Yesturday some one have said they distribute thier infant solid table food at 10 months?
My son is going on 6 months and will be getting stage 2 here shortly and I wasnt planning on trying stage 3 until 12 months! I never thought a 10 month old could have any table food. So when are you suppose to start table food and what foods? And how much?
really it is up to your baby.. I really don't jar nurture my dd either.. none of the three I've had btw. I allow them to eat what they can. anything that can mush surrounded by the mouth is good: cereal, potatoes cooked and cut up, bananas are a good one, avocado's..you can be creative!
Your baby can have table food when he's able to pick it up and put it surrounded by his mouth. For most babies,that happens around 7-9 months. (But some babies are ready a bit earlier, and some aren't all set until a bit later.)
It's really a good idea to get the transition as soon as baby is able. Jarred food is expensive and bland, and some babies who are kept on mush for a year or more find it harder to make the switch.
I'd try offering table foods whenever your toddler seems interested/ready .. or try offering at around 7 months. If he doesn't know what to do, wait a couple of weeks and try again. He can have as much as he enjoy eating.
What foods? Anything he can pick up and gum up. (Even if he has teeth, he will chew with his gums until he get molars -- probably around 15-18 months or so.)
Fruits (remove pits and seeds, cook if hard. Be cautious near berries and citrus if there is an allergy risk or a tender tummy.)
Veggies (cooked)
Meat (ground or cut up very small)
Pasta shapes
Cheese (shredded or cubed)
Potato (white or sweet)
Crackers/cheerios/toast/etc. (Plain, or you can spread a little butter or conserve on the toast. If there are no allergies a VERY thin scraping of peanut butter is ok too.)
Eggs (yolks one and only if there are allergies.)
Avoid choking hazards -- raw veggies, unbroken nuts, popcorn, fish with bones (if you offer fish, [ok if he isn't allergic] crumble it very carefully), sticky peanut butter, big pieces of meat, etc.
And no honey until after a year.
my son is 4 years old and exclusivly breastfed there is no obligation for table food or baby food for the first 5 years
it say on the stage 3 jar that you start it at about 8 months. so I don't think you need to be waiting till 12 months to start stage 3, you can do that at 8. I did stage three at 8 months, and she is immediately 9 months, she still eats mostly stage 3 but occasionally she will eat table food if its soft and easy to gum. my neice be completely on table food by 10 1/2 months.
a year is way to long to wait for stage 3. daycares give thier one year olds solid food...
my daughter at 9 months eat almost a whole jar of stage three and then some puffs or other finger snacks that she can feed herself
With my oldest daughter, I be told fruits and veggies and cereal at 4 months introducing the other baby foods at 6 and table foods at 9 months.
My youngest I was told cereal at 4 months, fruits and veggies at 6 months, but she won't eat tot food, so I had to introduce soft table foods and finger foods.
Stage 3 jars are only just thicker and sometimes have small chucks in them (depending on the food). You will notice your tot is an excellent chewer around 9 months. He'll want to have something to pick up and chew rather than mush all the time.
My son is 9 months antediluvian now and has had table foods since 6 months. He one and only had soft ones then, and I progressively gave him more as time passed. Now, he's a table food intake machine! And, he absolutely loves it. He hates drinking the jar baby food now.
Start your son on puffs. He probably doesn't have the pincher grasp but though. So, he won't be able to self-feed well. You'll notice he get better at it though. Then, move on to crackers (saltine kind without the salt). Then, bananas, animal crackers, pancakes, apples, watermelon, etc. - my son is onto ham and lately had steak the other day for the first time. He loves his meats! Just be paid sure they're tender. Good luck!
At my daughter's 9-month checkup, the doctor said to be giving her bits of what we eat (and we didn't start anything besides breastmilk till she was 6 months old).
There are a handful of things a newborn can't have till s/he is one, but most of what you eat can be shared with the babe. Just tear it or cut it into bite-size pieces, once your baby is doing the "pincer grasp" (picking things up btw. thumb and pointer finger). He will stop eating when he is full--and probably start throwing the food or playing next to it. A lot of people recommend the "wholesome baby food" website for pointers.
From 6 months babies can eat the family diet, providing it's blended for them, doesn't contain addiitonal salt or sugar, and doesn't contain any of the foods that babies are not supposed to chomp through, such as honey, runny eggs, shellfish etc. There is absolutely no need to jarred baby food- it's expensive and is just pureed veg/meat/ whatever else is in it. As you baby get older just use less and smaller number lumps.
