Is yogurt enough breakfast for a 7month old?

I'm really struggling with weaning and feeling like I'm failing my child.

I've always just been a cereal for breakfast skip lunch kinda person.

If you have advice or easy ideas please drop them below.

I'm also struggling with PPD so I'm really struggling with motivation when it comes to cooking etc.

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At 7 months he doesn't need much. Over time you can start adding things like fruit, berries, oats, chia, nut butters... yogurt is very versatile.

After a year or so there's nothing wrong with doing cereal for breakfast once in awhile... It doesn't always have to be a full, hot breakfast. You'll get into a rhythm!

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Neither of my kids ate much at 7m.

Bit of yoghurt, occasionally some baby porridge made with their milk, berries, smushed banana.

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By weaning I'm assuming you mean "adding solids"... but way before 12 months breastmilk or formula needs to be the main source of nutrition and should be given before solids.

If baby had breastmilk or formula & you're offering a bit of yogurt that's fine, but they shouldn't just be having yogurt for breakfast. Also yogurt can be kind of tangy, so I'd probably add some mashed fruit to it.

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You’re not failing. Add some fruit and some chia seeds to up nutrition etc and absolutely fine. We did weetabix with banana and PB for a LONG time before he started rejecting it 🥲 a slice of toast with PB / cream cheese also great.

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Sometimes they eat a lot, sometimes they don’t eat anything at all.

They’re still learning food textures and different flavors I wouldn’t put too much thought into it at all. Just make sure that it’s different textures and flavors.

(Crunch, squish, jelly, thick/thin) & (sweet, savory,maybe a little spicy)

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PPD mom here and meal planning was a LOT. I put a list on the fridge of easy meal ideas for each meal. Hummus and teething crackers, yoghurt and mashed berries, easy stuff to make fast that you dont have to think about. It also makes putting a grocery list together way easier as you can just check to see if anything off the master list needs to be replaced

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At 7m I mostly gave her baby porridge for breakfast one that could be made with boiled water for ease because at that age it was literally just a couple spoonfuls then she'd have a tiny taste of some well cooked veg or soft fruit while we ate our lunch/tea but it was more her exploring foods as supposed to actually eating them, by around 10m onwards I started giving her either pancake/toast/cereal with fruit for breakfast she's now 19m and will have a bowl of cereal with a load of fruit and occasionally yogurt (always been hit and miss with it)

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I didn’t even start solids until 8 months and 9 months and they started with yogurt for breakfast. I usually made little pouches with about 5oz and they would eat the whole thing but it would be plenty for them.

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Milk it's her primary food right now.

You cam add mashed banana and smashed avocado. I started with puree and i made her meals for the week on Sundays! Made it easier on me to just get started and to get into a rhythm that worked.

You're not failing. Things are changing and you have to readjust and it'll happen again at like 12mths and 1.5 and so on. You got this!

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@incognito i completely get it, i grew up on the freezer meal / cereal dinner diet growing up. I still struggle a lot with cooking and ideas. I have used Baby Lead Weaning inspiration pages to give me ideas, but this is also something your partner could be in charge of since it sounds like that would be a fantastic way for him to support your PPD and help him feel more involved in baby. You CAN do this. Also make sure to keep your doctor updated on how much you are struggling, and the feelings associated with meal planning. That info can help them more than you think ❤️

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At 7 months some days they won’t even want to eat food at all. Yogurt is good for something slightly textured. Some smushed fruit could also work. My girl is almost 10 months & some days she’ll eat everything other days she’ll spit everything onto the floor lol

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This morning my son 8months had some peanut butter toast with a hard boiled egg(that i made the other day and store in the fridge). "Lunch" I usually just do some frozen fruit in the mesh teether thing x2 because it doesn't hold much and he always want some more lol when I make dinners I freeze extra portions that are suitable for him in breastmilk storage bags so that I have options for when I don't make dinner. You are doing great🫶🏽
Ima list some easy options for whatever meal
-banana baby pancakes (google has a few recipes, I use one with baby cereal and it is nice and soft)
-Toast w/ PB or Avocado
-Eggs(scrambled, fried, boiled)
-Frozen yogurt bites with soft or pureed fruit
-cheese quesidilla
-pasta w/ tomato sauce, herbs, and light seasonings
-Yogurt w/ pureed strawberries, peaches etc.
-Sweet potato fries (make ahead and freeze for a quick addition to dinner or lunch) you can also add cinnamon to some
These are just a few things that my son likes. Good luck mama! Pinterest/ google has helped me.

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Is yogurt enough breakfast for a 7month old?

I'm really struggling with weaning and feeling like I'm failing my child.

I've always just been a cereal for breakfast skip lunch kinda person.

If you have advice or easy ideas please drop them below.

I'm also struggling with PPD so I'm really struggling with motivation when it comes to cooking etc.

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