Foods We’ve Introduced
By skipping purees and heading right for finger foods, we’ve been able to expose Samuel to a lot of foods. Before he was 9 months old, he tried over 100 different items. While BLW isn’t for everyone, I can’t recommend this approach enough. Introducing babies to different textures rather than just purees is a fun and interesting way to begin solids. It gives the baby a chance to experiment and play with his or her food rather than just be spoon fed. Samuel has always been expected to feed himself although we do sometimes help him. This is a list of foods Samuel has tried:
Introduced prior to November 30, 2010 {5 months}
- pumpkin pancakes
- red pepper slices
- green pepper slices
- mashed potatoes
- cranberry sauce
- cabbage
- celery
Introduced prior to December 31, 2010 {6 months}
- carrots
- canned pumpkin
- gingerbread pancakes
- lettuce
- cucumber {seeds removed}
Introduced prior to January 31, 2011 {7 months}
- yellow bell pepper
- blueberry yogurt
- banana pancakes
- apple juice
- American cheese
- blueberry puffs
- grilled cheese
- tomato soup
- blueberry muffin
- Quaker Old-Fashioned Oats w/ cinnamon
- water
- Cheerios
- mango sorbet
- kabocha pumpkin
- pizza crust
- water with lemon in a sippy cup
- lime sorbet
Introduced prior to February 28, 2011 {8 months}
- dinner roll
- seafood risotto
- brown rice
- whole wheat toast
- peach yogurt
- 1/4 molasses cookie
- banana yogurt
- roasted carrot soup
- apple & white grape juice
- whole peas
- rice with vegetables
- mashed sweet potatoes
- soft pretzel {just a small piece}
- whole wheat bagel
- apple slices
- pizza crust
- Yoplait strawberry cheesecake yogurt
- blueberries
- strawberries
- bananas
- mango puffs
- banana muffin
- black olives
- feta cheese
- mozzarella cheese
- lettuce
- field greens
- celery
- mandarin oranges
- broccoli
- applesauce
- ham
- baked chicken breast
- guacamole
Introduced prior to March 29, 2011 {9 months}
- Greek yogurt
- sunflower seed bread
- butter {on toast}
- red grapes
- french toast
- orange
- honey wheat bread
- baked sweet potato
- snap peas
- yellow squash
- plain bagel with cream cheese
- vanilla custard
- chicken salad sandwich
- mushrooms
- tomato
- potato salad
- roast beef
- rigatoni
- pimento stuffed olives
- banana pudding with whipped cream
- biscuit
- BBQ pork
- portobello mushroom
- fried green tomatoes
- smoked gouda cheese
- green beans
- BBQ chicken breast
- baked potato
- coffeecake
- tilapia
- cole slaw
- frozen yogurt
- hot dog roll
- brown rice with soy sauce
- corn
- scrambled eggs {whites & yolk}
- toast with butter & cinnamon sugar
- warm tortilla with cheese
- sweet potato fries
- frozen orange juice
- Motts for Tots Berry Juice
- cheese omelet
- Earth’s Best Sesame Street vanilla crackers
- wheat bread with strawberry jam
- broccoli
- MumMums rice crackers
- salmon
- cantaloupe
- pineapple
- honeydew melon
- cooked spinach
- pineapple jelly on bread
- Happy Baby Yogurt Bites
- Happy Baby Banana Puffs
- oranges
- vanilla cupcake
- strawberry frosting {just a tiny bit}
- saltines
- warm corn tortillas with tomatoes
- cheddar cheese
- provolone cheese
- chicken breast lunch meat
- pretzel goldfish
- animal crackers
Introduced prior to April 29, 2011 {10 months}
- diced peaches
- peach salsa
- Dannon Dan-O-Nino Peach Yogurt
- grapefruit
- cherry tomatoes
- chocolate chip cookie
- roast beef
- Motts for Tots Grape Juice
- lettuce with Newman’s Own Light Raspberry Walnut Dressing
- whole wheat pancakes
- freeze dried strawberries
- freeze dried bananas
- whole wheat bread with orange marmalade
- pork with tomatoes
- yellowtail sushi roll
- tomatoes with ginger dressing
- Dannon Din-O-Nino Strawberry Banana Yogurt
- Cake Batter Frozen Yogurt
- peanut butter
- spinach with raspberry dressing
- ham & cheese wrap
- dried apples
- peanut butter & jelly sandwich
- tuna steak
- tuna casserole
- macaroni & cheese
- hummus
- cheese quesadilla
- apple banana muffins
- granola
- Fuze strawberry juice
- almond slivers
- french toast
- lima beans
- lemons
- limes
- orange juice
- Apple & Eve berry juice
- cole slaw
- pasta primavera
- ham
