food babies 10 months
Yesturday some one had said they give thier baby 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?
Pretty much its what your baby is comfortable with.
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 many of them make a chewing motion by that age, even when they are eating purees. Its often considered a good idea to let them get used to more chunky textures 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 help baby develop their coordination skills. Also, it makes it a lot easier to run errrands if you can give baby some cheerios in the stroller to tide them over instead of stopping to nurse, lol! So convenince is definitely a factor in deciding to start your baby on finger foods. Like I said, every baby is ready 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 in self-feeding (ie, won’t eat unless they are allowed to do so).
As far as absolute table foods go, people usually start those after their baby has become comfortable with the snacky types of finger foods. My dd was about 8 months before i had teh courage to get 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 handled the less soft, more adult foods. Now at 9 months she shares all the appropriate parts of our dinner every night (ie, not thing slike hot dogs and chips!). Its nice because I can just prepare one meal 9and some extra for her often) for all of us. Some people started earlier, some later, all depending on how comfortable the baby and you are with the idea – there 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 with are the soft ones- chunks of ripe fruit, small pastas, cottage cheese, mashed sweet potato, etc. (A reason many people 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 make great finger foods). We then worked up to small pieces of string cheese, meat, and veggies. Just like with regular purees, they can have 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 eat (though I do offer her specific foods sometimes to encorae a more balanced meal, not just all fruti, lol. but if she spits it out or won’t open up, then she has had enough, just like with purees).
A good very first finger food is gerber puffs or cheerios. They both dissolve easily (the puffs super easily) in the mouth, in case your baby is still getting the hang of chewing. Your son is probably a little young for trying that, esp as far as being able to pick up the food himself (my dd couldn’t do it well until about 7 1/2 months of age – in the beginning I had to help her hold the cheerios).
HOpe that helps!
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