food suggestions for NOT baby led weaning?

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Hey everybodies. Kaji will be 15 months next week. just stopped nursing him last week because I'm pregnant again and very quickly lost my supply 😭 probably would have gone to 2 years otherwise 😔anyway,  he ate purees once or twice a week before but was solidly breastfed until now and my mik stash is running low quick. and now i feel like he's lost interest in my bomb homemade purees. we dont eat well in my house to feed him what we eat so are there any suggestions on what to feed my kid? I'm not comfortable with meat or anything unnecessary since he's still so young (no bread, sugar, butter, etc.) just made homemade mac and cheese that he loves, and he dies for eggs and yogurt but that's all I know so far. please help! pic for attention 😁

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I know you said you don't feel like you eat well enough to feed him what you eat but maybe this is a good reason to change that. Now that we have a little one to feed my husband and I eat square meals and I cook a lot more, I am a SAHM though so I have the time, I'm not sure what you're situation is because I know how hard it is to work full time and cook dinner every night. I find that cooking meals that will allow for at least two nights worth of dinner make it much easier. Start with cutting everything up or mashing it and as he gets more used to make the pieces appropriately bigger and bigger.

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My daughter eats absolutely everything! She eats things that I personally dont like eating. If your son has teeth, you can pretty much feed him anything but you need to cut things into small pieces, and over cook things so it's easier to chew. He's definitely not too young to eat bread and butter. Everything in moderation is key! He can have whole wheat bread with butter which is better than white bread. I try to introduce new things constantly and give her what I eat but sometimes she wont be bothered by it and want none of it.
This is what my daughter eats:
She drinks 3 bottles of whole milk and then water throughout the day in her sippy cup.
oatmeal with either mashed bananas, apple sauce, cut up strawberries. she doesn't eat it plain
Toast w/butter
Mac n cheese with broccoli 
spaghetti
scrambled eggs on occasion
we make a variety of soup. vegetable or chicken soup
she loves vegetable lo-mein when we order chinese
avocados 
she snacks on cheese
yogurt
hot dogs with ketchup
fish
she just started eating meat, no chicken yet.
she loves to snack on fruits. any type of fruit. I prefer giving her healthy snacks at home and when we are out I give her the puffs or cheese curls cause its easier.
when we are on the go I give her the Gerber pureed because its alot easier also
on occasion I will give her a French fry, or an oreo. if we are celebrating a birthday I will give her a little cake.We dont do it regularly cause it's not the healthiest but a little treat wont hurt.

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I’m not much help bc my girl eats everything I do! We’re not the healthiest eating family either. But she love fruits: bananas, apples(peeled and cut up), grapes (cut up), and yogurts. Veggies: green beans, broccoli (steamed well done), beans of any kind, and potatoes made anyway! She loves crackers, rice, cheese sticks, fish (baked or breaded), pastas. She has tons of teeth like 12 and getting four more!

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My daughter also eats whatever we eat, maybe change your diet so you don’t have to make completely different healthy meals for him. I have a Instagram page dedicated to my daughters meals(the portions are large cuz she throws most of food) but it’s @whatmackieeats if u need some food inspo

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Also baby gormet has some good baby good that’s healthy and organic and has some with textures so he can start to get used to chewing.

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My 15mold old eats everything. At this age as long as they have teeth they can eat whatever. My little eats whatever I have made for my husband and I. I try and cook healthy and well balanced meals on the weekends and always make to much so we have leftovers.

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If he is 14 months old he can eat whatever. I buy frozen veggies then steam them. I microwave a sweet potato for about 5-6 minutes mash and add butter and cinnamon for flavor. You can make home made pancakes ( healthy oat ones) or chicken nuggets, meatballs, and freeze them all. Pinterest has a lot of recipes. It’s nice to pick one day to make food and then just freeze so you don’t have to cook every single day. Cut up fruits is always a healthy and easy thing. My daughter loves bananas, blueberries, and blackberries. You can buy applesauce in a pouch or make it home made in a crock pot it’s very easy to make. Pieces of cheese cut up. Crackers with peanut or almond butter. You can buy organic cereal bars that are soft and meant for toddlers. Seriously anything is absolutely fine!

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We always keep frozen veggies and fresh fruit on hand. Both quick, easy, and healthy for baby

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My little one isn’t great with chewing foods yet, he gags still on a lot of stuff. He also hates baby foods now, he’ll fight me to eat. 
So I’ve been doing a lot of mushy fruits cut up; bananas, strawberries, oranges, blueberries, and we’ve done avocado almost every meal since it’s got so many health benefits and he likes it. 
Also, SWEET POTATO! My little guy absolutely loves it and it’s so easy to make. Just poke some holes in it and throw it in the oven. 
Sometimes I’ll even throw some cut up pieces of chicken in there if I have any and then he gets his protein too 👌🏼

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Heres my response to another lady with a similar question. Hope this helps!

food suggestions for NOT baby led weaning?

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