- thyme biscuit
- cucumber
- carrot cake
- artichoke
- egg salad
- pita chips
- graham cracker
- hard boiled egg
- peanuts
Introduced prior to May 29, 2011 {11 months}
- kiwi
- french vanilla bread
- radishes
- salad with Newman’s Own Raspberry Walnut dressing
- shortbread
- cheese pizza
- ciabalta bread with mozzarella cheese
- aged emmenthaler
- edamame
- Happy Baby Kale, Broccoli, and Cheddar Cheese snacks
- chocolate Goldfish
- vanilla cupcake Goldfish
- zucchini
- graham crackers
Introduced prior to June 29, 2011 {1 year}
- parmesan truffle fries
- wilted spinach and bacon
- canneli beans
- Smart Dogs veggie links
- frosted flakes
- Publix No Sugar Added cranberry raspberry yogurt
- cucumbers
- whole milk
- chicken tacos
- red lettuce
- arugala
- haddock
- Happy Baby blueberry, beet, and banana smoothie
- toast with apple butter
- Happy Baby green beans, pear, and peas smoothies
- lunchables pizza
- ham and cheese on wheat bread
- Happy Baby sweet potato, carrot, apple, and cinnamon smoothie
- orange juice
- golden raisins
- lettuce with Russian dressing
- sugar free raspberry preserves
- lobster
- scallops
- shrimp
- steak
- cheddar Chex mix
- Little Puffs peach mango puffs
- blueberries
- wheat thins
- crystal light sugar free lemonade
- teriyaki turkey
- wax beans
- cinnamon roll
- chocolate toaster tarts
- chicken and vegetable lo mein
- 12 grain bread
- waffles
- vanilla ice cream
- funnel cake
- rhubarb
- grilled turkey breast
- whole wheat pasta with vegetable sauce
- blueberry muffin
- brie and crackers
- mini pizza bagel
- tofu
- chicken fingers
- waffle fries
- peanut butter crunchy granola bars
- lemon sorbet
- blackberries
- raspberries
- lemon cake
- Newman’s Own honey flax flakes
- whole milk
- hamburger
- fresh peach
- Smuckers Simply Fruit Seedless Red Raspberry
- Plum Organics beet and strawberry puffs
- Jolly Rancher bomb ice pop
- Plum Organics blueberry and purple sweet potato puffs
- banana bread
- vegetable and pasta casserole
{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
I love that you kept a list. I wish I had done that, darn.
What did Samuel think of black olives? We tried them with Jack a few months ago and he clearly did not like them. They strike me as being a pretty mature taste.
Greek yogurt has become one of our go-to staples for breakfast in a hurry because it is so versatile. This morning Jack had Greek yogurt flavored with some pear juice and a little granola. He loved it.
Jenn, Samuel LOVES all kinds of olives. He puts them on his fingers. Like father like son.
We are following the same way of introducing foods to Kenny III and he loves it as well. He has only had about 35 different foods but he is only 7 months so it looks like I need to get on the ball and get him some more foods on his palate! I love this way of babies getting to know foods, even if both of my mothers ( in law and mom) are strongly opposed to the idea! Samuel looks wonderful!!
I did homemade purees with my daughter, which worked great at first, but once it became time to stop eating mushy food, she became a super picky eater. She went from eating lamb to eating nothing. We’re finally working her palate back up, but we’re thinking of trying BLW with number two. Any recommendations on good books for this? I’m a nervous nelly about choking and such, so any advice would be highly appreciated.
Beth, I highly recommend the book Baby-Led Weaning. I used that thing almost daily those first few months. It is an amazing book with tons of information about foods, statistics about choking, etc.
I was really worried about choking too, but Samuel is not a gagger. We never had any issues even when he shoved a whole cookie in his mouth once. The kid can swallow anything.
My pediatrician was less than thrilled with our decision to skip purees so you may want to prepare yourself for some medical pushback depending on your doctor. Once he saw Samuel was eating anything and everything {I take this list with me to each appointment} he began to at least pretend to be supportive.
If you ever have any questions let me know!!
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