What are some good meals to give a one year old?

Question

my son will be one on wednesday and we're trying to get him to eat more solids but he only has 4 teeth and he's smaller than some 5 month olds because he was premature. he's healthy and he can eat little bits of food here and there but i was wondering what kind of healthy meals i can make him that he will actually eat. also should i give him vitamins so i know he's getting nutrients or just wean him slowly from his formula. thanks!

Answer 1

I suggest slowly weaning him from his formula instead of giving him vitamin supplements.  Really, babies are weaned from formula onto solid foods, not onto milk.  If he isn't eating a sustainable solid diet, keep him on his formula for another few months.  

How many teeth he has doesn't matter.  Front teeth are just used for biting, not chewing.  As long as you give him small, bite sized pieces of food, or food that is easy to "bite" with out many teeth (crackers, soft fruits, veggies etc) it's fine.  

Good meals will include a couple of different veggies, a source (or two) of protein, and a type of starch.  Breakfasts or between meal snacks (or even lunch and dinner if you want) can have fruits instead of veggies or in addition to.  Just make sure that you offer both fruits and veggies sometime during the day.  

Some of our favorites a few months ago were:

*home made pizza - use bread or biscuit dough or premade crusts, some type of sauce (pizza sauce, ranch, bbq), and a bunch of random toppings.  For a 12-14 inch pizza you only really need about 2 tablespoons of a sauce, so it isn't a whole lot.  We made taco pizza with enchilada sauce, taco meat, corn, tomatoes, and cheese.  Ranch, bbq, or alfredo chicken pizza with tomato slices or some other types of veggies also are really good.

*home made chicken noodle soup with out the broth

*chicken/tuna casserole (with added veggies)

Answer 2

Scrambled eggs

Spaghetti