What to feed a 9 month old baby with milk and soy allergy?
Baby Lily skipped pureed foods. Apparently, she has an aversion to the texture. So until the last week and a half, she was strictly nursing. She has 7 teeth now (5 came in within a month and a half) so I'm finding ways to feed her what she needs with a little texture to it.
Here are some foods she's eating:
- Rice noodles. They look just like regular noodles but are made with rice. Be careful they are "al dente" as they can easily overcook and get really mushy. If you either puree some cooked butternut squash or buy it canned (100% butternut squash--Eden foods does not use polycarbonate in their cans, it's the safest bet) you can mix it and a little rice milk in the noodles for veggies and texture.
- Bob's Red Mill has a gluten free pancake mix that is also wheat, dairy and soy free. If you prepare them as usual, but instead of adding milk or even almond milk, add pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix, just 100% pumpkin). Instead of adding the whole egg, just add the egg yolk (whites are allergens). Don't use vegetable oil (generally veggie oil has soybean oil in it--though my dd has a soy allergy, but not to soy oil). This is a good finger food cut up for my dd.Boil some eggs. cut up just the yolk and give it (whites are allergens).
I'm giving her organic freeze dried fruit (except for berries) I give pears and apples and she loves them. - Real mashed potatoes with overcooked chopped up broccoli and a little rice or almond milk.
- Smoothies: A friend of mine with the same issues with her first daughter suggested these and even my 2, 4, and 6 year olds LOVE it: Take one ripe avocado and put it in a blender with a couple bananas and some of the Mega Green Juice (just watch the ingredients for any allergens, usually they don't have them but just in case). Add a little ice and blend! We buy the First Years sippy cups with straws (the straws are wider--another tip from a friend) and my 9 month old drinks from it. Sometimes I have to "start it" so the liquid is further in the straw before giving to her. This one is full of healthy fats and vitamins!
- Overcooked veggies, diced
- Whole oats oatmeal--cook until soft enough to eat.
1 comments:
Those are great ideas! I have been having a hard time getting my son who nurses exclusively to eat any food. He eats maybe two or three bites and then he starts spitting everything out.
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