One thing that I have noticed is Baby E is not fussy when it comes to food, he will eat everything that is put in front of him!
We went with baby led weaning and I felt this went well for all of us and I cannot complain really!
He got the hang of feeding himself pretty quickly, so much so that I put down food on the high chair tray and he would happily munch on it while I was cooking the meals. It keeps him occupied and he feels like he's being a big boy feeding himself!
I give him snacking foods throughout the day to snack on as well as with meals.
When I say snacks, I don't mean junk food in the slightest, it's actually the complete opposite!
As I mentioned previously he is a big lover of fruit, so I usually give him lots of fruit to munch on, but if we are running low on that I will give him some Organix Finger Food snack packs.
I first bought these on a whim. We were out and we had nothing for Baby E, so I nipped into the supermarket and picked up a packet of the Organix Goodies Finger Food Carrot Sticks, I know he loves his carrots so I knew these would go down a treat.
I was unsure what to expect, never seeing or hearing of them. But they were sort of like a crisp snack I use to get when I was little called ChipSticks. They sort of looked a bit like Wotsits but a bit thinner but had the bright orange colour! I tried one and to me it had very little taste but Baby E seemed to be munching on them happily! In fact he ate almost half a packet in one sitting!
I have been buying these every week since as it is so easy to give him a handful when he cannot make it to Tea Time.
This week while I was in the supermarket I was away to pick up the much loved Carrot Sticks, when I noticed the Tomato Noughts and Crosses Goodies Finger Food packet, I bought them along with the Carrot Sticks, as I want him to get use to as many different flavours as possible - and he already likes tomatoes.
They are called Noughts and Crosses as that is exactly what they are shaped like - X's and O's!
I think Baby E has taken a liking to these more than the Carrot Sticks now as he devours every single crumb!
Another snack he loves to munch on are the Heinz Organic Biscotti Biscuits. (£1)
We have only tried the Apple and Banana, but Baby E loves them! As soon as he spy's the packet he is bouncing up and down making Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm noises! They are slightly messy (Reminds me of a rusk with the mush!) But Baby E has no complains as they are pretty much gone in 2.5 seconds!
Something I recommend if going out and about with snacks is a snack box! The amount of times I have found rouge Biscotti Biscuits in my change bag! We use the MAM Snack Box (*)(£4.99) which is just the perfect size for travelling.
What snack foods does your little one enjoy?
berries are always popular over summer here and Emma loves Kiwi.
ReplyDeleteBreadsticks are another firm fave and I like to make things like banana and apple bread for them too at snack time x
oooh, we've tried Kiwi but Baby E was not very impressed! Oh that bread sounds yummy!! Thank you for commenting xx
Deletei used to always get the organix snacks for my older 2 haven't so much with my youngest though she just loves fruit to snack on all the time! thanks for linking up to #sundaystars
ReplyDeleteAww thats great though! Baby E loves fruit but i like him to have a variety of foods and snacks! Thank you for commenting xx
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