We started LO on purees about 3 or 4 weeks ago when he turned 6 months. So far it's been sweet potato, banana, avocado, etc. When do you work in proteins and what kind? We tried scrambled eggs, and I don't think he liked the texture. Not sure if I should wait a little longer, and try small chunks of chicken?
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DD1 was just shy of 8 months. I made a purée that had chicken, sweet potatoes and apple.
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Don't remember her exact age but it was probably hummus. She still loves it!
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Chicken pieces, about 5 months
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I have no idea. Probably chicken or beef. I puréed whatever we ate a bit and gave it to him. I did that with both boys. This was probably at 6 months.
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Chicken cut into tiny pieces.
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Tofu or rotisserie chicken
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We did chicken. Small bits and pieces.
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I was always so grossed out by pureed meat that I just couldn't do it! As purees we gave my daughter hummus and pureed white beans and black beans mixed with veggies. You can start that whenever.
We pretty quickly moved out of the smooth puree stage. I would give her tiny bites of chicken, and a big hit was little bites of really soft pot roast.
Oh and cottage cheese is a good one too!
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Hummus was, and still is, an early favorite protein (heads up, I know a few babies who had skin reactions to sabra brand but not others- by a big deal but it scared me at first!). She also used to like pulled or shredded chicken made in the slow cooker. the pieces were nice and small and soft that way. We also tried ground meat (turkey or beef) and then meatballs.
Never did many purees anyway, and pureed meat grosses me out.
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Probably chicken or ground beef at around 6.5 months. Quinoa as well.
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It was either hummus or ground turkey, I think. She loved them both.
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@Foodnerd81: ohh I like the slow cooker idea! How would you cook them?
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LO's first solid was avocado. I think the next protein we tried was turkey at thanksgiving, she was not a fan. Next was egg or black beans I think.
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eggs and chicken
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@Peasinapod: I took a couple of big chicken breasts, a little water or chicken broth, and put them in the slow cooker on low for 5 hours or until they were really soft. Super easy. I would add seasonings for mine and dh but left her plain.
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@Foodnerd81: thanks
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Sigh... I seem to remember DS chowing down on a homemade beef meatball at 6 months old - now at 17 mo he will not eat meat. I stuff him full of houmous, beans and peanut butter to get protein into him!
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Greek yogurt. At probably 7-8 months.
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I believe it was turkey meat balls at a couple days after 6 months.
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At some point we gave him a strip of steak to suck on. He loved it!
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White beans or tofu around 7m? We started solids at 6m. First meat was pork chops around 8m.
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She had eggs around 6.5 mo and just had chicken yesterday; she'll be 7 mo this weekend.
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