feeding baby ground turkey?

groovygrl

just wondering, if you break it up really good when you're browning/cooking it, do you still need to run it through the food processor or do anything else to it? I am sure I've screwed up the food thing but my LOs (8 months) have had a number of fruit & veggie purees but no protein or dairy yet but I"m moving onto some more table-like food, bits of pancake/waffle/bread, small pieces of cut up cooked fruit/veggies, puffs, cheerios.... I want to start incorporating proteins & will try eggs but I have some ground turkey and wanted to cook it & freeze, I'm just not sure if I need to do anything to it after cooking. My thought was that I could mix the crumbles w/a  veggie like potato, carrot, etc but I'm a total chicken w/ food & am always nervous they'll choke.

Thanks! 

TheSkimmy

I would make ground turkey and ground beef for DS as a finger food and he loved it. I would also put it into tortillas and cheese and use scissors to cut it up for finger foods. Or add beans. I think it was more like 9 months but DS ate things like that right up!!! I don't know about freezing it as I normally make it and serve right then.

sasa625

I give DD ground beef like this... I also break up baked chicken into small pieces and she does really well with that. I introduced meat at 8 months old... I was terrified of choking (still am sometimes), but so far she's doing really well with table food. I don't puree anything for her anymore, other than some fruit to mix in with her oatmeal and yogurt.

sasa625

Oh, and I cook ground beef and chicken for DD and then freeze it in small portions in ziploc baggies... it seems to work out ok.

RoxBride

I wouldn't reground it.

Either just give baby some crumbles, or try a mini meatball shape they can gnaw on.

DD loved ground turkey at that age!