Lately I've been letting my 10month old try anything that we are eating (with the exception of foods that are big on the allergy chart). She seems to like everything I give her to SAMPLE, but since she only has 1tooth in right now, and 1more starting to come in (both on bottom), I'm not sure she can handle foods that arent already soft and mushy like certain veggies, meats, etc. Because I'm afraid of her choking since she really can't CHEW yet, i'm still feading her baby food for meals, with samples of tiny buts of my food when I'm eating... At this age, if her teeth aren't really in yet, can I be giving her regular ppl/toddler food for actual meals if the pieces are broken up really small? Even meat???
Avocados and sweet potatoes are nearly perfect foods for nutrition and most little ones love them. They are soft but can be gummed if you don't mash them.
M.
A long as the size is about the size of a cheerio, she can try anything. She can gum it, and if she just swallows it she won't choke. My son was eating everything we were when he was 10 months. He already had 12 teeth, but we just cut everything up very small, so swallowing wouldn't pose a choking threat.
as long as the bites are small and she is gumming them, she will be fine! my kids would chow on soft foods like steamed veggies, noodles, berries, etc. we arent big meat eaters in our family, but my kids LOVE beans.
She can absolutely have real food. She will learn to chew with her gums. At 10 months old my son was on table food and was done with baby food.
if she is interested give her small pieces of well cooked food. my 10 month old has 2.5 teeth (two bottom and one top one is moving in) and just started preferring regular food to baby food for the most part but I do offer her baby food at every meal also to supplement/fill her belly. she chowed down on the turkey on thanksgiving LOL! i gave her small bites of turkey and she just gummed away on them. if your baby seems to be doing okay i would just continue to offer both and see which she likes better!
Well I am on the conservative side I think. My son is 10 months old and has 4 teeth and is getting a fifth and I am just starting on table food. I have just started those little puffs and also things like bread, yogurt, banana. I went slow with my first and he is three and eats like a champ. I am still nursing and giving him rice and baby food. The more solid or textured foods are for snacks. Of course anything like mashed potatoes is fine, as long as you thin it out with a little milk. I gave my boy some sweet potato that was baked soft and he loved it. Ten months is still very young and baby food is still fine. I know lots of people have their kids on table foods at a year, but plenty of people like me don't and both ways are ok. I think taking it slow may err on the side of caution, but that is fine by me:)
my daughter used to love thin strips of chicken and ground turkey. i say give her anything to let her try to gum it.
I do give my kids, at that age, regular foods (and they have just a few teeth)....I just cut them into very small pieces and only give a few at a time. Often they just suck on the meat and I end up having to do a swipe of their mouth or they keep it in their cheeks like cud. Some things, like cheese, dessolve enough for them. I continue with the purred/jarred stuff until I feel they are getting enough nutrients from the 'regular' food. Sounds to me like you are already doing that too, just gradually increase the amounts of the samples.
As long as it's something she can "gum"--let her have it. Mine loved mashed potatoes, graham crackers, cheerios, steamed veggies, applesauce, mashed up fruit, french fries, and anything you can put in the babyfood grinder.
My favorite cookbooks for kids nutrition:
Idiot's Guide to Feeding Your Baby and Toddler
Baby and Toddler Meals For Dummies
I checked out both from our local Library to see if they fit with our lifestyles and I loved both of them. I bought them at Hastings but they are online or at other bookstores too I imagine.
Every baby is different, but 11-month-old has 9 teeth and she still has a really hard time with meat. I've shredded the chicken, etc. and she just doesn't seem to do well with it. The only meat she can really eat is dark meat (because it is usually more moist) and she'll eat deli meat (not the best choice, but I sometimes give it to her because of the fat content). Oh, she does well with hot dogs too, but again, I give that to her in limited quantity. As a side note, Oscar Mayer makes a turkey dog that is free of nitrates and it is really good. That is usually what she gets or Hebrew National. Anyway, it can't hurt to try.
