My Mom Wants To Give My 8 Month Old Twins Some Table Food, Like Cream Potatoes, Pudding And Apple Sauce Is It Ok To Give This To Them? Am I Being A Bit Too Paranoid And Just Let Her Give It To Them Every Once In A While?

All my daughter is getting is "table food". We don't buy or make special baby food, we just plan to keep some veggies or meat aside for her before we season them.

If the ingredients are things that you know she has had before, I say it's fine. I would be wary of dairy, or other allergen foods, and if have you a family history of allergies I might be even more careful yet. But I don't think little tastes of things are bad. In fact, many cultures don't often accommodate specifically to a baby, and in places like India and China babies are given spicy foods from infancy.

BUT, only do what you're comfortable with, and if you don't want her to have table foods, don't let your mother brow beat you.

I started giving DD table foods at 5 months old. By 8 months we were totally off the baby jar foods...only getting table foods...and DD didn't even get her first tooth until 10.5 months old. I would definitely try it...your baby might like it.

yea my ds hasn't had that much baby food. He's almost a year but I've mostly bought apple sauce and fed him pureed adult foods for the most part. I do buy a small amount of baby food to keep on hand in case we are eating something he absolutely can't eat.

At 9 months babies can try eating mostly everything we do except:

* Egg whites (until at least 1 year)
* Cows milk (until at least 1 year)
* foods linked to alergic reactions in your family
* heavy spices, salt, pepper etc
* Adult breakfast cereals (until at least 1 year) but you probably don't want to give a lot of them them to your child anyway because most of them contain CRAZY amounts of sugar.
* Grains and seeds (until at least 2 years)

This is according to the NZ ministry of Health guidelines, so may be different subject to where you live.

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Well, don't creamed potatoes and pudding have cow's milk in them? I would stay away from those since babies shouldn't have this until after a year old.

Well, don't creamed potatoes and pudding have cow's milk in them? I would stay away from those since babies shouldn't have this until after a year old.

I got the okay to go to whole milk at 9 months old...and we switched over without any problems. Many Ped's are saying 9 months is fine...just do what you feel most comfortable with & your Ped's reccommendations.

I used puddings and mashed potatoes (made with whole milk) starting at 7 months old as my first experiments with whole milk in her diet to see if she would react at all. Basically, to get her somewhat used to a little dairy now and then so her stomach wouldn't be shocked when I started the bottles. I felt better giving her little amounts of dairy slowly and watching for reactions before I got her off the breast.

Worked for us.

Well, don't creamed potatoes and pudding have cow's milk in them? I would stay away from those since babies shouldn't have this until after a year old.

Yes, they should be avoided until after the first year. It isn't so much about whether or not they will react when they eat it, but that repeated exposure increases the chances allergies later on. It has been shown in many studies that exposing infants to allergens, while at the time it may seem safe, actually sets up them to be allergic later on. Allergies and sensitivities (like being lactose intolerant, for example) can develop at any time. The recommendation is to wait with certain allergens until the immune system and digestive tract is more mature.

Peanut butter, honey, wheat, soy, milk, eggs, and certain berries will not be introduced in our house until well after the first year, some of them 2 years (like honey, for example).

For what it's worth, our pediatrician is on an AAP committee, and he says absolutely no whole milk before 12 months.

I wouldn't argue with a qualified paediatrician, but in the UK the advice I have received is that cow's milk is OK in moderation, eg in cereals or creamed potatoes, but their main drink should be breast milk or formula. I think formula milk is based on cow's milk, so that may also contain certain levels of lactulose.

Just a warning, though, my DD is just one year old and I have recently introduced whole milk as a drink in the daytime, which has resulted in VERY STINKY diapers!!!