Guest guest Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yesterday, someone said they feed their toddler hummus on raw asparagus. That got me thinking. I have given Abby cherry tomatoes and avocados, as far as raw veggies go. But I've been afraid to try the firmer ones like carrots, thinking she'll choke. She has quite a few teeth in (she's 18 months old), but not all of them. I guess I'm being overprotective, huh? And what about salad? Are the lettuce leaves too difficult to deal with? Could they get soggy and stick in her throat? I simply can't remember when I started giving the older kids things like this. I don't want to just keep doing smoothies to try and get some good greens into her. I want her to eat the same things everyone else at the table is eating, and we eat salad at almost every dinner. Plus I offer the older kids a raw veggie platter almost every day. Should I try the firmer raw veggies, or salad? Marilyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Maybe you could lightly steam the carrots or other raw veggies. I think my son was eating raw carrots by that age. We would give him a whole one and he would nibble at it. But, try the steaming if you are worried. As far as lettuce goes, just cut them into smaller pieces. If it gets stuck to the roof of her mouth, have her drink something to help it go down!! Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 I was the one who posted about the asparagus and hummus. To clarify, he used the asparagus as a dipping tool only and then gnawed on it until it was very shredded. I was so paranoid the entire time he was doing this that he would get a chunk of asparagus and it would cause him to choke. The only raw veggies he gets right now are avocado and cut up tiny bits of plum tomatoes. He doesn't chew very well so I need soggy food. I gave him a carrot one time and an apple slice. With both, he bit off a huge chunk, then looked at me as if to say " What do I do with this now? " Then he lets it just fall out of his mouth. I do feed him steamed broccoli - cut up so tiny that it is like he eats one individual flower at a time. steamed carrots cut into coins, then into quarters, steamed potatoes (white and sweet) cut into tiny pieces and some other soft veggies that get soft when steamed for short amounts of time, but he can still feed to himself. I refuse to start the traditional finger food of refined sugar, cor syrup sweetened cereal. He loves hummus so I thought why not try a garbanzo bean, but he doesn't like the skin so he won't eat those yet. I was eating salad the other night and decided to give him a little tear of a piece of lettuce. He seemed to chew on it for a little bit, then I could tell it must of got caught on the way down because he was gagging (sounds like he has a hairball LOL:) ) I would love for him to eat more raw veggies, but at this point I am too afraid he will choke on something. He is just 13 months now, and prefers his pureed baby food to anything else so I don't know when I'll stop worrying about choking and let him eat anything. At least with the purees, I can sneak in some tahini, flax oil, or hemp nuts to get some good fats in him. Once he moves to raw veggies, I'll have to still sneak in the purees as dips ~Susan On Apr 17, 2008, at 7:57 AM, sahmomof8 wrote: > Yesterday, someone said they feed their toddler hummus on raw > asparagus. That got me thinking. I have given Abby cherry tomatoes and > avocados, as far as raw veggies go. But I've been afraid to try the > firmer ones like carrots, thinking she'll choke. She has quite a few > teeth in (she's 18 months old), but not all of them. I guess I'm being > overprotective, huh? > > And what about salad? Are the lettuce leaves too difficult to deal > with? Could they get soggy and stick in her throat? I simply can't > remember when I started giving the older kids things like this. I > don't > want to just keep doing smoothies to try and get some good greens into > her. I want her to eat the same things everyone else at the table is > eating, and we eat salad at almost every dinner. Plus I offer the > older > kids a raw veggie platter almost every day. > > Should I try the firmer raw veggies, or salad? > > Marilyn > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Zucchini would be good at this age (and yummy dipped in hommous). Susan Williams <virgo.vegan wrote: I was the one who posted about the asparagus and hummus. To clarify, he used the asparagus as a dipping tool only and then gnawed on it until it was very shredded. I was so paranoid the entire time he was doing this that he would get a chunk of asparagus and it would cause him to choke. The only raw veggies he gets right now are avocado and cut up tiny bits of plum tomatoes. He doesn't chew very well so I need soggy food. I gave him a carrot one time and an apple slice. With both, he bit off a huge chunk, then looked at me as if to say " What do I do with this now? " Then he lets it just fall out of his mouth. I do feed him steamed broccoli - cut up so tiny that it is like he eats one individual flower at a time. steamed carrots cut into coins, then into quarters, steamed potatoes (white and sweet) cut into tiny pieces and some other soft veggies that get soft when steamed for short amounts of time, but he can still feed to himself. I refuse to start the traditional finger food of refined sugar, cor syrup sweetened cereal. He loves hummus so I thought why not try a garbanzo bean, but he doesn't like the skin so he won't eat those yet. I was eating salad the other night and decided to give him a little tear of a piece of lettuce. He seemed to chew on it for a little bit, then I could tell it must of got caught on the way down because he was gagging (sounds like he has a hairball LOL:) ) I would love for him to eat more raw veggies, but at this point I am too afraid he will choke on something. He is just 13 months now, and prefers his pureed baby food to anything else so I don't know when I'll stop worrying about choking and let him eat anything. At least with the purees, I can sneak in some tahini, flax oil, or hemp nuts to get some good fats in him. Once he moves to raw veggies, I'll have to still sneak in the purees as dips ~Susan On Apr 17, 2008, at 7:57 AM, sahmomof8 wrote: > Yesterday, someone said they feed their toddler hummus on raw > asparagus. That got me thinking. I have given Abby cherry tomatoes and > avocados, as far as raw veggies go. But I've been afraid to try the > firmer ones like carrots, thinking she'll choke. She has quite a few > teeth in (she's 18 months old), but not all of them. I guess I'm being > overprotective, huh? > > And what about salad? Are the lettuce leaves