How do you serve/ get LO to eat meat?

drbethc

My DS gags anytime I give him meat...he spits it out and he always looks so traumatized when he gets it in his mouth...he's not a good eater and prefers puffs and bm...how did you get your LO to eat meat?

E3A7AGGIE

How do you give him other foods? Mainly pureed, or more like BLW? 

 I gave Graham grilled chicken as his first meat, and basically just tore off big enough pieces for him to pick up, but tiny enough that if he didn't chew it completely,

drbethc

He's more BLW than pur?e... I gave him puree was or twice in the beginning..I cut in small pieces and let him lead. He gets it in his mouth then gags and spits it out.

JessieCupcake

Does your DS like any veggies? The first time my DS had meat I pureed it along with a veg I knew he already liked.

Even now my DS mainly has meat that is pureed with something else. Every once and awhile I'll break up tiny pieces to give him

pghmortdoll

DS loves chicken! I make sure it is super moist and just pull it apart. He feeds himself.

Maybe he isn't quite ready for the texture of meats? I'd give it another try in about a week.

SweetHurricane

We haven't started yet with DD2, but when DD1 was still a baby we gave her sliced deli meat. Just get the reduced sodium kind. Her favorite is roast beef.

khill86

We do BLW. I just give DS a "finger" of meat. At first he sucked and gnawed, now he bites and tears little pieces off with his front teeth. He usually only eats about half a "finger" but it really doesn't concern me at all. He takes whatever he wants/need

drbethc

khill86:

We do BLW. I just give DS a "finger" of meat. At first he sucked and gnawed, now he bites and tears little pieces off

henrytviii

What works well for us is slow cooker meat - lean beef boneless ribs cooked w/carrots and potatoes and slow cooked pork barbecue are favorites. We just give him large chunks of the tender meat and he bites off what he wants.  LO also likes cassero

sam19

She really likes shredded chicken. I don't just specifically give her meat. She eats whatever we are eating so yesterday we had scalloped potatoes and ham and she got her ham that way.

Gnadtkins

We've done some ground beef... Like beef stroganoff or shepards pie.  He loves it and I just feed him little bits on a spoon.  He wants to feed himself but he doesn't do we'll with such little pieces of ground beef.  He HATES the gerber mea