Eight to Twelve Months Old
If your baby takes well to solids, you will quite soon find that she will easily and naturally eat a little of what you, as a family, are having. The main thing to watch (apart from avoiding sugar, salt, caffeine, deep fried foods, additives and eggs to under twos) is that the baby’s portion is not too highly seasoned. Sometimes it’s possible to take out a small quantity for the baby before adding spices and seasonings. If your baby gets
used to trying new flavours, it will make it possible for you to eat out with friends or in a restaurant. Simply select a suitably unspiced or lightly seasoned dish from the menu and mash the baby’s portion with a fork. At this stage you may need to consider the amount of fibre your baby is getting. Since a
vegetarian or vegan diet is naturally high in fibre, which facilitates the passage of food through the intestines, it’s important for the baby to have some concentrated sources of nourishment each day as well, such as powdered nuts, yeast and yeast extract (unsalted), tahini, peanut butter or soya yoghurt. If the diet becomes too laxative, it can cause a very sore bottom and reduce the amount of nutrients being absorbed. It is advisable to give a bread that is lower in fibre than wholegrain. Try wheatgerm bread or,
if this is still too fibrous, buy a 50:50 or an enriched white one. Try a higher fibre bread again when the baby is a little older.
Nine Months On At this stage, between nine months and a year, your baby will probably have an eating plan that goes something like this:
Suggested Feeding Pattern from Eight or
On waking: Water or diluted real-fruit juice from a cup
Breakfast: Muesli or oatmeal; toast or bread with low-sodium yeast extract
Mid-morning: Diluted real-fruit juice Lunch:
Mashed nut or legume savoury with vegetables; fruit purée and cereal pudding or fruit with yoghurt. Water
Mid-afternoon: Diluted real-fruit juice; finger foods – apple, carrot, pear, wholewheat rusk
Dinner:
Bread with nut butter, yeast extract or lentil spread or lentil soup with bread; carrot sticks, pieces of raw cucumber, slices of apple; fruit with soya yoghurt or cereal pudding
Before bed: Breast or bottle-feed Viva! and Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation 29
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