Example-take a carrot, potato, swede, broccolli, some chicken thigh. Cook/ steam all ingredients until thoroughly cooked. Put in blender, blend until smooth. Serve baby's portion, freeze rest in individual portions. 4-5 meal for the price of 1-2 jars baby food.
When my daughter was 10 months she be eating roat dinners, scrambled egg on toast, fish pie, spag bol, beef casserole, mild chilli con carne, a range of fruit and veg etc. As long as the food is healthy and have nothing like salt added to it within is no reason whatsoever to not give it to babies.
My little one (well all of them really) pretty much only got regular food we be eating from about 8-9 months, adapted of course if it wasn't entirely suitable. Before after i made his food specially for him, but after 8-9 mths i just took things out of what we were eating froze portions for him.
Things approaching meat, mashed potato and mixed vegies, casseroles, spaghetti bolognese, sheppards pie...
There isn't anything wrong with 'table foods' that you are eating to bestow to your baby. Obviously heavily spiced or salted foods are not appropriate but there is no need to engender special meals so long as what you are eating to appropriate for the baby.
Tonight we have spaghetti bolognese so i made a little extra and froze 4 portions for him. Last night we had beef risoles next to mashed potato, vegetables and gravy and froze 4 portions for him. Then when we have tacos or something later within the week there will be foods for him to eat.
Mine have be having small bits of table foods since 6 and a half months...Bits of carrots, broccoli, potatoes chicken, pasta, beans, fruits cut up...I usually dispense it to them in bits on their tray and they eat as much as they like. They own jarred foods as well at dinner time and they have cereal at breakfast...The general time to start is usually around 7-8 months i assume but our wee boy doesnt like to eat from a spoon so thats what we did to get him to guzzle things. Its called Baby led weaning and its just letting a infant feed themselves as much as theyd like rather than feed from a spoon. They learn to feed themselves pretty fast.
Yes, everyone I know starts table food around 8-9 months, depending on the baby and the doctor.
Talk to your pedi, EVERY child is different!
My son had to start baby food impulsive due to bow problems, so he is a little over five months and at stage 2 foods. I actually went to my sister's nuptials not too far back, and her husband's sister was feeding her five month out-of-date CELERY and all types of ham and turkey and things. I FIND IT ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. But your question is about a 10 month outdated... I definitely think that Graduate puffs and soft things are appropriate at that age. It all depends on how the tot is developing. Hope I helped! (:
When my son was in daycare, I really just followed their guidance. They were regulated by the state and the department of child services. They would tell me something like, ok, he's 8 months you can start next to cherrios, by 1 year he has to be off the bottle and on a sippy cup. little things like that. He be completely on table foods at 8-9 months and did fine with it.
My daughter has a very picky appetite. She loves her rice, but REFUSES to drink jar foods. I've bought every namebrand, flavor, color, etc... but she gags and gags and actually looks similar to she is going to puke. I started her on table foods at about 6 1/2 months b/c I didn't knonw what else to do. I started with soft things like, Gerber little puffs, mash potatoes, small pieces of pasta, small pieces of bread, baby yogurt. Just little things like that and she LOVES them. She is 8 1/2 months old immediately and I have tried repeatedly to get her to try jar foods again, but she refuses, turns her manager, and won't even open her mouth.
I was under the outline that a baby should be almost if not completely on table food at or close to his/her first birthday. again according to Ethan's daycare workers and all the other moms I've specified followed this rule.
At 6 months, it's ok to give your child little tastes of what you are eating, in recent times little bites to see how he will do with the texture and consistency. If he repeatedly gags or chokes, he's not ready. Good luck!
I started giving table foods at 6mo.
Goodle Baby Led Weaning for more advice. If the infant is developmentally ready for solids, then they can chew/gum table foods.
http://www.rapleyweaning.com/assets/blw_…
My 10mo only have table foods and has only had table foods for a while presently.
They do not have to have teeth. My 10mo has partially a tooth, and has been eating table foods simply fine without teeth. They use the back teeth to chew which usually do not come in until 18mo or so.
Answers: Pretty much its what your baby is comfortable beside.
