Any help on what to fill up a 10 month old baby on who usually eats baby cereal and weetabix?
I've heard of people who crumble shehakol cake into warm milk but that sounds quite random to me, and I want to steer clear of gebroks unless I really can't get her to sleep through the night without it.

Cake is full of sugar anyway, don't use it!

If you have a separate pan you can use for kitniyot, homemade baby rice: http://www.oukosher.org/index.php/passover/article/5701

Warning I have no idea, but I don’t see why one cannot just feed mashed potato or something of the like. Does your child only want to eat cereal like foods?

Try crumbling lady fingers.

I'm not sure why he usually eats baby cereal and weetabix only (of course I don't know what weetabix is so that doesn't help much). But for a 10-month old they can basically eat a lot of pesadik foods, yogurt, matzo (broken up), cheese, potatoes, any kugels, etc. Just make the pieces small enough and don't make them high allergenic food as you won't have enough time to let the baby react to it and with so many new foods, it would be hard to tell what it was a reaction to.

Jarred baby food may help.

Weetabix - bit like shredded wheat but more solid. It turns to mush when you put it in milk.
http://home.uchicago.edu/~nmchang/ has a very good close-up pic (OK, these are made-in-Canada Weetabix, but they're the same thing)

We now also have the very exciting Oatibix!

my baby was around that age last pesach (a month older, maybe, i don't remember when pesach was last year). already ate yogurts, cottage cheese, blended chicken and beechnut jars (they have kosher for passover ones), she also liked lady fingers. btw, does your baby eat cheerios yet? if yes, i saw cheerios-like kosher for pesach cereal.

my baby is eight months, he eats mashed table food, chicken soup, knaidels, chicken from the soup, yogurt, lady fingers, macaroons....They also have KLP tam, tams, they are basicly egg matza so ask your LOR before using. Also the beechnut jars.

Thx for suggestions people - I've started her on yoghurt (going down quite well), she wont eat kugel or mashed potatoes... So if she doesn't start eating more filling foods (I'll have to see if her highness will join the family in the pesach tradition of eating matzos [unlikely]) otherwise she'll be up in the night. Oh well. She's not the first 10 month old to have to get used to pesach food!

My guess is that egg matzo is fine for babies, who are considered cholim. But of course ask your rav.

i wouldn't even give matzah to my now 23 month old (today ) baby!

btw, i just saw this morning KLP hot cereal, although it's sweet (cinnamom and apples and maple syrup, IIRC)

where did you see this? did you notice what hechsher? mind you why would anyone put maple syrup in baby cereal? what's with rotting the only two teeth she has? but anyway, I'm a little desp. She won't fill up on fruit and Madam has decided that she doesn't like potatoes. So carrots are the way to go for now. I'm going to try mashing some chicken though she has never had animal protien before. The yoghurt went down well but again it's not filling. Right now she is gnawing on a piece of matzah.

i'm in NY, saw it in a local supermarket; don't remember the heksher, but i'm sure that it's a good one. i guess, they made it sweet cause it's not made specifically for babies?

how about mashing some brocolli/cauliflower/butternut squash/sweet potato? also, do you have any vegetable kugels? and why do you think yogurt is not filling?
also what about eggs? did you start giving her? i don't remember when i started, but you can ask the Dr if it's OK

(oh, and i'm taking back my words about not giving matzah to my daughter she liked it)

hm im in england havn't seen anything like that


Sweet potato went down very well, Cauliflower is good i'm going to try that.


Because she woke up at 3am for a feed after she had it for supper, something she never does when she eats cereal.


I'm thinking she's a little young...

PS she loves the matza but not much of it goes down!

switch the food around - give her yogurt in the morning/afternoon and save veggies for the supper. maybe it was a coincidence that she woke up - change of place, too much excitement during the day, etc?

do you have cheerios-like KLP cereal in england - my daughter absolutely loves it! i tasted it, doesn't taste bad at all. if you started giving her regular cheerios, that is.

No i dont give her regular cheerios, because i try to stay away from anything with addatives/sugar/enumbers.

Right now she's having yoghurt for breakfast, fruit for lunch and potatoes/carrots for supper. Anyway not much longer to go! :-)

IIRC matza ashira is permitted for small children and the elderly. Only trouble with any sort of matza is the effect on the bowels... don't forget some pureed prune for pudding (had to give mine some prune juice over the weekend. sucked it right up, strange child!)

Egg isn't recommended until 1 year.

Try other mashed up root veg like carrot and parsnip. Most babies will like any sweet vegetable.

