How do you know your baby is finished eating?
This can be one of the trickiest parts of baby led weaning and a question I get asked a lot.
Each baby has their own unique way of letting mummy and daddy know she’s done but I thought I’d share the cues Miss G. gives me in the hope they’ll help you better understand your little ones signals.
Usually I know Miss G. is finished eating when she:
- begins to look bored
- stops ferrying food to mouth and instead plays with her food
- starts to squish food and mash it into her high chair tray
- looks me directly in the eye, throws food & then giggles (my personal favourite)
- places food into her nappy
- generally pushes food away from her
- uses her arms to sweep food across her high chair tray
- attempts to climb out of her high chair
- interested in absolutely everything other than what’s on her high chair tray
- and when offered a little more food simply shakes her head
Learning your little ones cues can be difficult but over time it does get easier. If you’re still unsure as to whether your little one is finished I’ve found the best thing to do is offer a little more food, usually a new flavour and see how they respond.
Now onto today’s cookies.
Still obsessed with last weeks easy peasy banana oat cookies today I decided to whip up a batch of oat chocolate chip cookies.
These little beauties are chock full of oats, coconut, dark chocolate chips and are flavoured with a little maple syrup and vanilla.
And this cookie dough couldn’t be simpler to prepare, just pop all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix with your hands, squishing and squeezing to create a soft sticky texture. Once the dough has rested for 5 minutes or so (just until the oats a lovely and soft), add the dark chocolate chips, shape into rounds and pop into the oven to bake until golden and delicious.
To create your own batch of oat chocolate chip cookies simply…
Begin by placing the oats, coconut, melted butter, maple syrup, vanilla and egg into a large bowl. Use you hands to mix and squish the mixture together. Spend a good 3-4 minutes massaging the mixture to ensure the oats are lovely and soft and the mixture holds together. Allow the cookie mixture to stand for 5 minutes.
Allow the mixture to stand for a good five minutes or so to soften the oats.
Meanwhile, chop the chocolate.
Add the chopped chocolate to the cookie dough and mix to combine.
Take heaped tablespoon amounts of the mixture and shape into rounds. Place onto an oven tray lined with baking paper and pop into the oven for 20 minutes until golden and cooked.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool a little before placing the cookies on a wire rack to cool completely.
Miss G. enjoyed her cookie for morning tea along with a yoghurt cup with fresh raspberries.
oat choc chip cookies
adapted from Teresa Cutter – The Healthy Chef
INGREDIENTS
2 cups oats
3/4 cup coconut, desiccated or shredded
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
100 grams dark chocolate, chopped
METHOD
Preheat oven to 150 degrees celsius (300 F). Place the oats, coconut, melted butter, maple syrup, vanilla and egg into a large bowl. Use your hands to mix and squish the mixture together for 3-4 minutes or until the mixture is soft and comes together. Stand for 5 minutes. Add the chocolate and mix to combine. Take heaped tablespoon amounts of the cookie mixture and place onto an oven tray lined with baking paper. Pop into the oven to bake for 10 minutes, gently flip the cookies and cook for a further 10 minutes or until the cookies are cooked and golden. Place on a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy x
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banana oat cookies
strawberry oat bread
oat slice
I love that she puts food in her nappy!
I was thinking about it today – when are you releasing a cookbook! I need you to!
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Yeah Grace is such a cheeky monkey hahaha! Oh I have been thinking about that! I would love to write a cook book. A girlfriend of mine just recently wrote an healthy eating ebook so I have to ask her what is involved. Hopefully I can get something together, would be lovely!
Hi i tried this earlier but the it didnt stick 🙁 i followed the measurements though… I dont know what went wrong. Must be the maple syrup i used? The one i bought was very liquid and not sticky at all…
Tried this but failed 🙁 the cookie didnt stick. I guess it’s the maple syrup i used – it wasnt sticky.
Hi! I am so sorry your cookies didn’t turn out. Did you use pure maple syrup? There are a lot of cheaper imitation syrups on the market that are purchased usually for pancakes and are not as thick and sticky as pure maple syrup. These cookies really do need pure maple syrup to stick together. I also found the cookies stick a lot better when you really work the batter by stirring, squishing and combining with your hands. I hope this helps and I am so sorry your cookies didn’t stick. Better luck next time xxx
What would be your suggestion to replace coconut as nobody from our family likes it, and recipe looks delicious.
I absolutely LOVE these cookies! just made them! amazingly delicious, super EASY and rather healthy!!! thanks for all the great recipes!
This was also a fail here, the oats didn’t combine at all. I used excellent quality maple syrup so I think the issue must be with the oats. I have organic rolled oats that seem to take forever to cook so maybe that is the issue here too. Currently trying to turn the mix into toasted granola!
Ahhhh, how did you go? Sorry the mix didn’t stick…how annoying!! I’m really hoping your granola was a hit!!! X
These have not worked very well as they didn’t hold their shape – just falling apart – it is like a tray of bake oats and chocolate. Not sure what I did wrong!
Hi lovely! Sorry to hear that! May I ask whether you used pure maple syrup? X
Wish I’d read the comments before making these 🙁
Hi Sarah, what happened? Hope I can help X
As with others who’ve commented the mixture just didn’t come together. I ended up making it into a slice though which my daughter loved 🙂
Sounds like yours needed more moisture lovely. Different brands of wholemeal {wholewheat} flour can be more thirsty than others and require more liquid. I’ll add some notes to the recipe. So happy you were able to make it into a slice – what a clever idea! And I’m so delighted your daughter enjoyed it! Thanks awesome. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and leave your feedback – its always appreciated! Kayla X