https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:06:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1204566 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:29:12 +0000 sandy 1204566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 7 months she loved little bits of roasted chicken. Around a year she loved crab and shrimp bit didn't like any other fish or red meat we gave her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1204413 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:41:34 +0000 ALV91711 1204413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 6.5 months. I puréed chicken and mix it in with his veggies. He hasn't tried any other meat yet and he doesn't have it every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1204383 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:29:21 +0000 BlueWolverine 1204383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just gave her her first meat last night. We had tacos, so I cooked some ground beef without added salt for her. She liked it, but wasn't quite sure what to do with it. </p> <p>DH refuses to give her pre-made pureed meat after smelling it at our baby shower. "I'm not feeding my baby anything that smells like death." It actually pretty funny how adamant he is about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1204201 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 10:17:47 +0000 Ginabean3 1204201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going to wait until 9 months and give her turkey at Thanksgiving! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1204118 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:49:06 +0000 cmomma17 1204118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: thanks for sharing :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1204084 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:36:34 +0000 Mrsbells 1204084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 9 to 10 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1204004 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:13:40 +0000 blackbird 1204004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started giving it around 6 months. She's not really into it yet, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1203708 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 02:30:49 +0000 AprilFool 1203708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6.5 months and we've had chicken and salmon so far that I pureed and chomped on some lamb and steak BLW style. She seems impressed so far. </p> <p>When we saw the GP the other day they said it was important to start by 9 months because of the iron. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1203675 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 01:03:36 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1203675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 months... so far he's had beef, pork, chicken, and fish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1203643 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:26:21 +0000 birdofafeather 1203643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around 8 months with chicken. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202853 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:01:15 +0000 wheres_c 1202853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: nope. He works outside the house, and he eats meat for lunch. Dinner is 50/50 whether I cook meat or not. If I do, I use a meat substitute for me.</p> <p>As far as LO goes, I purchase as much organic, free range meat as possible. As he gets older I plan on explaining where meat comes from and let him make his own choices. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202807 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:42:07 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1202807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another ex-vegetarian here, so we waited until almost one year with my first. Baby Brother is more advanced in terms of food though, so I'm guessing he'll probably get some by 10 months? (I voted 11 as an average). They both got fish much earlier like 7 months because it requires much less chewing and we generally eat it more often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202804 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:41:04 +0000 cmomma17 1202804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: just curious, is your SO a vegetarian? I'm one and my DH is not, so I'm not sure what to do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202779 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:35:48 +0000 heartonastring 1202779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're doing BLW and she gets meat pretty frequently (last night I made mini-meat loaves in muffin tins). She's 6.5 months and has been eating solids for about a month now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202701 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:11:13 +0000 honeybear 1202701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was just over 1yo when I gave him some fish. He got to chew on some turkey at Thanksgiving after he turned 1, too. I'm a most-of-the-time vegetarian, and am the full-time cook for our family. We have fish once a week or so. My husband eats turkey or steak less than once a month, so LO gets a bite when he does. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202682 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:05:13 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1202682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Steak at six months. Blw style. She loves meat. Pork is her favorite. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202681 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:04:54 +0000 boots 1202681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6.5 months! We do baby led weaning, so I just handed her a chunk of chicken one day. She loves it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202675 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:03:22 +0000 Smurfette 1202675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I have only done puree meats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202645 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:53:42 +0000 wheres_c 1202645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 months. I'm vegetarian but we agreed to give him organic meat </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202609 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:39:49 +0000 regberadaisy 1202609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 months I think because that's when their iron store from birth starts to deplete. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202605 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:37:13 +0000 shopaholic 1202605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! I guess we're behind on meats! I gave LO some fish this week and she just turned 8 months yesterday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202583 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:28:51 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1202583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaJ: I'm a former pescetarian, so I'm definitely not in a rush for her to eat meat either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202511 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:12:16 +0000 hilsy85 1202511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: omg meat makes the poop SO SMELLY. Kind of makes we wish we were vegetarians :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202510 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:12:05 +0000 littlebug 1202510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Somewhere between 7-8 months, I made a puree of turkey and plums. That was his first meat. Since then he's had other turkey purees, chicken (whole pieces and purees), and a few beef meatballs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202508 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:11:46 +0000 hilsy85 1202508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around 6.5 months? We started with shredded rotisserie chicken, and then did tiny pieces of steak. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202502 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:09:58 +0000 Adira 1202502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just tried giving Xander some chicken at 8 months, but he wasn't a fan. I'm going to try again this weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202494 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:08:11 +0000 mrskc 1202494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 6 months. I just gave him a slice of pork tenderloin and he liked to suck on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202483 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:05:19 +0000 MamaJ 1202483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 11 months he has only had salmon. But I'm a former vegetarian and we don't eat much meat so I'm a little hesitant to give it to him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202478 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:04:07 +0000 edelweiss 1202478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>around 8 months we gave him little bits or big strips--he mostly spit out the little bits and sucked on the big strips. i think he had some turkey chili at daycare last week, and i'm pretty sure he ingested some because his poop was pretty stinky afterwards. yay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-giving-lo-meat#post-1202476 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:03:37 +0000 lovehoneybee 1202476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around 7 months? His first was a piece of steak!</p> <p>Then shredded chicken and sausage (like Jimmy Dean's breakfast sausage links). </p>