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are getting considerably stagnant spherical proper right here. I not too way back acquired a comment asking for some ideas to feed a 14-month earlier toddler. I’m comfy to share a number of of our faves and as well as get a number of of your ideas! Whereas Miss P is a blast to eat with, and loves meals (she’ll “MMMM!!!” enthusiastically), we get caught within the equivalent points over proper right here. I’m excited to vary it up considerably bit!
Listed below are a number of of P’s 14-month faves:
Breakfast:
I’ll practically always give her a combo of fruit, a scrambled egg, and one factor gratifying like a Van’s waffle, banana-egg-oat pancakes, or oatmeal
She loves:
Any berries
Whole apples, peeled (she’ll take bites out of the apple)
Banana
Chopped melon
Toast with melted coconut or olive oil (the ped instructed to scale back out all dairy correct sooner than our Tucson switch)
A pouch (we use principally the Blissful Little one or Plum Organics producers. They’re an excellent distraction whereas I put together dinner one factor or chop fruit)
(The inexperienced pouches go throughout the middle and I usually provide these first. I’d prefer to make all of P’s purees, nevertheless I’m comfy that there are so many pure decisions.)
Lunch
I’ve gotten large boring on the lunch entrance. I’m having a tricky time on account of she’s dairy-free, and will’t have one thing large acidic (tomatoes are a noooooooo). She’ll practically always have some baked sweet potato or steamed squash, steamed peas or broccoli, fruit, a whole avocado, and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Since we found she loves peanut butter (and fortuitously isn’t allergic!) I’ll make her a half PB&J on whole-grain bread and he or she’ll crush the complete factor. If she doesn’t have a PB&J, I’ll give her:
an pure rooster and broccoli patty (from the frozen half at Objective)
soup (handmade rooster and veggie soup. I’ll make a batch practically every week given that women adore it)
Snacks:
Pouches
Additional berries or fruit
Ella’s Nibbly Fingers bars
(the Lollacup is THE BEST)
Dinner:
For dinner, we usually give her what we’re having if she’s awake! She usually goes to mattress earlier (spherical 6:30 or 7), so if we’re having a later dinner, I’ll feed P spherical 5:30
She’ll usually get one factor similar to lunch, and may usually have beans (black beans, pinto, kidney, garbanzo or white beans) as a result of the *protein* component
If she didn’t have an avocado collectively along with her lunch, I’ll add one in collectively along with her dinner
Points I really feel I can add into her routine:
Turkey lentil muffins
Do-it-yourself nibble bars (large low sugar)
Muffins! Liv used to love handmade muffins when she was a toddler
Chia pudding (she had a number of of mine as soon as we’ve got been at breakfast and cherished it)
Additional protein decisions, like pure burgers, meatballs, meat and pasta, and plenty of others.
Smoothies crammed with nutritional vitamins, like spinach, coconut oil, peanut butter, fruit, and plenty of others.
Points which may be freaking me out:
Almonds. As soon as we’ve got been suggested to ditch the dairy (which I’m going to tell you correct now: it broke my coronary coronary heart on account of I wasn’t capable of say goodbye to her bottle and snuggly time), we gave her some almond milk in her oatmeal. That day, she broke out in an AWFUL rash all through her once more and abdomen, nevertheless had no totally different indicators. The pediatrician talked about it was viral, and it acquired rather a lot worse the next day sooner than disappearing, nonetheless it freaked me out. I’m going to current it to her as soon as extra correct sooner than her pediatrician appointment subsequent week.
One other dairy-free non-acidic ideas you assume I should attempt? Mama associates: what’s your kiddo’s favorite meals? One thing express you actually appreciated when you have been a toddler? I used to go crazy for “egg in a spot” after I used to be a preschooler. Liv nonetheless requests these pancakes every morning.
xoxo