When to start baby on table food?

countrybaby16 · October 2012

My DD is 7 1/2 months old and refusing to eat baby food but every time she see table food she goes crazy. She has been giving me a hard time with the baby food for a about a week now so last night I cut up chicken really small and carrots and she loved it. Is it to early to start table food? Any tips or advice would be helpful. Thank you.

Steph_whalen5@yahoo.com · October 2012

I think you're doing great! If she shows signs of being ready for table food I would definitely start now! We did puffs, cherrios, etc around 7.5 months and real food between 8 and 9 months - but that was more because my DD hadn't figured out how to get much from her hands to her mouth and got frustrated. She's been totally off pur?es for about a month now. I know lots of ladies on here do BLW and skip pur?es - so I certainly don't think your jumping the gun - especially since you're following baby's cues! Have fun!

alstumb@gmail.com · October 2012

Our son was around that age when we started giving him bits of table food. I can't remember exactly how old, but I know he was 100 on table food by 9 months.

Everyone does things differently. Some people never give their baby pures at all. Do whatever you feel comfortable with!

blu-eyedwife · October 2012

We did BLW and skipped purees so my son has been on table food since 6 months.

duffmaker · October 2012

No, there's baby led weaning that starts by skipping purees and going straight to table food. As long as she's demonstrating that she's ready, which she clearly is , I'd say go for it.

As for us, DD refused purees too so finally after fighting with her and doing purees for 3 days then a week without and a day of them then 2 weeks without I gave in and started giving her bits of our food and she gobbled it! Now she eats everything we eat and her gerber puffs/doodles/yogurts melts. The past 2 days when we've gone to restaurants I've even ordered her her own meal because otherwise I won't be able to eat mine lol because she will!! Her absolute favorite is chicken noodle soup, well pretty much anything I cook in the slow cooker (which is great for the flavors/textures, you can get all sorts of veggies in there and it makes meats nice and tender!)

Make sure things aren't easy for her to choke on, like super round foods or too big or slippery.

lageorgiapaperie · October 2012

Some people just start with table foods. We did purees (he'll actually still take them sometimes) but started giving him puffs at 6 months and other finger foods around 7ish months.

bcel · October 2012

Well it all depends! Ours couldn't! It used to cry so much that we've thrown him by the window before it could get seated and have lunch! cliquez ici

brewcitybride · October 2012

Babies should be eating all table food by 12 months, so you are fine! Just get started little by little and your baby will eventually want to eat all table foods.

semicrunchy · October 2012

blu-eyedwife:
We did BLW and skipped purees so my son has been on table food since 6 months.

Same here. I just encourage you to learn the difference between choking and gagging. It's scary at first when they gag, but it's all part of how they learn! Good luck!

preggersin2011 · October 2012

We started smashed food at 6 months and by 7.5 months LO was on table food, eating dinner from my plate every night. I don't think there is a need to cut things up in small pieces. LO picked things up off of my plate and chewed & gnawed until she could swallow a piece. Our pedi told us that LO be on table food before the 9 month appt. Some meals are spoon fed such as mac n cheese.

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