From Baby Food To Table Food
Making the transition from nursing or bottle feeding to baby food is such a fun milestone. I absolutely love to watch my baby explore all the wonderful flavors and textures this world has to offer. The transition that is always a little tough for me is the one from baby food to table food.
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I still enjoy letting my baby explore and experiment with this new found love of food, but it presents its own set of challenges. The biggest challenge for me is helping them explore their independence without completely losing control. After making the switch with each of my three kids, I have learned a few things that help.
Pre-Game- I ALWAYS give my little one some food they can explore and try in their high chair while I make dinner. I do it for a few reasons. One, it keeps them busy. Two, it fills their stomach a little before the meal comes and keeps them from shoving as much food in there mouth as they can. Three, once our food is done and my baby sees it, she has her eye on the prize and nothing will stop her.
Eliminate the Guessing Game- How much food made it in her mouth and how much of it ended up on the floor. Babies will eat when they are hungry and until they are full, but I find some peace of mind knowing at least part of what went in their mouths was filling!
Let Them Do it- Most tantrums in toddlerhood stem from the need to be in control. They are figuring how their bodies and minds work and they want to do it themselves. Let them! As a parent, I control when we have meals and what types of foods are available. My children get to decide how much they want to eat of it. Give them food that are appropriately served and prepared for their age and them let them do it. Sometimes that means more food ends up on them or the floor than in their mouth, but I just have to let that go!
My go-to way to solve these problems are to start my toddler off with a Simple Truth Organic Fruit and Veggie puree pouch. No spoons, no dishes, no fuss. I strap my girl in her high chair and she loves to have a “sucka food” as my kids call them. At 14 months she can feed herself a pouch with zero mess and I know she is putting healthy food in her tummy, not just fluff.
My favorite thing about Simple Truth’s Organic Baby Food Pouches is the ingredient list. Check this out:
So great to see real ingredients. My second favorite thing is how affordable they are!
After my daughter has eaten a baby food pouch she is ready to eat the table food the rest of us are enjoying at dinner. She is a little more willing to have help from me because she has already been in charge of something. She eats more slowly and doesn鈥檛 shove a ton of food in her mouth.聽
You can find these fantastic pouches in a variety of flavors at your local Kroger store. Find them on the baby aisle! We love to choose Simple Truth!
We love pouches!!!!!
These pouches look like such a yummy option for those transitioning. I know that these would have been a hit in our house when my kids were younger.
The pouches are great and easy to use for a toddler. And I like the pouches to be sugar free and have good organic fruits.
I Love the idea of these food pouches..but sadly I never buy them for my girls. I wish they would make them clear so I could see what’s in them and I’d actually buy them. It is a great idea for kids though!
These Simple Truth Organic Fruit and Veggie puree pouch’s would be perfect for my friends little ones. I will have to share this with her. My kids would have loved this when they were little.
I’ve seen these pouches in stores, but I didn’t know what they were for until now. That’s pretty cool!
My toddler twins loved the pouches. It always made snacking on the go easy too!
I remember when I was trying to transition my daughter. It can be a scary time. Grateful for products like these!
My kids used to love those! Looks like your little one does too! 馃檪
Food in a pouch is a new phenomenon for me. This type of option wasn’t available when I had my children.
We did baby led weaning with our kids, but loved the pouches for quick snacks on our outings. The kids enjoyed them!
Food pouches didn’t go over well with my son, but I’m hoping that will be different for my daughter. She’s 9 months and already showing signs of wanting to feed herself with utensils, so maybe I can go ahead and try a pouch. I’m sure she’ll be messy at first, not knowing when to stop squeezing, but I’m also sure she’ll eventually learn her limits.
Oh I have not seen those before. I love the ingredients!! Sounds like a very healthy option for us!
Those food pouches are so awesome for toddlers. My kids are older and still love them. I haven’t seen these particular ones, yet, but will have to find them.
These pouches are great! They would be perfect for my 8 month old niece.
Our son is older than a baby now, but we did a similar thing when he transitioned to sold food. He is not all that picky of an eater now and I think this helped.
Those pouches are great!! Wish I had them when my daughter was small, she would have loved them!!
That sounds like an awesome brand.I have to tell my SIL’s with littles about this.
So glad to see this type of baby food be ORGANIC 馃檪 yay!