when moving up to stage 3 foods.....??

do you still give cereal?

for example i usually give cereal then the baby food which might be lets say apples and bananas.

or dinner cereal like barley then beef and vegetables.


but in some stage three foods there is already a starch/carb in the jar...iet apples cinnamon and oatmeal.

or dinner beef rice and vegetables.

can you tell me what you do?

tia! edited to add...he is 9 and a half months old and is high percentile weight so dont need to add extra calories to gain weight tia!

Message edited 2/16/2013 4:37:23 PM.

when moving up to stage 3 foods.....??

Nope I never gave cereal for meals other than breakfast.

when moving up to stage 3 foods.....??

We had asked a few different therapists/Dr's about stage 3 & they say it's a waste...just start doing table food

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Message edited 2/16/2013 6:48:32 PM.

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What kinds of table food are appropriate- my ped. told dh that 8 month old DS could start stage 3 but what can I give instead?

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I only gave cereal at that age to just finish up whatever I had in the house. I also never really did the stage 3 foods, just went right to table food.

I gave (I cut everything into pieces about the size of my pinky nail)

- scrambled egg (some peds say you can't at this age but mine never mentioned anything about eggs so both my kids had them at an early age
-french toast
-meatball
-sausage
-cheerios
-any soft fruits, banana, kiwi
- american cheese

thats all I can think of , I'm drawing a blank!

Message edited 2/16/2013 7:17:13 PM.

Re: when moving up to stage 3 foods.....??

Stage 3 isn't needed. It can confuse them and cause all sorts of issues. The texture of the bits and baby food can throw them off. Just give little bits of table food. Turkey, chicken, meatballs, steamed veggies.. Pea size is good.

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We skipped stage 3 and just moved to table foods.

Meatballs
Pancakes
Waffles
Quesadillas
Cheese
Spinach/ broccoli pancakes
Pizza
Small apple pieces or other types of fruit
Small pieces of chicken
Mac and cheese
Yogurt
Muffins

With my twins, the way I transitioned from baby food was that I started adding pastina to the stage 2. Just a tiny bit at first and gradually added more over the course of several meals. Eventually, it was more pastina than anything and then they were ready for just regular food in small pieces.
DS#3 eats mostly table food now at 10.5mo and still only has 3 teeth. They know how to chew w/ their gums so if the baby doesn't have a lot of teeth, don't worry.