Thanksgiving for LO

Amyboxer

I know its about a month away but I was wondering if anyone was planning on giving LO some Thanksgiving type foods during the holiday? And if so do you do purée type foods or baby led weaning?

Cfvonfam

I'm Canadian so already had Thanksgiving and I gave him little pieces of turkey, some mashed potatoes, some stuffing - basically anything we had that he wanted to have in small pieces that he could chew. My LO hates purées so he just gets what we have.

Talltrees82

Canadian too- LO tried some sweet potato that ended with him crazy gagging and me freaking out. We avoided solids for a week but we're back on the BLW bandwagon now!

Twirple

We're doing BLW, so at dinner, DD gets a bit of whatever we're eating.  She will definitely get to enjoy the Thanksgiving feast.

thomas930

He'll eat whatever we're having. I'm sure DH will even sneek in a taste of pie.

Dixon813

BLW and he'll try everything. Already gave in to DH and said he could taste pumpkin pie.

smushi

For baby led weaners, hah, does your LO use pincer grip yet? I put a piece of scrambled egg in front of LO last night for fun, but he treated it like a bomb to be dismantled (same wild eyed look) but totally just palmed it all over the tray.

smushi

Does your LO actually eat much of the food? We switched to puréed because j is so Gungho about actually eating the food, not just playing.

zazu13

My babies have already had the majority of the foods we serve at Thanksgiving (mash potato, yams, turkey, rolls, etc). It will probably be their first time to try pie

Mport90

He absolutely loves food and will throw a fit if he doesn't get some. So yes absolutely I will be fixing him a plate with whatever is manageable for him to grab and chew.

AmberLiz99

Squash (I'm mash with a fork), mashed potatoes without the salt, and whatever veggie we have. She will be 7 months

snowbound

I'll probably let him play with mashed potatoes and some pumpkin pie. Id rather not listen to the other people tell me how to parent/feed my child.

ccollins06

We aren't doing BLW but I've started putting things like banana and avocado on his tray to experiment with. I know those are hard things for him to try to pick up, but it's what I'm comfortable with. So far he hasn't gotten anything to his mouth, just smears it around. I suppose he'd make more of an effort if I wasn't also spoon feeding him.

Anyways, we'll keep practicing and experimenting with textures in hopes that he can try a few things with us on Thanksgiving.

mbethmcgill

Mashed potatoes for sure. We'll see what else that day.