Around 7-8 months most babies are able to self-feed on some level, because their pincer grasp and coordination has developed to that point. also masses of them make a chewing motion by that age, even when they are eating purees. Its often considered a flawless idea to let them get used to more chunky texture at that point, since they can "chew" the chunks with their gums and the roof of their mouth. Many people often also introduce finger foods at this age, to backing baby develop their coordination skills. Also, it makes it a lot easier to run errrands if you can hand over baby some cheerios in the stroller to tide them over instead of stopping to nurse, lol! So convenince is definitely a factor surrounded by deciding to start your baby on finger foods. Like I said, every baby is geared up and comfortable with it at a different time. You might find the choice is taken out of your hands, because around 8-10 months some babies start to reject purees and become very interested surrounded by self-feeding (ie, won't eat unless they are allowed to do so).
As far as absolute table foods go, nation usually start those after their baby has become comfortable with the snacky types of finger foods. My dd be about 8 months before i had teh courage to win her a small piece of baked chicken instead of chicken puree, because I was convinced she would choke. Overall I was surprised at how easily my dd handle the less soft, more adult foods. Now at 9 months she shares all the appropriate parts of our dinner every dark (ie, not thing slike hot dogs and chips!). Its nice because I can just prepare one meal 9and some extra for her often) for adjectives of us. Some people started earlier, some later, adjectives depending on how comfortable the baby and you are with the idea - here is no "correct" time. It is pretty typical that by 10 months babies are starting to eat table foods of some kind, though, if only the easier ones.
The best finger foods/table foods to start near are the soft ones- chunks of ripe fruit, small pastas, cottage cheese, mashed sweet potato, etc. (A reason many folks wait until almost 8 months is because drs recommend you wait on wheat and dairy products until that age, and so many wheat and dairy products bring in great finger foods). We then worked up to small pieces of string cheese, meat, and veggies. Just like with regular purees, they can hold as much as they want as long as its _after_ nursing - I just put a bunch on her tray and let her decide how much to devour (though I do offer her specific foods sometimes to encorae a more balanced meal, not in recent times all fruti, lol. but if she spits it out or won't open up, then she have had enough, just close to with purees).
A good very first finger food is gerber puffs or cheerios. They both dissolve efficiently (the puffs super easily) in the mouth, in case your babe-in-arms is still getting the hang of chewing. Your son is probably a little young for trying that, esp as far as one able to pick up the food himself (my dd couldn't do it well until about 7 1/2 months of age - surrounded by the beginning I had to help her hold the cheerios).
HOpe that help!
baby food can be expensive but yes table food is okay just put the food into a blender and puree at to a smooth consistency. pulp potatoes, anything mashed but not spicy to upset babies belly. experiment. have fun.
I have have my son on table food at 6 months, i never gave him the jar food.
Instead i make him soups, chicken, potaoes, rice, beans, anything i eat he eat. Infact his pediatrician is glad that i do this and insisted i try new foods. My son is now 11 months and is a great eater.
You start with small amounts 3 times a year and increase the amount as he gets older.
I did the same point with my 3 yr old also.
table foods are fine now as long as the pieces are substantial enough for him the hold and to learn to feed himself, cooked carrot pieces and chunks of other veggies, meat to chew on, chunks of fruits approaching banana, mango.
you can't put a timetable on these little ones...as they start growing more independent (and teeth) you'll consideration the change in how they eat..kid will want to feed itself.and like overnight you graduate to finger (and table) food..you'll know when your little ones ready, don't verbs...actually it's much easier when everyone can eat the same food. freshly make sure to start slow..
around the age 1 or back .. when you go to the doctor he would tell you how your baby is developing and when you observer's your babe you should be able to tell if you think he can manipulate certain kinds of food.
as long as they own teeth. 12 months usually they are off baby food.
http://seeanswers.fotoloser.com.au
A very informative website, kindly stay a minute in website and check
a 10 month old should be eating table foods, a 6 month old could hold table foods. do you think people always used pureed gerber foods? no, they wait until babies could chew soft foods. try offering soft frutis and veggies that she can gum. i used meats like chicken and turkey that could easily be mash in his mouth. There is no rule you have to use baby food, it's a short time ago a marketing gimmick. My son was eating table food at 7 months when i realized that pureed foods of late makes life harder. studies show that the longer the child is on pureed food the harder the transition is and they tend to be picky
doesn't have to be blended any. they need to learn how to chew eventually. teeth doesn't make a difference. folks don't generally chew with their front teeth and my son didn't get any molars until hye be at least 16 months- i couldn't imagine him not chewing before later though.
i have a daughter who is turning 1 yr within august and she started at ten with banana and soft food.
i guess it all depends on how developed your baby is, they say you can supply them 'finger foods' at 9 months. my daughter was happily munching on rusks at 6 months if you think your infant can handle more complex foods then give it a try.
