Babyternals

When should you switch your baby to table food? I am in the process of transitioning my 8 month old to table food. Is this too soon? I don’t believe it is. He is showing interest in what we eat and he is wanting to eat when we eat. I have started him out slow on things like mixed veggies, some mashed and some cut really small. I have given him mashed potatoes, which he loves. I have to still watch out for things that contain rice and rice flour because I still beleive he is allergic, test or no test. This is one reason why I began giving him table food, also. I noticed he didn’t have a wide variety of baby food he could eat because most stage 2 and 3 contain rice flour.

I think he’s doing really well with the food I have tried so I think he is beginning to make that transition from strictly baby food to a a combination of baby food and table to eventually just table food. I finally found some of the toddler snacks that he can have, because once again those contain rice flour. I give him crackers and such but I wanted to be able to give him something he can learn to feed himself with. I don’t know if  a doctor would agree with giving him all this table food yet, but I think I am making a good decision for my son and this way he is able to experience a variety of food instead of having to eat the same old thing every day.