Babies: 9 - 12 Months
10 mo old- does your kid eat meat?
dd is 10 months old. according to the feeding schedule our pedi recommends she should have meats in her diet now. dd is EBM but also eats solids. as far as "meats" goes- she eats chicken and turkey, but it seems so weird to me that she would need red meat or even pork? i know it's a high source of iron, but she's had her iron tested and its fine. it just seems strange to me to give a baby meat when you consider some people advocate BM only for the first year. thoughts? also if you make your own baby food, what kind of meat do you use? ive read conflicting things about what types are best. tia!
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Re: 10 mo old- does your kid eat meat?
N is not quite 10 months, but she's been eating meat for about three months. As far as making food, she just eats what we eat. We happen to eat a lot of chicken, some beef, and some pork, so she's had all that.
If her iron is fine and you don't want to give her red meat or pork, then I'm sure it's fine if you don't! Do what you feel comfortable with, because you're right, BM/formula is most important the first year.
At 10 months we were introducing meats but he did not always eat them. Now he eats pretty much any meat as long as he can chew it, however Ds has had a ton of teeth for a while now. We have been at 16 teeth for a few months.
He is also taking a liquid vit with iron because although he is eating meat he is still not eating enough and cows milk does not have as much iron in it as formula/breast milk does.
Sam is starting to eat more meats, like ground beef, ground pork, egg yolk, and tiny chunks of chicken or pork. I haven't tried sausage but I have given him low sodium bacon. He's also done fine with *gasp* peanut butter. He doesn't like turkey. Iron is fortified in cereals and formula, so not quite as necessary to give lots of meat for iron's sake, but more for protein. As I understand it, there's not much protein in baby mixed food jars. Sam still gets breastmilk and formula, eating meats with his lunch & dinner don't change/affect that.
Yes. Doctor gave the okay for meats at 7 months. At his 9 month appointment we were given the go-ahead for everything but peanuts, shellfish, and honey.
It's not just about what they need (which just because her levels were okay once doesn't mean she couldn't use the extra iron), but introducing new foods to them.
I don't puree it. He eats it as a finger food, and I shred it up.