Weening my son has been an interesting journey so far, I am extremely fortunate that he loves his food and tries everything I put in front of him. I love watching his little face light up as he tastes something new for the first time, it's just wonderful! It is important to me that Theodore gets a varied, healthy diet full of different flavours and so I cook him everything from Indian spicy fish curries to Italian chicken with pesto and Chinese chicken noodles. I am determined that Theodore will not be a fussy eater and so far it's paid off. His diet includes all kinds of meat, fish and vegetables with gentle spices and herbs to tickle his tastebuds.

I follow a mix of baby led weening and traditional weening. Offering Theo some finger foods with each meal as well as a main course and dessert item which I feed him with a spoon.

This blog is really for me to record what I am feeding Theodore so that I can look back at our journey. However, I hope it gives some inspiration to others on how to make weening your baby a fun and interesting journey. All the dishes on here are aimed at 7 months plus. Theodore does not have any food allergies as yet and so I urge you to be cautious when weening and ensure that when you cook with allergy foods such as nuts or shellfish, that you do so with caution. Also please ensure you check fish thoroughly for bones etc before cooking for your little ones.

Some of my recipes can be found on my recipe blog; http://ramshalleat.blogspot.co.uk/

Saturday, 25 June 2016

Dinner 25/06/2016

•Steamed cauliflower& green beans 
•Slice of omelette (leftover from this morning) 
•Small Grissini stick 
•My creamy mushroom & spinach pasta 
•Co-op 'loved by us' Greek style full fat yoghurt 
•Orange slice & blueberries 




Lunch 25/06/2016

•Steamed broccoli & cauliflower florets
•A piece of roasted pork (leftover from last nights dinner) to chew on
•white pita bread with full fat cream cheese
•Strawberries, blueberries & banana 



Breakfast 23/06/2016

•Strawberry
•Orange slice 
•Omelette slice 
•Porridge made with formula & half a mashed banana 





Friday, 24 June 2016

Dinner 24/06/2016

•Steamed broccoli & green beans 
•My Chinese fish & cashew nut noodles (recipe is here http://ramshalleat.blogspot.co.uk/
•Semolina made with usual formula & some fruits of the forest stirred in
•Orange and banana slices 



Breakfast 24/06/2016

•Banana 
•Scrambled egg 
•Strawberry
•Semolina with mixed fruits of the forest cooked in to it 


Thursday, 23 June 2016

Dinner 23/06/2016

•Steamed cauliflower & green beans 
•My Moroccan beef with cous cous 
•Rachel's Greek style yoghurt 
•Strawberry & banana 
•Organix carrot sticks 



Lunch 23/06/2016

•Stramed broccoli & green beans 
•My chicken & vegetable savoury rice 
•Rachel's organic Greek style full fat natural yoghurt
•Orange slice
•Strawberry 



Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Breakfast 23/06/2016

•White toast with Meridian peanut butter
•Strawberries
•Banana porridge made with  Flahavans quick oats (http://www.flahavans.ie/index.php/site-structure/main-menu/our-products/porridge-oats/convenience/flahavans-quick-oats-drum-500g/385) Theo's usual formula and half a small mashed banana


Dinner 22/06/2016

•Steamed broccoli
•Steamed cauliflower
•Steamed green beans 
•My turkey, tumeric & cannellini beans with 1tsp full fat cream cheese melted in to it
•Rachel's organic full fat Greek yoghurt with 2 crushed strawberries 
•Banana stick 


Lunch 22/06/2016

•Steamed cauliflower florets 
•Steamed green beans 
•Steamed broccoli florets 
•Chicken & vegetable savoury rice 
•Strawberry 
•Rachel's organic full fat Greek yoghurt 


Breakfast 22/06/2016

•Strawberries
•White toast (I use Warburtons soft white loaf) with Meridian peanut butter
•Half a wheat breakfast biscuit with formula and a dollop of Rachel's Organic Full Fat Greek yoghurt 


Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Dinner 21/06/2016

•Peas
•Breadstick with full fat Philadelphia soft cheese
•Prawn jumbalaya 
•Strawberries & orange slices 
•Yoghurt 




Lunch 21/06/2016

•Peas
•Turkey, tumeric & cannellini beans 
•Yeo valley full fat yoghurt 
•Strawberries
•Organix carrot stix 


Breakfast 21/06/2016

•Strawberries 
•Overnight oats made with yoghurt, oats, & fruits of the forest and thinned down a little in the morning with some formula. 
•Organix banana rice cake 



Monday, 20 June 2016

Dinner 20/06/2016

•Grissini breadsticks 
•Dads chicken & veggies with red pesto 
•Strawberries & orange slices
•Yeo valley full fat natural yoghurt with fruits of the forest 


Lunch 20/06/2016

•Grissini breadsticks
•Pasta beef & vegetable bolognaise
•Orange slices & strawberries 
•Yeo valley full fat natural yoghurt with a few drops of vanilla essence added
•Heinz Apple biscotti for 7+ months 


Sunday, 19 June 2016

Breakfast 20/06/2016

•Strawberries 
•White toast & butter
•porridge made with formula & a few blueberries added to cook in to it. 