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really it is up to your baby.. I really don't jar nurture my dd either.. none of the three I've had btw. I allow them to eat what they can. anything that can mush surrounded by the mouth is good: cereal, potatoes cooked and cut up, bananas are a good one, avocado's..you can be creative!
Your baby can have table food when he's able to pick it up and put it surrounded by his mouth. For most babies,that happens around 7-9 months. (But some babies are ready a bit earlier, and some aren't all set until a bit later.)
It's really a good idea to get the transition as soon as baby is able. Jarred food is expensive and bland, and some babies who are kept on mush for a year or more find it harder to make the switch.
I'd try offering table foods whenever your toddler seems interested/ready .. or try offering at around 7 months. If he doesn't know what to do, wait a couple of weeks and try again. He can have as much as he enjoy eating.
What foods? Anything he can pick up and gum up. (Even if he has teeth, he will chew with his gums until he get molars -- probably around 15-18 months or so.)
Fruits (remove pits and seeds, cook if hard. Be cautious near berries and citrus if there is an allergy risk or a tender tummy.)
Veggies (cooked)
Meat (ground or cut up very small)
Pasta shapes
Cheese (shredded or cubed)
Potato (white or sweet)
Crackers/cheerios/toast/etc. (Plain, or you can spread a little butter or conserve on the toast. If there are no allergies a VERY thin scraping of peanut butter is ok too.)
Eggs (yolks one and only if there are allergies.)
Avoid choking hazards -- raw veggies, unbroken nuts, popcorn, fish with bones (if you offer fish, [ok if he isn't allergic] crumble it very carefully), sticky peanut butter, big pieces of meat, etc.
And no honey until after a year.
my son is 4 years old and exclusivly breastfed there is no obligation for table food or baby food for the first 5 years
it say on the stage 3 jar that you start it at about 8 months. so I don't think you need to be waiting till 12 months to start stage 3, you can do that at 8. I did stage three at 8 months, and she is immediately 9 months, she still eats mostly stage 3 but occasionally she will eat table food if its soft and easy to gum. my neice be completely on table food by 10 1/2 months.
a year is way to long to wait for stage 3. daycares give thier one year olds solid food...
my daughter at 9 months eat almost a whole jar of stage three and then some puffs or other finger snacks that she can feed herself
With my oldest daughter, I be told fruits and veggies and cereal at 4 months introducing the other baby foods at 6 and table foods at 9 months.
My youngest I was told cereal at 4 months, fruits and veggies at 6 months, but she won't eat tot food, so I had to introduce soft table foods and finger foods.
Stage 3 jars are only just thicker and sometimes have small chucks in them (depending on the food). You will notice your tot is an excellent chewer around 9 months. He'll want to have something to pick up and chew rather than mush all the time.
My son is 9 months antediluvian now and has had table foods since 6 months. He one and only had soft ones then, and I progressively gave him more as time passed. Now, he's a table food intake machine! And, he absolutely loves it. He hates drinking the jar baby food now.
Start your son on puffs. He probably doesn't have the pincher grasp but though. So, he won't be able to self-feed well. You'll notice he get better at it though. Then, move on to crackers (saltine kind without the salt). Then, bananas, animal crackers, pancakes, apples, watermelon, etc. - my son is onto ham and lately had steak the other day for the first time. He loves his meats! Just be paid sure they're tender. Good luck!
At my daughter's 9-month checkup, the doctor said to be giving her bits of what we eat (and we didn't start anything besides breastmilk till she was 6 months old).
There are a handful of things a newborn can't have till s/he is one, but most of what you eat can be shared with the babe. Just tear it or cut it into bite-size pieces, once your baby is doing the "pincer grasp" (picking things up btw. thumb and pointer finger). He will stop eating when he is full--and probably start throwing the food or playing next to it. A lot of people recommend the "wholesome baby food" website for pointers.
From 6 months babies can eat the family diet, providing it's blended for them, doesn't contain addiitonal salt or sugar, and doesn't contain any of the foods that babies are not supposed to chomp through, such as honey, runny eggs, shellfish etc. There is absolutely no need to jarred baby food- it's expensive and is just pureed veg/meat/ whatever else is in it. As you baby get older just use less and smaller number lumps.
