl on top would make a good makeshift steamer.


Thanks for this idea. I will be going with a 10 month old, so it's not vitally important that he gets table food while we go, but I don't want him to have none for 9 days. This is a great idea! What kind of bowls did you use?

I too make all of my son's food and don't do the jarred stuff. Plus he doesn't like anything mushed up, so small soft pieces is all we do.

 

[hoosiergirl7]

As a parent with children with food allergies (DD outgrew hers, DS has outgrown a couple, but had anaphylaxis twice), I would really urge you to not introduce any new foods on vacation.

I have to agree with this poster. Maybe I'm a little bit of an overly cautious mom but I stuck to the guidelines and DID NOT give my children any solid food until after their 1st birthday. It was all rice cereal and jarred foods. Neither of my kids have food allergies and I think this has a lot to do with it.

This comment might make people angry but I think there are too many parents that feel that they can feed their children whatever they want and then don't understand why their kids develop food allergies. I was watching a video on a blog months ago where some woman was giving her 6 month old child eggs. I was mortified.

If something should happen to your child on vacation and you have to make a trip to the ER, that would make for a very crummy trip. If you really want to give your child something, talk to your pediatrician and see what they say.

 

[MommyBryn]

This comment might make people angry but I think there are too many parents that feel that they can feed their children whatever they want and then don't understand why their kids develop food allergies.

No flames here. I tend to agree. I do believe that parents can see what's best for their children, in most cases, but a clear knowledge of infant digestion doesn't seem to be as common as it should. I wish more doctors weren't so stuck on "AAP recommendations" and would really focus on teaching parents to really understand gut development. It's SO critical. And pretty much EVERYTHING up until they start solids has an effect- the pregnancy, the birth (medicated, unmedicated, ******l or c/s), whether they're FF or BF, etc.

We delay solids as well. My girls have "started" them around 8ish months, when they could handle table foods (no baby foods or purees here), but we don't feed them actual meals until starting after 12ish months (DD1 wasn't really until 18 months) and even then nursing is always the most important. Breastmilk can't be beat!

 

[MommyBryn]

LOL...oops, I got censored!!

 

[kevschickee]

I have to agree with this poster. Maybe I'm a little bit of an overly cautious mom but I stuck to the guidelines and DID NOT give my children any solid food until after their 1st birthday. It was all rice cereal and jarred foods. Neither of my kids have food allergies and I think this has a lot to do with it.

This comment might make people angry but I think there are too many parents that feel that they can feed their children whatever they want and then don't understand why their kids develop food allergies. I was watching a video on a blog months ago where some woman was giving her 6 month old child eggs. I was mortified.

If something should happen to your child on vacation and you have to make a trip to the ER, that would make for a very crummy trip. If you really want to give your child something, talk to your pediatrician and see what they say.

I believe there are so many allergies now a days because we are too careful. I have never heard of anyone waiting until 1 year to start solids. Also it is known if you wait too long to introduce solids it can cause food and texture aversions. Why if there is no history of family allergies should people hold off solids? I went to school for child development so I am in the "know" about how babies develop so this is not an uneducated response.

 

[arcticdisneylovers]

I'd really get started before you go in order in minimize food issues like allergies or food refusal. My daughter ate from the table starting at around 6 months but we started gradual with soft foods (well cooked veggies, soft fruits, pasta) and worked from there. She wasn't a big fan of meat so we took that slow and she never developed any allergies. We didn't really use baby food. DD5 is still a great eater who basically eats whatever is served. I would just feed her from your plate but bring some of her portable favorites incase you need to top her up to make sure she gets enough to make well balanced meals.

 

[mjkacmom]

I believe there are so many allergies now a days because we are too careful. I have never heard of anyone waiting until 1 year to start solids. Also it is known if you wait too long to introduce solids it can cause food and texture aversions. Why if there is no history of family allergies should people hold off solids? I went to school for child development so I am in the "know" about how babies develop so this is not an uneducated response.

I agree with everything here, especially the allergy part. It seems like the longer we hold off, the more allergies there are. My pediatrician gave me the go-ahead for table food starting at 6 months.