Do you give your baby bland meats and veggies (no seasoning)?

[zenmumajen]

We are at the point where we are trying to give Leo table food and he seems to enjoy it for the most part. There as been some particular times where I have been hesitant to because most table food isn't bland..

MIL cooked some potatoes and carrots serperatley with the pot roast a few days ago and Leo stored most of the potatoes in his cheeks for an hour. I feel like maybe he would have liked them more if I had put some lemon juice on them or they were not separate from the roast...

Also, we were at a restaurant for lunch today and I wanted to give him some of my chicken especially since it was in short thin strips and he could grasp it easily. We were at a lebanese restaurant and I'm sure there was some oil and seasonings on it. I am just interested in how you introduce meat, and at what age you would start seasoning it? He is 8 months..

[Knitting Mama]

Once we introduced any table food, which was after she got the hang of self-feeding (we introduced solids via BLW around 7ish months), the only seasoning I have restricted is salt, as babies definitely don't need a lot of it. And in moderation, I give her salty stuff, just not often (like if we're at a restaurant and the food is pre-seasoned). I think she prefers nicely seasoned food too, and who can blame her? I never got how baby food was supposed to be bland. Babies in other countries get regularly seasoned food from an early age and they handle it just fine.

[AFWife]

Originally Posted by Cecilia's Mama 

Once we introduced any table food, which was after she got the hang of self-feeding (we introduced solids via BLW around 7ish months), the only seasoning I have restricted is salt, as babies definitely don't need a lot of it. And in moderation, I give her salty stuff, just not often (like if we're at a restaurant and the food is pre-seasoned). I think she prefers nicely seasoned food too, and who can blame her? I never got how baby food was supposed to be bland. Babies in other countries get regularly seasoned food from an early age and they handle it just fine.

This!  The only time I made him something separate was when we did spicy foods (DH and I like it hot sometimes! lol) I wouldn't leave off the spices on his, but I would tone it down.

[tessie]

I'd watch the salt content (I don't add salt to food as a rule but stock is quite salty) and add less chilli but other than that she had whatever we had from the start. Babies are generally far less fussy than toddlers so it's generally easier to get them used to eating a wider range of foods.

[goinggreengirl]

Ditto all the others- just limit the salt, flavor is good! I usually just feed him off my plate (he still doesn't eat enough to warrant his own plate).

[SubliminalDarkness]

We never withheld seasonings. Or even salt, but I don't cook with a lot of salt anyway. I wanted our kids to develop tastes for a lot of things, but especially the things we eat regularly as a family. 

[katelove]

Pretty much what everyone else said. I am conscious of salt but she gets everything else as is without hesitation. 

As far as introducing meat we did it like everything else we've given her. A chunk of what I was eating cut big enough to stick out of her fist. It was at about 8.5 months but not for any special reason. 

[Momsteader]

I just fed them what we ate.  I do the cooking and I'm not a big salter, so that wasn't ever an issue. If it was really spicy, I'd not give to babe, but other than that...once they were able to nibble what we ate, I gave them bits of that. Both of my kids will eat anything and aren't picky at all :)