how do you feed your 1 year old-dope needs help

[kfillmore]

Food has been the hardest part of having a baby!! My Dh and I are horrible at eating. We eat good food not junk but are so unorganized. I don't like all the prep, cooking, washing ect! It is even more of a pain when trying not to have my 1 yr old crying if I am in kitchen. I can't wait until they invent a food pill.

SOOO, as far as DD we have gone really slow at intriducing becasue of food allergies. But now I want to give her more. She loves fruit and grains. Some how I have a picky veggie eater.She does seem to like strong flavored food. She will eat carrots and potatoes that were in chicken broth. I don't want her diet to be too grain focused. I just can't figure out what/how to feed more, now that I am going to try to consider her NOT exclusively breastfed. Today we couldn't leave the house because I was frozen about what to feed her becauase the cupboards are bare!

So, what and how do you feed your LO? We have never fed jars and mostly BLW but I do smoosh some food when home. HOW do you eat out too??? We try to give her organic food and only meat from Whole Foods. When we are out and about I usually bring some steamed fruit or sweetpotato. I would LOVE any meal planning advice too.

IF you made it thru this Post and are going to reply thanks!! Now I have to go feed baby cold 2 day old brown rice...

[pacificbliss]

I think it was a little easier for us since DS had no allergies but at one he was eating a lot of what we ate. I would just smush his up a little more or cook it a little longer. I also tended to spend Sunday afternoon doing some meal planning. You can cook noodles and put them in small containers in the fridge. Also, at one DS would be fine with combinations you normally would not cook for yourself like noodles with smooshed steamed carrots instead of tomato sauce or even in addition to tomate sauce. You can also cook carrots, seeet, potatoes, etc and freeze them in small bits so you only have to thaw and warm the food. If you feed her dairy you can do throw small portions of yogurt or cottage cheese together quickly. It helps to have a little lunch cooler and a cold pack so you can just throw stuff in there and go without having to worry so much about food safety. It got to be a fun routine of ours, we'd go to the farmer's market on Saturday before naptime and during a Sunday nap we would do some food prep.

[butterfly_mommy]

I do up hard boiled eggs and leave them shelled in the fridge a great thing to grab and pput in your lunch bag. DS also loves red pepper,cucumber, tomato and onion slices. baby carrots, hummus and crackers, bananas are also great to always have on hand.

As long as I have bananas and eggs in the house I know I have something easy and portable for DS to eat.

Oh and scrambled eggs with veggies cut up into them keep really well in a thermas container.

[ncavillones]

We do BLW as well. I recommend doing a bit of meal planning at the beginning of every week, and do the grocery shopping the same day. Also, kiddos are not as averse to leftovers or repetition as we grown-ups are, so you can make a big batch of something easy (baked mac and cheese, baked ziti, whatever) and dole it out over the week.
Also, just keep lots of snacks and fruit on hand, like the other commenters said. I second the recommendation for hummus! Trader Joe's, if you have one in your area, is great for this. My daughter really likes the carrot-apple crushers. Keep a supply of raisins, preztels, etc on hand.

As for real food, just keep it simple-- we eat pretty the same few things for breakfast every day. We alternate between scrambled eggs, oatmeal with frozen blueberries and granola with greek yogurt. I also make her smoothies sometimes, with whole milk or yogurt and frozen fruit.
Lunch is usually leftovers or if we eat out, I order something that I can share with her. For example, a cobb salad is great because my daughter loves the avocado, the bacon, the egg, the chicken.
For dinners, keep your pantry stocked with basics like beans, rice, pasta. I buy this stuff in bulk at Costco. Also, Trader Joes is a good place to stock up on frozen food like chicken nuggets, frozen shrimp, veggie burgers, pizza bagels, frozen peas and broccoli, etc. Since you don't like to cook, I would just buy high-quality, organic/natural convenience foods to have on hand. Also, if you are cooking dinner for you and your husband, just give your daughter whatever you are eating for dinner.
Hope that helps! Good luck.

[mckittre]

What do you eat? You say you eat well, so most of it is probably fine for the baby, and will require no further organization on your part. That's almost all we do, eating in or out. If we think he might need snacks, I might carry a few bits of dried fruit or cheese or a banana with me, but usually nursing will satisfy him until the next meal we're eating. Depending on what we're having, he might pick out the bits he likes best or he might eat the whole thing. Either is fine.