What Kinds Of Foods Do You Feed Your 8 Month Old For Breakfast?

Question

I've been told plain yogurt, whole grain toast, muffins, fruit and of course baby cereals but I would like to give him more variety. He doesn't really like his baby cereals anymore but i'm not sure what else to give him other than the foods I listed above.

Are pancakes and waffles (without syrup) alright or should I avoid them?

Answer 1

Anything as long as it is nice and mussy!!

xoxo

Answer 2

I used to mix the baby cereal with baby food such as bananas or peaches. She loved it. Now, if your baby is now able to eat more solid foods then you may want to try cream of wheat w/some kind of fruit pureed. My daughter liked strawberries. I think pancakes may be ok w/out syrup since they are soft. I would probably stay away from waffles though. Good luck!!!

Answer 3

Pancakes and waffles are fine.  There are actually directions on the back of most infant cereal boxes with recipes.  Try to serve some fruit or yogurt too.  He can also have:

Grits

Oatmeal (flavor with cinammon or vanilla)

Applesauce

Bannanas

Cottage Cheese

Yogurt

Toast

Biscuits/Gravy

Egg Yolk Scrambled (you can mix in some meat/cheese/veggies too)

He can really eat anything you do!

Answer 4

yes it's alright to feed pancakes ! but try to give him more healthy foods like fruits, cereals and yogurt....

Answer 5

hi, I'm feeding my 8-month-old the same type of things you are: yogurt, fruit pieces, applesauce, low-sugar oatmeal, a slice of whole wheat toast (which my baby likes to gum, sometimes i put organic cream cheese on it). i've tried egg, she's not crazy about it. i also will give her organic whole wheat frozen waffles (Vans brand) -- she likes it and doesn't seem to have any issues w/ digestion.  then again, she doesn't eat a lot of it (a few bites!).  I always top breakfast off with a bottle because she doesn't seem to have a  huge appetite for solids in the morning. she does much better with lunch and dinner!  

Answer 6

I do scrambled eggs for my 7 month old and she loves them. Pancakes and waffles are ok, but don't give him them everyday as they have a lot of sugar. If he doesn't like baby cereal, try regular oatmeal and stuff like that. He is ok to have them.

Answer 7

Personally I never feed any grains before 9 months and even then I limit the amounts.

Breakfast around here is always at least one piece of fruit (usually banana or orange).  And either yogurt, egg, or cheese.  That's my toddler's breakfast.  

Then for my breakfast I've never been much of a breakfast foods for breakfast person so I usually have left-over dinner, or a sandwich, or quick pan-fried veggies etc.  I love spicy food for breakfast so I usually toss hot peppers on or chili powder.  

Its really a good idea to avoid wheat until a year, it is very hard to digest.

Also that's what I feed my older toddler for breakfast, at 8-9 months my babies are still on one meal per day or less so its not everyday they have breakfast, etc.

Why not cereal?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9646449/page...

Take rice cereal, for example. Under conventional American wisdom, it's the best first food. But Butte says iron-rich meat — often one of the last foods American parents introduce — would be a better choice.

Dr. David Ludwig of Children's Hospital Boston, a specialist in pediatric nutrition, says some studies suggest rice and other highly processed grain cereals actually could be among the worst foods for infants.

"These foods are in a certain sense no different from adding sugar to formula. They digest very rapidly in the body into sugar, raising blood sugar and insulin levels" and could contribute to later health problems, including obesity, he says.

The lack of variety in the American approach also could be a problem. Exposing infants to more foods may help them adapt to different foods later, which Ludwig says may be key to getting older children to eat healthier.

http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids...

Cereal is not at all necessary, particularly the baby cereals. Regular (whole grain) oatmeal is more nutritious for your baby.

http://www.askdrsears.com/faq/ci2.asp

The truth is, there is nothing special about these foods that makes them better to start out with. Babies don't actually even need rice cereal

http://www.llli.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVDec...

Meat provides additional protein, zinc, B-vitamins, and other nutrients which may be in short supply when the decrease in breast milk occurs. A recent study from Sweden suggests that when infants are given substantial amounts of cereal, it may lead to low concentrations of zinc and reduced calcium absorption (Persson 1998). Dr. Nancy Krebs has shared preliminary results from a large infant growth study suggesting that breastfed infants who received pureed or strained meat as a primary weaning food beginning at four to five months, grow at a slightly faster rate. Dr. Krebs' premise is that inadequate protein or zinc from complementary foods may limit the growth of some breastfed infants during the weaning period. Both protein and zinc levels were consistently higher in the diets of the infants who received meat (Krebs 1998). Thus the custom of providing large amounts of cereal products and excluding meat products before seven months of age may not meet the nutritional needs of all breastfed infants.

Meat has also been recommended as an excellent source of iron in infancy. Heme iron (the form of iron found in meat) is better absorbed than iron from plant sources. In addition, the protein in meat helps the baby more easily absorb the iron from other foods. Two recent studies (Makrides 1998; Engelmann 1998) have examined iron status in breastfed infants who received meat earlier in the weaning period. These studies indicate that while there is not a measurable change in breastfed babies' iron stores when they receive an increased amount of meat (or iron), the levels of hemoglobin circulating in the blood stream do increase when babies receive meat as one of their first foods.

http://www.westonaprice.org/children/nou...

Finally, respect the tiny, still-developing digestive system of your infant. Babies have limited enzyme production, which is necessary for the digestion of foods. In fact, it takes up to 28 months, just around the time when molar teeth are fully developed, for the big-gun carbohydrate enzymes (namely amylase) to fully kick into gear. Foods like cereals, grains and breads are very challenging for little ones to digest. Thus, these foods should be some of the last to be introduced. (One carbohydrate enzyme a baby's small intestine does produce is lactase, for the digestion of lactose in milk.1)

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Babies do produce functional enzymes (pepsin and proteolytic enzymes) and digestive juices (hydrochloric acid in the stomach) that work on proteins and fats.12 This makes perfect sense since the milk from a healthy mother has 50-60 percent of its energy as fat, which is critical for growth, energy and development.13 In addition, the cholesterol in human milk supplies an infant with close to six times the amount most adults consume from food.13 In some cultures, a new mother is encouraged to eat six to ten eggs a d

Answer 8

My son is 11 months old, but has been eating these things for a while now: pancakes with a little butter, a cereal bar, cheerios, toast, flavored yogurt, and the occasional poptart or cinnamon roll.

Answer 9

fromaige frais,weetabix mixed with baby formula milk and warmed, rice pudding, toast slices,banana

Answer 10

my son who is nearly 1yo loves weetbix with pureed fruit and yoghurt

whole grain toast with marmite or plum jam, pancakes with mashed banana in it.

scrambled eggs, baked beans,

pretty much what my partner and i eat for breakfast

Answer 11

try yogurt with fruit, he is old enough. just introduce him to one flavor each week.(just to make sure he is not allergic) yo baby brand is a good choice, also dry cheerios or cereal bars.

Answer 12

I give my daughter yogurt and a variety of fresh fruit for breakfast. She also likes toast. My daughter decided this week that she hates baby cereal so that's out. Egg yolks are also safe and nutritious for baby. (Just the whites are to be avoided until after a year) As far as the pancakes, I guess occasionally is fine but myself I'm trying to avoid giving her a lot of empty carbs which pancakes and waffles are for the most part.