What is the worst/dumbest thing anyone has ever said to you about parenting stuff? V - Page 53

[Kelly1101]

mushed table food, low-allergenic fruits and veggies, when he can sit up and shows interest.  Don't stress :D

Originally Posted by Katie8681 

"That said, babyfood meat wont' be my baby's first food, but he might well get well-cooked grass fed beef really early on in the grand scheme of things. Meat as a first food has much more to recommend it than that awful glue they've been pushing at babies for the last 40+ years."

I tasted babyfood chicken or turkey at a baby shower once, and I literally gagged. I wouldn't feed my cat that crap.

I hate how much stress I'm feeling about what foods to start DS with, and how much pressure there is to have him on solids! I agonize over it (baby led? rice cereal with breast milk? mushed table food? unmushed table food?now? in a month?) but how it's turning out is if I'm eating something healthy and he stares, I mush up a little bit on my finger and let him have a palmful. *shrug*

[LiLStar]

lol, oh man, when the new post notification came to my inbox, I didnt pay attention to what thread I was reading and thought for a second I was reading a thread from my DDC (November. my baby is just 7 weeks) and at first I was like, whaaat? NO! NOT NOW! Then I realized it was *not* my DDC and the baby posted about is 6 months. Heh.

[AFWife]

Originally Posted by Katie8681 

I hate how much stress I'm feeling about what foods to start DS with, and how much pressure there is to have him on solids! I agonize over it (baby led? rice cereal with breast milk? mushed table food? unmushed table food?now? in a month?) but how it's turning out is if I'm eating something healthy and he stares, I mush up a little bit on my finger and let him have a palmful. *shrug*

Dude, that's pretty much what we did with both kids. I would give them banana in a mesh feeder to keep them from screaming and freaking out during meals or prep...but once they showed interested (well, I made DS2 wait until 6mo...he wanted food at 5mo) I just squished whatever we were eating into small enough bits. Easy peasy.

[ziursrm]

I started both my kids off on egg yolks (the allergy concerns come from the whites) because it's so nutrient dense. My mom was beyond shocked. She said everyone starts with rice! I told her if it's going to replace breast milk then I want it to be nutritious, not filler. I'm all for fruit's and veggies for early foods, avocados have always been our second food as it is also nutritionally very dense.

Most of the people I know that start with meats prepare the foods themselves and don't use the jarred stuff since it's doesn't taste good and is highly processed.
 

Originally Posted by Katie8681 

"That said, babyfood meat wont' be my baby's first food, but he might well get well-cooked grass fed beef really early on in the grand scheme of things. Meat as a first food has much more to recommend it than that awful glue they've been pushing at babies for the last 40+ years."

I tasted babyfood chicken or turkey at a baby shower once, and I literally gagged. I wouldn't feed my cat that crap.

I hate how much stress I'm feeling about what foods to start DS with, and how much pressure there is to have him on solids! I agonize over it (baby led? rice cereal with breast milk? mushed table food? unmushed table food?now? in a month?) but how it's turning out is if I'm eating something healthy and he stares, I mush up a little bit on my finger and let him have a palmful. *shrug*