What's for dinner? 9 months
Friday, October 20, 2006
Lukas is nearly 10 months and still in the stage where broccoli and cauliflower are the biggest hits. Other favourites include rye bread, avocado, parsnip (nice and sweet), salmon, slices of homemade pork patties, cottage cheese, plums, nectarines, pears and banana. His appetite seems to have gone down during the last month, but his food preferences still remain the same, with a few added things, such as the meats.
If he seems uninterested in something I offer him, I tend to give him a little bit of something he likes (only a little, to "get him going") and after that he will accept foods that he was just throwing about earlier. Sometimes I think his dislikes have more to do with texture rather than the taste. He clearly thinks raw bell peppers are ace, but after the first taste he soon loses interest in them, because they're a bit too much work for his 6 front teeth. I still boil all the vegetables, but I try to make them al dente rather than total mush.
I often offer new foods as snacks first, because he seems to be more adventurous in a less formal feeding situation. I make a plate of snacks for him and leave it within his reach, or offer more messy stuff on my hand. New tastes seem to be easier to handle when he's a bit distracted, and when he he's gotten used to them I can introduce them as a part of his meal. This has so far worked with all the meats and cheeses he's ever had (although he still doesn't like cheese very much but I don't even offer very often) and rye bread.
The best new thing this month were definitely raspberries, but unfortunately after a few portions he got a little bit of rash on his face where the raspberry juice went. I suspected he might've had some oral allergy from it as well, and we had to leave them for the time being. He loved them though, but as you know, without added sugar raspberries often give your mouth this sour sting before the nice taste arrives, and we had lots of fun watching his expressions when he was stuffing his face with them. After every raspberry he made this face as if he was screaming from the top of his lungs, but made no sound. Soon, the nice taste would kick in and a wide smile would spread across his face.
If he seems uninterested in something I offer him, I tend to give him a little bit of something he likes (only a little, to "get him going") and after that he will accept foods that he was just throwing about earlier. Sometimes I think his dislikes have more to do with texture rather than the taste. He clearly thinks raw bell peppers are ace, but after the first taste he soon loses interest in them, because they're a bit too much work for his 6 front teeth. I still boil all the vegetables, but I try to make them al dente rather than total mush.
I often offer new foods as snacks first, because he seems to be more adventurous in a less formal feeding situation. I make a plate of snacks for him and leave it within his reach, or offer more messy stuff on my hand. New tastes seem to be easier to handle when he's a bit distracted, and when he he's gotten used to them I can introduce them as a part of his meal. This has so far worked with all the meats and cheeses he's ever had (although he still doesn't like cheese very much but I don't even offer very often) and rye bread.
The best new thing this month were definitely raspberries, but unfortunately after a few portions he got a little bit of rash on his face where the raspberry juice went. I suspected he might've had some oral allergy from it as well, and we had to leave them for the time being. He loved them though, but as you know, without added sugar raspberries often give your mouth this sour sting before the nice taste arrives, and we had lots of fun watching his expressions when he was stuffing his face with them. After every raspberry he made this face as if he was screaming from the top of his lungs, but made no sound. Soon, the nice taste would kick in and a wide smile would spread across his face.
