Breakfast Ideas for 9 Month Old

Updated on February 24, 2010
A.E. asks from Mankato, MN
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I don't care for breakfast foods myself but will make something for LO. He now refuses all puree and baby cereal and has for a while so does great on table food. We've been having fruit and yogurt or cottage cheese. We also have oatmeal any other ideas would be appreciated for a healthy breakfast. I tried egg yolks but he didn't like them. My LO doesn't like to eat the same thing all the time...crazy I know but he knows he just had it. If I get something different he eats so instead of rotating minimal options I figured I'd see what everone else does

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M.H.

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pancakes, french toast, waffles, cereal bars, fresh mashed fruit, toasted bagel cut into small pieces, Cheerios.

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K.I.

answers from Spokane on

Don't give up on the eggs...they are SO easy to make and you can add in so many things to make them taste different...cheese, onions, tomato,ham,spinach...yum! When my kids were little they used to like scrambled eggs w/ketchup!

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R.J.

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My 3 yr old usually eats 1 of 4 choices. Oatmeal, cereal, waffles or pb&j. I give him the option and he chooses which one he wants. I add fruit and some type of dairy to round out the meal. For my 10 mon old, I usually give her dry cereal, waffles, pancakes, toast, fruit, and yogurt. Not all at the same time but I break everything up in small pieces and just put it all in front of her so that she can eat as she chooses. As of right now, she's not too picky so I can give her just about anything and she'll eat it. If I'm eating something, I'll also give her a taste of it. But what you're giving him sounds good and I liked some of the other options given by the other moms too!

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D.W.

answers from Indianapolis on

Unless there are choking hazards because of the ability to chew properly, the American Academy of Pediatrics basically says a child this age can eat anything you do.

At this age, my kids loved cinnamon toast, cheese sticks, apple sauce, dry cereal

Here's a sample menu from the AAP for his age:
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/f...

Our son (3.5) has always been a breakfast eater, our daughter (22 months) could really care less. At that age, though, they loved finger foods to help develop their ability to self-feed.

Agree that you shouldn't give up on eggs, and to my knowledge, they now say it's OK to give the whole egg unless there are family egg allergies. I'd double-check with your pediatrician to be sure.

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H.M.

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My baby LOVED baby muesli - find it in the natural food aisle. I'd mash a banana in it, add some BM/formula, to make it nice and creamy, some cinnamon and some real vanilla. Warm it and yummy!!! She loved it. She ate it until she was about a year old. Unfortunately, that was a staple at our house, so I can't recommend any others. :)

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T.C.

answers from Des Moines on

We love breakfast in our house. Try pancakes/waffles with applesauce spread on top instead of syrup. My son LOVES this. You can buy whole wheat batter mixes or make it from scratch. I always mix up a double batch and throw some in the freezer for mornings I don't want to cook. I can just pull them out of the freezer and heat them in the toaster. Also he likes toast with peanutbutter (we were not concerned about allergies) and applesauce. Or just toast with cinnamon sprinkled. Also, we have muffins a lot - pick your favorite flavor. Enjoy!

C.S.

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I justed started giving my 8mo old muffins, she loves them.

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D.P.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Sounds like you've got a good eater on your hands! My son is like that--He's almost 7 now and he always wants new and different stuff and is anxious to try NEW stuff all the time.
You could try dry cereal, fruit cut up small, pancakes, waffles, Cream of Wheat, toast with jelly, french toast, cottage cheese mixed with fruit, soft cheese cubes and fruit.
My son sometimes wanted raw veggies and/or pepperoni for breakfast (older than your son) and I had to get the stereotype of "breakfast foods" out of my head. After all there less healthy things out there than veggies and ranch dip!

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N.K.

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Some other options: small pieces of soft cheese, sandwich meat, hummus with pita or bread pieces, crackers. My son also liked olives! So it's hard to guess what they will like. I tried cooking eggs in a bunch of different ways but he didn't like those at that time. Now he is an egg monster! :-) I would say, don't give up on eggs.

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E.B.

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Sounds like your 9 mo is a lot like mine were! Assuming you have the go-ahead and are not concerned about allergens, we gave our kids slivers of toast, slivers of waffles, pancakes cut up really small, and even eggs. With my first, my doc saw no reason to be particularly concerned about allergies or choking (obviously, we didn't give him big choke hazards), so we just got used to cutting up table food REALLY small and avoiding those hugely allergenic things early on--by about 10 months, he was eating most meals with us. Toast and waffles worked well; they were easy to cut with a pizza slicer into long strips, which made it easy for the child to hold them on his own.

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R.M.

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I do whole grain waffles with cream cheese on them, or frozen fruit that's thawed and smashed up on them. There is also jelly now that is just fruit, no sugar or sweetener, you can put that on waffles, toast, english muffins (english muffins might be a little too tough at his age- use your judgement on when he is ready for them). Frozen fuit works great for babies this age, once it is thawed in the fridge it's a little softer than fresh. Canned peaches and pears too, just make sure you get the kind that is "Lite" so it will be canned in juice, not syrup. I mix yogurt and fruit too, look online for recipes for Muesli- it is yogurt, uncooked oatmeal, and juice mixed overnight and all you do is scoop some and add fruit in the morning. Keep trying the eggs, and I also did the whole egg. I did it scrambled and he loved it most the time, but some days they just don't like something that they liked before.

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S.R.

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There are alot of great suggestions. My daughter, 17 mo, eats just about anything, except breakfast. She used to eat oatmeal but turns her nose to it now. She even stopped eating regular cheerios. She gets milk, fruit, and either waffles or cereal, right now I switched to honey nut cheerios and she's eating those. Another thing to try, although not healthy, is biscuits and gravy, our 3 yr old son could care less but our daughter loves them. We make them like once a month as a treat. I would stay away from peanut butter until he's a little older though. He could get an allergy to it if introduced to early. Also our son is a creature of habit, he has to have his oatmeal every day. =)

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