Saturday, 18 June 2016

Breakfast 18/06/2016

•Banana & poached Apple sticks 
•Chewy crust of bread with unsalted butter
•Porridge made with just under a scoop of Flahavans Irish quick oats and 4oz Theo's usual formula. I also added 3 chopped blackberries whilst it was cooking for colour and flavour. 



Friday, 17 June 2016

Lunch 17/06/2016

•Steamed broccoli & carrot sticks 
•Bread & unsalted butter
•My turkey with cannellini beans & tumeric 
•Yeo valley natural full fat yoghurt 
•Blackberries 


Thursday, 16 June 2016

Dinner 16/06/2016

•Steamed broccoli florets
•Leftover breakfast frittata (recipe is here http://ramshalleat.blogspot.co.uk/
•My creamy tuna & sweetcorn pasta 
•leftover fruits of the forest semolina (from breakfast) which sets to a blamanche like consistency in the fridge, so I loosen it slightly by beating in some full fat Yeo Valley yoghurt 
•Blueberries 


Lunch 16/06/2016

•A finger of breakfast frittata
•Steamed asparagus and carrots sticks
•My mackerel & chickpeas (recipe on my blog http://ramshalleat.blogspot.co.uk/
•Half a small banana & 2 blackberries mashed together with a little full fat Yeo Valley natural yoghurt 
•A finger of poached Apple left over from breakfast
•a finger of white bread 


Breakfast 16/06/2016

•Breakfast baby frittata - my recipe is here http://ramshalleat.blogspot.co.uk/
•Slices of Braeburn Apple which I poached for 3 minutes in boiling water with a good shake of cinnamon, drained then let cool. 
•Semolina made to packet instructions with Theo's usual formula with some fruits of the forest mixed in (I buy a bag of frozen and let a couple of tablespoons thaw out over night in a bowl in the fridge then cook it in to the semolina) - fruits of the forest can be quite tart, I dont add sugar and Theo hasn't minded at all, he wolfs it down!


Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Dinner 15/06/2016

•Steamed broccoli florets
•Steamed asparagus 
•My chicken & vegetable savoury rice 
•Banana & blackberries 

Lunch 15/06/2016

•White bread & unsalted butter
•Steamed broccoli & carrot sticks 
•My homemade rainbow trout, red pepper & butterbean stew
•Blueberries & golden kiwi fruit sticks 
•Kiddylicious banana wafers (http://www.kiddylicious.com/uk/range/wafers/) are his favourites! 




Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Breakfast 15/06/2016

•Blackberries & blueberries
•Sainsburys own wholewheat breakfast biscuit with Theo's usual formula 
•Sainsburys own full fat cottage cheese 


Dinner 14/06/2016

•Steamed asparagus spears
•Turkey, tumeric & cannellini beans 
•Cottage cheese & pineapple 
•Banana sticks & blackberries 
•Organic baby rice wafers 


Lunch 14/06/2016

•Steamed broccoli florets
•Steamed carrot stick
•My mackeral with chickpeas, spinach and butternut squash (recipe can be found on my recipe blog http://ramshalleat.blogspot.co.uk/
•Cold semolina made with his usual milk and chopped strawberries added
•Blueberries


Breakfast 14/06/2016

•Blueberries
•Blackberries
•Cottage cheese with pineapple
•White toast & Meridian peanut butter


Monday, 13 June 2016

Dinner 13/06/2016

•Bread with full fat cream cheese
•Mums Moroccan beef & cous cous 
•Blackberries
•Blueberries
•Semolina with chopped strawberries 

Lunch 13/06/2016

•cucumber sticks
•Mushroom & leek pasta 
•Strawberry crushed in to full fat yoghurt
•Kiwi fruit 


Breakfast 13/06/2016

•White toast with mashed avocado
•Breakfast wheat biscuit with Theo's usual milk
•Cottage cheese with chopped up pineapple


Friday, 10 June 2016

Breakfast 10/06/2016

•Raspberries 
•Avocado on toast 
•Cottage cheese with pineapple 
•Semolina with mango puree 



Thursday, 9 June 2016

Dinner 09/06/2016

•Cucumber & roast butternut squash sticks 
•My chicken & vegetable rice
•Yoghurt & mashed banana 
•Strawberry & raspberry 
•Apple rice cake 


Lunch 09/06/2016

•Breadstick with cream cheese
•Roasted butternut squash sticks 
•Cucumber
•Prawn jumbalaya
•Yoghurt with mango puree
•Watermelon slice 


Breakfast 09/06/2016

My little Muncher is eight months old today! What a journey we've had so far. I'm so proud of my little guy and how he's developing, he makes my world! 

•Juicy orange slices
•White toast with Meridian peanut butter
•Porridge made with his usual formula & mixed fruits of the forest 


Dinner 08/06/2016

•Breadsticks
•Dads Thai fish curry
•Yoghurt with puréed mango
•Banana sticks


Lunch 08/06/2016

•Roast butternut squash sticks
•Edam cheese slice
•My mushroom & leek cheesy pasta. Recipe is here http://ramshalleat.blogspot.co.uk/
•Yoghurt with juicy watermelon crushed in to it
•Organic baby crackers