Example-take a carrot, potato, swede, broccolli, some chicken thigh. Cook/ steam all ingredients until thoroughly cooked. Put in blender, blend until smooth. Serve baby's portion, freeze rest in individual portions. 4-5 meal for the price of 1-2 jars baby food.
When my daughter was 10 months she be eating roat dinners, scrambled egg on toast, fish pie, spag bol, beef casserole, mild chilli con carne, a range of fruit and veg etc. As long as the food is healthy and have nothing like salt added to it within is no reason whatsoever to not give it to babies.
My little one (well all of them really) pretty much only got regular food we be eating from about 8-9 months, adapted of course if it wasn't entirely suitable. Before after i made his food specially for him, but after 8-9 mths i just took things out of what we were eating froze portions for him.
Things approaching meat, mashed potato and mixed vegies, casseroles, spaghetti bolognese, sheppards pie...
There isn't anything wrong with 'table foods' that you are eating to bestow to your baby. Obviously heavily spiced or salted foods are not appropriate but there is no need to engender special meals so long as what you are eating to appropriate for the baby.
Tonight we have spaghetti bolognese so i made a little extra and froze 4 portions for him. Last night we had beef risoles next to mashed potato, vegetables and gravy and froze 4 portions for him. Then when we have tacos or something later within the week there will be foods for him to eat.
Mine have be having small bits of table foods since 6 and a half months...Bits of carrots, broccoli, potatoes chicken, pasta, beans, fruits cut up...I usually dispense it to them in bits on their tray and they eat as much as they like. They own jarred foods as well at dinner time and they have cereal at breakfast...The general time to start is usually around 7-8 months i assume but our wee boy doesnt like to eat from a spoon so thats what we did to get him to guzzle things. Its called Baby led weaning and its just letting a infant feed themselves as much as theyd like rather than feed from a spoon. They learn to feed themselves pretty fast.
Yes, everyone I know starts table food around 8-9 months, depending on the baby and the doctor.
Talk to your pedi, EVERY child is different!
My son had to start baby food impulsive due to bow problems, so he is a little over five months and at stage 2 foods. I actually went to my sister's nuptials not too far back, and her husband's sister was feeding her five month out-of-date CELERY and all types of ham and turkey and things. I FIND IT ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. But your question is about a 10 month outdated... I definitely think that Graduate puffs and soft things are appropriate at that age. It all depends on how the tot is developing. Hope I helped! (:
When my son was in daycare, I really just followed their guidance. They were regulated by the state and the department of child services. They would tell me something like, ok, he's 8 months you can start next to cherrios, by 1 year he has to be off the bottle and on a sippy cup. little things like that. He be completely on table foods at 8-9 months and did fine with it.
My daughter has a very picky appetite. She loves her rice, but REFUSES to drink jar foods. I've bought every namebrand, flavor, color, etc... but she gags and gags and actually looks similar to she is going to puke. I started her on table foods at about 6 1/2 months b/c I didn't knonw what else to do. I started with soft things like, Gerber little puffs, mash potatoes, small pieces of pasta, small pieces of bread, baby yogurt. Just little things like that and she LOVES them. She is 8 1/2 months old immediately and I have tried repeatedly to get her to try jar foods again, but she refuses, turns her manager, and won't even open her mouth.
I was under the outline that a baby should be almost if not completely on table food at or close to his/her first birthday. again according to Ethan's daycare workers and all the other moms I've specified followed this rule.
At 6 months, it's ok to give your child little tastes of what you are eating, in recent times little bites to see how he will do with the texture and consistency. If he repeatedly gags or chokes, he's not ready. Good luck!
I started giving table foods at 6mo.
Goodle Baby Led Weaning for more advice. If the infant is developmentally ready for solids, then they can chew/gum table foods.
http://www.rapleyweaning.com/assets/blw_…
My 10mo only have table foods and has only had table foods for a while presently.
They do not have to have teeth. My 10mo has partially a tooth, and has been eating table foods simply fine without teeth. They use the back teeth to chew which usually do not come in until 18mo or so.
Answers: Pretty much its what your baby is comfortable beside.
Around 7-8 months most babies are able to self-feed on some level, because their pincer grasp and coordination has developed to that point. also masses of them make a chewing motion by that age, even when they are eating purees. Its often considered a flawless idea to let them get used to more chunky texture at that point, since they can "chew" the chunks with their gums and the roof of their mouth. Many people often also introduce finger foods at this age, to backing baby develop their coordination skills. Also, it makes it a lot easier to run errrands if you can hand over baby some cheerios in the stroller to tide them over instead of stopping to nurse, lol! So convenince is definitely a factor surrounded by deciding to start your baby on finger foods. Like I said, every baby is geared up and comfortable with it at a different time. You might find the choice is taken out of your hands, because around 8-10 months some babies start to reject purees and become very interested surrounded by self-feeding (ie, won't eat unless they are allowed to do so).
