Weaning a baby can be exciting but also a little tiresome and every baby develops at a different rate and with different preferences.
This time round with Jacob he preferred being spoon fed until a little while ago, where as my previous two children loved nothing more than digging in from the word go.
However during the weaning journey this time I realised it can be very repetitive and finger food ideas can be a little tricky while you are caught on the hop with your hungry small human so here are my top finger food ideas while weaning your baby.
- Cooked slices of carrot, broccoli and potatoes – if you don’t have fresh use frozen, that way you can keep some in the freezer and always have it when you need it.
- Pieces of cheese, be careful of over processed cheese as they can be high in salt
- Strips of buttered toast
- Unsalted bread sticks
- Chunks of apple, peach or pear
- Slices of avocado or cucumber
- Strips of pancake or omelette (or even well cooked scrambled eggs)
- Mini sandwiches with cream cheese or banana
- Cooked pasta shapes
- Rice cakes
- Cheerios
- Sweet potatoes fries
- Raisins
- Crumpets
- Crackers
Small amounts are best to start with as baby will try to eat them all, and very often will try to eat them all at once if they are anything like Jacob! If you are looking for high protein snack ideas for all ages you can find some ideas HERE.
You should always try to limit the amount of sauces and things with hidden sugars and high salt content in like ketchup and ready-made meals, a taste is fine but not full meals
What weaning fingers foods did your little one try?
Some really good ideas here, I’m always struggling to think of new things to give Archer! x
its hard isnt it. I have found planning the food for the following day more helpful to so i dont just stand in the kitchen and struggle to think on the spot
Some of these are my lunchbox staples for my 4 year old.
I love making savoury scotch pancakes for both of them to nibble on – very easy and portable!
oh i love that idea! and like you say mega portable so great for taking when we are out and about, thanks for that one lovely x
I love this post, I’m definitely going to bookmark it to look back on when I need inspriation. My little boy has only recently become more confident with feeding himself at 18 months so we are trying to encourage finger foods as much as we can xx
Glad it has helped lovely, good luck with your weaning journey x
Little M loves scrambled egg and avocado, but we usually put it on toast rather than as fingers. Her favourite to squish through her fingers is broccoli and she can’t get enough of banana!
Jacob has discovered a total obsession with broccoli too this week. He liked it before but now he wants if for every meal!
Great ideas, definitely wise not to overdo it on the ketchup etc! Both of mine adore cucumber, plain pasta, pieces of cheese, broccoli, eggs, banana and bread. Toby’s been hit and miss with fruit his whole life but will eat apples and grapes, Martha demolishes melon, grapes, strawberries, blueberries etc xx
lol lol Martha demolishes melon, grapes, strawberries and blueberries .. thats ace! Jacob is partial to some grapes and strawberries but blueberries he is hit or miss with
Slightly steamed baby sweetcorn was amazing for my little girl, especially when teething. Sticks of steamed courgette have always been a hit too.
You can basically buy bags of frozen pre-cut up veg for very little, chuck a bit if everything in a steamer for 5 minutes (depending on the veg you choose) and yiu are good to go. It saves so much money, waste and prep time!
love the sticks of courgette idea 🙂 we have given in discs but he struggled to hold so doing them in sticks would be so much easier to hold! thanks lovely
This is a lovely little post, it’s brought back memories of Lily trying all of these foods for the first time, gosh I miss weaning, it was so much fun! xx
Banana slices and Cheerios are my kid’s favorite.