BTW, cheerios in the US are different from the ones in Europe... the European ones aren't all oats and have a lot more sugar. The US ones are very popular for feeding to babies, but the European ones aren't so good because of the added sugar.

thanks for mentioning it. i was gonna say something about that to sapphire, but, the truth is, i don't remember the facts off hand, i just had a feeling that there is really no much sugar in cheerios and other bad stuff. my friend's pediatrician said cheerios is actually very nourishing for babies/toddlers, cause it has many vitamins. and it doesn't even taste sweet (if it's plain, no coating), cuase i was worried of my daughter getting used to sweets, so was careful in limiting it.

YT afternoon i popped some prunes into boiling water took them only a couple of minutes to soften, then i cut them open and spoon fed the pulp to her... instant results!

my baby is 8 months old and she refuses to eat solids


My kids love when they get to have prunes. Although they're only allowed to have 1 (max: 2). They think of it as dessert/treat.

There might be a good reason for that. Don't push it. Many children refuse foods because of allergies -- there is an instinctive aversion.

I hope she's not allergic.
I WANT my sleep. I think she just likes nursing, she often will refuse a bottle simply because it's not me.

That's very possible. Nothing compares to breastfeeding.

Please note, even if her system is not ready for foods and therefore she is rejecting them, that doesn't mean she will be sensitive to them forever. Especially if you don't push, there is more of a chance she will outgrow some of them (if she really has them).

BTW, nursing -- besides giving her nutrition and the closeness she craves (I think babies of working mothers wake up more at night from an emotional need), nursing also helps against allergies later on in life.

FWIW, my 10.5 month old only gets a yogurt and some cheerios on a daily basis with a little taste here and there of various foods, and the rest of his nutrition is breastmilk. He still wakes up a lot at night, though I did start the No Cry Sleep Solution to at least drop the feedings from every 1-2 hours to every 3-4 hours for my sanity. I started it Weds. night, and he only woke up once that night. He hasn't done that in months and months. Last night, on the other hand, was not as good. (I didn't expect immediate results)

I plan on starting her on cheerios over the weekend. (she does like putting stuff in her mouth)

I spoke to my doctor about it and he seemed to say that since it sounds like she's really 'eating' (i.e. eats for 10 min and straight back to bed), she is probably hungry so I should let her wake me up.

What is the 'no cry sleep solution'?

Yes, it could also be she's still hungry. My 10.5 month old nurses for a few minutes only for comfort, and that's why I'd rather consolidate the feedings to be a couple good feedings vs. several comfort ones.

It's written by Elizabeth Pantley, and she basically has aitzos based on her experience of what helps to get the child sleeping better. But if your daughter really is hungry, don't start it until you know she doesn't need to wake up as often.

There's also a concept called "Reverse cycling" where a child will eat minimally during the day because he/she misses Mommy and would rather get the bulk of nutrition at night from nursing.

That sounds awful. When is Mommy supposed to sleep?

Well working full day is awful, and never knowing your baby is awful. This is actually great, as long as you can lie down and sleep while nursing like many women can. No pumping necessary, and your baby gets full benefits of you even if you have to work!

Perhaps.
I don't sleep. (well sometimes a 2 hour stretch, and if I'm lucky I get in 3 of those) But often it's not the baby that keeps me awake. It can be my daughter's ear infection or my son's stomach virus. I have learned that Mommy's don't sleep, it's not part of their schedule (working or not)

I think the 2 of you need your own breast forum.

If we post in AC, we take away from the main board.
If we post on the main board, no one wants to hear.
What's a gal to do? What is wrong with talking about the natural feeding a baby is born to do?

Nothing. I just opened this thread thinking there were going to be some good ideas what to feed a kid on pesach.
I didn't know it was going to turn so quickly.

potato. sweet potato, meat, fruit, yogurt
The possibilities are endless.

fruits, veggies and meats are fine. I always seem to have a carb problem.

Well, I would have some if my baby ate solids. How do you get your kid to eat 'real food'?


Isn't matzah a carb?

Figure out what they like chewing on, then find a food with a similar consistency.


yes, but not exactly a fan favorite.

She likes chewing on my kids toys (and now I have to worry about that with all the lead issues going on around town). As long as it's not food (or a peanut*) she is happy to try and put it in her mouth.

You're not a fan or the baby isn't? My kids liked matzo. Although I don't like to give them too much, but I do like them to eat lots of fruit on pesach to counter-balance


*don't worry - I took it away.

try one of those baby cookies.

Kid didnt like the matzah, not me.

Psychodad, this pesach a kid will be a year older, i'm sure he/she will like matza.

you can also feed him/her lady fingers or pesach cakes - those are carbs, no?

and sugar
potatoes are very carby. I don't see the problem