As far as absolute table foods go, nation usually start those after their baby has become comfortable with the snacky types of finger foods. My dd be about 8 months before i had teh courage to win her a small piece of baked chicken instead of chicken puree, because I was convinced she would choke. Overall I was surprised at how easily my dd handle the less soft, more adult foods. Now at 9 months she shares all the appropriate parts of our dinner every dark (ie, not thing slike hot dogs and chips!). Its nice because I can just prepare one meal 9and some extra for her often) for adjectives of us. Some people started earlier, some later, adjectives depending on how comfortable the baby and you are with the idea - here is no "correct" time. It is pretty typical that by 10 months babies are starting to eat table foods of some kind, though, if only the easier ones.
The best finger foods/table foods to start near are the soft ones- chunks of ripe fruit, small pastas, cottage cheese, mashed sweet potato, etc. (A reason many folks wait until almost 8 months is because drs recommend you wait on wheat and dairy products until that age, and so many wheat and dairy products bring in great finger foods). We then worked up to small pieces of string cheese, meat, and veggies. Just like with regular purees, they can hold as much as they want as long as its _after_ nursing - I just put a bunch on her tray and let her decide how much to devour (though I do offer her specific foods sometimes to encorae a more balanced meal, not in recent times all fruti, lol. but if she spits it out or won't open up, then she have had enough, just close to with purees).
A good very first finger food is gerber puffs or cheerios. They both dissolve efficiently (the puffs super easily) in the mouth, in case your babe-in-arms is still getting the hang of chewing. Your son is probably a little young for trying that, esp as far as one able to pick up the food himself (my dd couldn't do it well until about 7 1/2 months of age - surrounded by the beginning I had to help her hold the cheerios).
HOpe that help!
baby food can be expensive but yes table food is okay just put the food into a blender and puree at to a smooth consistency. pulp potatoes, anything mashed but not spicy to upset babies belly. experiment. have fun.
I have have my son on table food at 6 months, i never gave him the jar food.
Instead i make him soups, chicken, potaoes, rice, beans, anything i eat he eat. Infact his pediatrician is glad that i do this and insisted i try new foods. My son is now 11 months and is a great eater.
You start with small amounts 3 times a year and increase the amount as he gets older.
I did the same point with my 3 yr old also.
table foods are fine now as long as the pieces are substantial enough for him the hold and to learn to feed himself, cooked carrot pieces and chunks of other veggies, meat to chew on, chunks of fruits approaching banana, mango.
you can't put a timetable on these little ones...as they start growing more independent (and teeth) you'll consideration the change in how they eat..kid will want to feed itself.and like overnight you graduate to finger (and table) food..you'll know when your little ones ready, don't verbs...actually it's much easier when everyone can eat the same food. freshly make sure to start slow..
around the age 1 or back .. when you go to the doctor he would tell you how your baby is developing and when you observer's your babe you should be able to tell if you think he can manipulate certain kinds of food.
as long as they own teeth. 12 months usually they are off baby food.
http://seeanswers.fotoloser.com.au
A very informative website, kindly stay a minute in website and check
a 10 month old should be eating table foods, a 6 month old could hold table foods. do you think people always used pureed gerber foods? no, they wait until babies could chew soft foods. try offering soft frutis and veggies that she can gum. i used meats like chicken and turkey that could easily be mash in his mouth. There is no rule you have to use baby food, it's a short time ago a marketing gimmick. My son was eating table food at 7 months when i realized that pureed foods of late makes life harder. studies show that the longer the child is on pureed food the harder the transition is and they tend to be picky
doesn't have to be blended any. they need to learn how to chew eventually. teeth doesn't make a difference. folks don't generally chew with their front teeth and my son didn't get any molars until hye be at least 16 months- i couldn't imagine him not chewing before later though.
i have a daughter who is turning 1 yr within august and she started at ten with banana and soft food.
i guess it all depends on how developed your baby is, they say you can supply them 'finger foods' at 9 months. my daughter was happily munching on rusks at 6 months if you think your infant can handle more complex foods then give it a try.
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