We are starting to give our 11 month old daughter table food, my question is, what should we give her? What are things you gave your children at that age; and what are some thing you didnt give them?

I went to WalMart and bought a mini food processer. It was under $10..

I fed him the same stuff that I cooked for dinner, just chopped up.. I think it held a pint..

That way, when I put him in his high chair, and he begged for my food, I would give him a spoonful of mine, then a spoonful of his, and say, "See? It's the same-same!"

Tuna casserole, beef stew, lasagna, meatloaf, cabbage rolls, hamburger helper, chicken cordon bleu, venison steak.. It was the "same-same" to him, just chopped up...

I gave him everything that I had.. except shellfish and peanut butter.. He still says, "same-same", and he's seven...

Thats cute!

The only thing I haven't given my children until they were 2 (like the doctor said) was honey because of the spores that can be in it. I wasn't as picky with the other allergist worry foods (like strawberries and peanut butter) .

I just gave my children what we ate as long as it was soft enough for them to chew and a size that they wouldn't choke on. They both didn't have many teeth at 11 months and I was much more paranoid with Madison than Hayden. Hayden just gobbles down anything and doesn't gag often.

Sabreena is 8 1/2 months old, and eats a lot of soft foods that we eat.....

He got everything we got at 11 months except shellfish and peanut butter and eggs. I didnt start eggs until 18 months (per our ped) and peanut butter not til 2 (per our ped) He also didnt get raw veggies. He did have a mouthful of teeth at 11 months so he would get almost everything we did just small. He is such a picky eater tho he usually just played with it (still does :lol )

Usually just whatever we were eating. Mac & cheese, applesauce, mashed potatoes, green beans, etc.

Usually just whatever we were eating. Mac & cheese, applesauce, mashed potatoes, green beans, etc.

Same here!!

Thanks ladies, we are worried because she still has no teeth!

i bought one of those little food processer's and would grind up mac & cheese, fruit, spaghetti, green beans, carrots, anything i could think of that wouldn't hurt her. I also would give her mashed potatoes, which she loved, fried potatoes, dumplings, just anything that was soft.

cheerios is a good thing, they have gerber graduate mini dinners, you can always just go and look at what they serve then buy your own:)

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Yea Ive looked at the little graduate meals but Im paranoid because she still has no teeth!! I guess I should just give her certian things and see how she does with it with no teeth?

Yea Ive looked at the little graduate meals but Im paranoid because she still has no teeth!! I guess I should just give her certian things and see how she does with it with no teeth?

yep. Those gums are stronger then you think :)

yep. Those gums are stronger then you think :)

lol thats what Ive been told, I guess I need to stop being a baby and suck it up!! Shes a big girl now!! :sadeyes

Don't be worried or paranoid!!! Ethan only got his first tooth at 10.5 months. And now at 15 months, he has 6. :( He eats everything under the sun. His 1 tooth didn't prevent him from chewing. Before his first tooth came in, I put my finger in his mouth to see if I could feel anything and he chomped down so hard that my finger was bruised for several days. :( Their jaws/gums are strong and very well can mash things up!!!


Anywho...at 11 months we fed Ethan:
mashed potatoes, sweet mashed potatoes, potato casserole, Homemade and Kraft mac n cheese(he started eating a whole pkg of easy mac then), fruity Cheerios, semi-mushy mini-wheats in milk, eggs, peanut butter, pizza, grilled cheese, plain bread/rolls(he really likes/liked the King's Hawaiian dinner rolls), packaged fruity oatmeal, pickles, The Gerber Graduates mini-fruits and mini-veggies are AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ethan never liked the Gerber Graduates meals. :(
Fig Newtons or mini-newtons.

Thanks Im glad that her having no teeth wont stop her!

lol thats what Ive been told, I guess I need to stop being a baby and suck it up!! Shes a big girl now!! :sadeyes

I was paranoid too and my son had teeth. But please dont fall into the same mistake I did. I waited too long to give him table foods and he became the WORLDS pickiest eater, refusing almost everything but oatmeal and crackers and would only live on that. He rejected his baby food and everything. I even had to make an appt with a speech therapist to make sure there was nothing wrong with him because he didnt eat. And he was fine.

mashed potatoes
french fries
peas
green beans
mooshed carrots
hamburger meat
etc etc those are all great. Just use your judgement and keep a close eye on her

I was paranoid too and my son had teeth. But please dont fall into the same mistake I did. I waited too long to give him table foods and he became the WORLDS pickiest eater, refusing almost everything but oatmeal and crackers and would only live on that. He rejected his baby food and everything. I even had to make an appt with a speech therapist to make sure there was nothing wrong with him because he didnt eat. And he was fine.

mashed potatoes
french fries
peas
green beans
mooshed carrots
hamburger meat
etc etc those are all great. Just use your judgement and keep a close eye on her
I forgot to add french fries and seasoned curly fries to my list as well!!! :thumbsup

I forgot to add french fries and seasoned curly fries to my list as well!!! :thumbsup

And if french fries are something you dont like you can make sweet potatoe fries. :D

And if french fries are something you dont like you can make sweet potatoe fries. :D

Oh yeah!!! Those are yummy too!!!! A local eatery makes those but they're shoestring ones. I think I'll pick-up some sweet potatoes to make some today..hehe!

My dd gave up on baby food by the time she was 9 months old...refused to eat it!! We started table food then...she ate pretty much all that we ate except for eggs, peanut butter, strawberries and honey. Her chicken we pretty much shredded and if we made hamburgers then I mashed that up.....she was gumming those little gerber snacks(star shaped ones) by the time she was 5 months old...those things are awesome because the kinda dissolve intheir saliva to so it's easy for them to eat

I was paranoid too and my son had teeth. But please dont fall into the same mistake I did. I waited too long to give him table foods and he became the WORLDS pickiest eater, refusing almost everything but oatmeal and crackers and would only live on that. He rejected his baby food and everything. I even had to make an appt with a speech therapist to make sure there was nothing wrong with him because he didnt eat. And he was fine.

mashed potatoes
french fries
peas
green beans
mooshed carrots
hamburger meat
etc etc those are all great. Just use your judgement and keep a close eye on her

She eats baby food fine, and we have given her little bits of things here and there and shes liked everything we have given her! So I dont think that will be a problem, but we havnt given her much so we will see!!

Thanks for all the imput!

Crystal do you want to borrow my food chopper? I used it alot to chop up alot of Aarons food...even chicken works great in it...let me know