too difficult to deal > with? Could they get soggy and stick in her throat? I simply can't > remember when I started giving the older kids things like this. I > don't > want to just keep doing smoothies to try and get some good greens into > her. I want her to eat the same things everyone else at the table is > eating, and we eat salad at almost every dinner. Plus I offer the > older > kids a raw veggie platter almost every day. > > Should I try the firmer raw veggies, or salad? > > Marilyn > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 I think by 1 my son wanted crunchy foods (he wouldn't let us feed him from about 10mo's on, so we had to make finger sandwiches and such for him that he could hold and chew - he was ready for it, so it was easier for us. we'd cut carrots into match sticks (they also sell them pre-cut this way) they're small enough they won't choke on them, but still have the crunch that they might be excited about, too. My son dislikes carrots that are cooked, and prefers them raw, and varies between the whole root and baby carrots (we get the baby ones because they're easier to grab and go when we're running late). He will eat them in the veggie soups I make, though, he just doesn't like a scoop of steamed carrots on his plate (we had a medley of different veggies and he left the carrots because 'they were slimey' LOL. I don't particularly care for cooked carrots, but I don't think they're slimey. Hee). I'm trying to remember what else, he's only just now getting to like celery raw (he loved it cooked in soups though) We'd also cut cherry tomatoes in half (or 1/4 them if they large), but he eventually was find to handle them, I think cukes, cut into half moons or quarters, you can even go as thin as you want with them, since they're good that way, too. Garbanzos and other beans - perfect finger foods. He only just now has started to like green beans this year which grew out of his love of yellow wax beans (I don't know why, but that's what it was). I'm not sure what changed, but that's what he likes steamed broccoli trees and cauliflower (I don't over steam, just enough to keep a little crunch, but not be too soft - I think with broccoli it's like when it just turns bright bright green). were also good at/around 1 or so (I think till he was closer to 2 -and he tried them raw and loved them) I'm trying to think what else he liked - raw peas and corn - frozen peas were a hit for a long time (especially with teeth coming in) He got to where he didn't like corn for a while, but liked it on the cob, so that could be something fun to try (I know he ate it on the cob around a year old, it's soft and easy enough to bite into and chew). Oh, and we never put anything (maybe a little olive oil on his veggies but he prefers them completely plain, which I think will serve him well - but we do have trouble getting good fats into him, and I tend to cook low-fat in general, so it's tricky but not something I really tend to worry about) For general suggestions, I'd look into the Super Baby Food Book by Ruth Yaron - it's where we got a lot of ideas from (there is even a guide for 'toddler hors d'oveurs' and othe snack and meal recipes -we use some of them for all of us - in particular the skillet hodgepodge - it's like the hamburger helper stuff, but much tastier, and easily modifiable and is still one of my husband's favorite meals LOL) HTH, Missie On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 4:30 AM, robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: > Zucchini would be good at this age (and yummy dipped in hommous). > > Susan Williams <virgo.vegan <virgo.vegan%40gmail.com>> wrote: I > was the one who posted about the asparagus and hummus. To clarify, > he used the asparagus as a dipping tool only and then gnawed on it > until it was very shredded. I was so paranoid the entire time he was > doing this that he would get a chunk of asparagus and it would cause > him to choke. The only raw veggies he gets right now are avocado and > cut up tiny bits of plum tomatoes. He doesn't chew very well so I > need soggy food. I gave him a carrot one time and an apple slice. > With both, he bit off a huge chunk, then looked at me as if to say > " What do I do with this now? " Then he lets it just fall out of his > mouth. > > I do feed him steamed broccoli - cut up so tiny that it is like he > eats one individual flower at a time. steamed carrots cut into coins, > then into quarters, steamed potatoes (white and sweet) cut into tiny > pieces and some other soft veggies that get soft when steamed for > short amounts of time, but he can still feed to himself. I refuse to > start the traditional finger food of refined sugar, cor syrup > sweetened cereal. He loves hummus so I thought why not try a > garbanzo bean, but he doesn't like the skin so he won't eat those > yet. I was eating salad the other night and decided to give him a > little tear of a piece of lettuce. He seemed to chew on it for a > little bit, then I could tell it must of got caught on the way down > because he was gagging (sounds like he has a hairball LOL:) ) I > would love for him to eat more raw veggies, but at this point I am > too afraid he will choke on something. He is just 13 months now, and > prefers his pureed baby food to anything else so I don't know when > I'll stop worrying about choking and let him eat anything. At least > with the purees, I can sneak in some tahini, flax oil, or hemp nuts > to get some good fats in him. Once he moves to raw veggies, I'll > have to still sneak in the purees as dips > > ~Susan > > On Apr 17, 2008, at 7:57 AM, sahmomof8 wrote: > > > Yesterday, someone said they feed their toddler hummus on raw > > asparagus. That got me thinking. I have given Abby cherry tomatoes and > > avocados, as far as raw veggies go. But I've been afraid to try the > > firmer ones like carrots, thinking she'll choke. She has quite a few > > teeth in (she's 18 months old), but not all of them. I guess I'm being > > overprotective, huh? > > > > And what about salad? Are the lettuce leaves too difficult to deal > > with? Could they get soggy and stick in her throat? I simply can't > > remember when I started giving the older kids things like this. I > > don't > > want to just keep doing smoothies to try and get some good greens into > > her. I want her to eat the same things everyone else at the table is > > eating, and we eat salad at almost every dinner. Plus I offer the > > older > > kids a raw veggie platter almost every day. > > > > Should I try the firmer raw veggies, or salad? > > > > Marilyn > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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