Salsa???

TJ1979 · March 2014

If it isn't too spicy, is it ok to give E salsa? She is obsessed with dipping foods, and if she sees us dipping food in anything, she MUST have it. Last night we gave her a chicken quesadilla, and she cried until we let her have some salsa to dip it in. My mom worries about it being bad for her with the spices and peppers and acidic tomatoes. Anyone else's LO love salsa?

TJ1979 · March 2014

Thanks Ducky! E is the same way. But she will dip anything in there, apples, fingers, whatever. Or drink it straight out of the ramekin. The one we buy is fresh made in the store, so it's all real food too.

Ruthie04 · March 2014

I don't see a problem with it. We've given the boys queso and let them try salsa. They don't care for it, but it's pretty healthy and their parents are from TX- they must like Mexican food!!!

kaf7 · March 2014

I am 100% certain that toddlers in mexico eat salsa. Go for it!

mdiblasi10 · March 2014

Grayson loooooves it too. He has been eating it for a while. Isn't it funny how they want to dip everything when they see us do it?!

TJ1979 · March 2014

kaf7 said:
I am 100% certain that toddlers in mexico eat salsa. Go for it!

Exactly! We got so many dirty looks when we took E to an Indian restaurant and let her try almost everything. Indian babies eat Indian food, why can't she? FTR, she loves it. Thai food too.

mdiblasi10 · March 2014

I love that E loves everything! We are very adventurous eaters and G tries everything. Thai, Korean, Sushi, Vietnamese, Indian, Italian, Mexican, Greek, Lebanese... all of it! I think it's a very good thing. You should be proud that she is a good eater

TJ1979 · March 2014

That's awesome @mdiblasi10‌! We get a lot of looks, but she eats what we eat, always has. She loves veggie sushi rolls and edamame so much. I love having a (mostly) good eater. And she LOVES to eat from chopsticks. Somehow makes food taste better I guess.

Ruthie04 · March 2014

TJ1979 said:

kaf7 said:
I am 100% certain that toddlers in mexico eat salsa. Go for it!
Exactly! We got so many dirty looks when we took E to an Indian restaurant and let her try almost everything. Indian babies eat Indian food, why can't she? FTR, she loves it. Thai food too.

Really? That's crazy! I'd be staring at you too, but only because I am so jealous!! I'd be so excited if the boys liked Indian or Thai food!

imoverit · March 2014

Pro salsa here unless its too spicy hot.

TJ1979 · March 2014

mg0202 said:
J loves salsa and a wide variety of food. I can't believe E can use chopsticks, that is impressive!

Haha, no, she can't use them. But she loves when we feed her from them. Poor wording choice, sorry. She can barely manipulate a fork, chopsticks would be quite impressive indeed.
Although, @pb_bride‌, doesn't M use chopsticks?

pb_bride · March 2014

TJ1979 said:

J loves salsa and a wide variety of food. I can't believe E can use chopsticks, that is impressive!
Haha, no, she can't use them. But she loves when we feed her from them. Poor wording choice, sorry. She can barely manipulate a fork, chopsticks would be quite impressive indeed. Although, @pb_bride‌, doesn't M use chopsticks?

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For a month or so, M whines when he sees DH & I use chopsticks. So we gave him "his" chopsticks (just a shorter pair we have at home) to play with, after he's done eating. He used to flick foods all over the place with the chopsticks (not intentionally, but just happens), so we made sure he didn't have much food left on his plate. Lately he hasn't asked for them so we haven't offered.

M does not like being fed at all, from an early age (like 7m). It's a bit of both a blessing and a curse. He now does okay with a spoon... he self-feeds yogurt but 1/2 of it ends up on his smock. He used to use the fork but lately he just puts it aside and uses his hands instead.

BabyKsMommy · March 2014

Ds has eaten salsa for quite a while now. He is half Mexican so it's just something we have/eat frequently. He has never had a problem with it. So I'm pro salsa

Dragonfly1226 · March 2014

It is TOTALLY fine!

CarrieB. · March 2014

DD1 has been eating salsa and spicy foods like chili since she was pretty little.

When we go out for sushi, the waitress always gives her chopsticks with a rubber band around the top, so she can use them. She loves California rolls.

TJ1979 · March 2014

CarrieB. said:
DD1 has been eating salsa and spicy foods like chili since she was pretty little.

When we go out for sushi, the waitress always gives her chopsticks with a rubber band around the top, so she can use them. She loves California rolls.

@carrieb. How old is she? (Sorry, mobile.)

CarrieB. · March 2014

TJ1979 said:

CarrieB. said:
DD1 has been eating salsa and spicy foods like chili since she was pretty little.

When we go out for sushi, the waitress always gives her chopsticks with a rubber band around the top, so she can use them. She loves California rolls.
@carrieb. How old is she? (Sorry, mobile.)

She's almost 3. I think we gave her sushi (an avocado roll that I pulled apart) for the first time when she was about 11 months.

TJ1979 · March 2014

CarrieB. said:

DD1 has been eating salsa and spicy foods like chili since she was pretty little. When we go out for sushi, the waitress always gives her chopsticks with a rubber band around the top, so she can use them. She loves California rolls.
@carrieb. How old is she? (Sorry, mobile.)
She's almost 3. I think we gave her sushi (an avocado roll that I pulled apart) for the first time when she was about 11 months.

We've done pulled apart avocado rolls too. I worry that the seaweed paper is too chewy for her at 19 months. Good to know she's halfway to old enough to eat sushi on her own!

CarrieB. · March 2014

@carrieb. How old is she? (Sorry, mobile.)
She's almost 3. I think we gave her sushi (an avocado roll that I pulled apart) for the first time when she was about 11 months.

We've done pulled apart avocado rolls too. I worry that the seaweed paper is too chewy for her at 19 months. Good to know she's halfway to old enough to eat sushi on her own!

I don't think that A ate the seaweed wrapper part until she was older. We don't do any raw rolls for her, just cooked ones like California or vegi ones.

TJ1979 · March 2014

CarrieB. said:

@carrieb. How old is she? (Sorry, mobile.)

She's almost 3. I think we gave her sushi (an avocado roll that I pulled apart) for the first time when she was about 11 months. We've done pulled apart avocado rolls too. I worry that the seaweed paper is too chewy for her at 19 months. Good to know she's halfway to old enough to eat sushi on her own!
I don't think that A ate the seaweed wrapper part until she was older. We don't do any raw rolls for her, just cooked ones like California or vegi ones.

Ooh, yeah, I don't care for raw rolls anyhow, and I wouldn't do those for her. But she gets very jealous when I eat sushi in front of her, so I will be happy when I am comfortable letting her eat them on her own.

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