“I meant the baby looked too young for a big piece. I would have chopped it up smaller and fed pieces. My children loved all vegetables (most anyway) from a young age. I never bought babyfood.”
I understand. I was advised differently on introducing solids...baby cereal first, a different kind weekly to observe allergy, etc. I also didn’t use baby food except for cereal. Also, I think my goal was to get them to eat and if it was messy, I would feed them myself. Haha
All the young moms in my family are doing things differently and their babies/children are thriving. As far as the video, not every baby will like every food. But I have seen my grands grab broccoli and gnaw on it and explore it and do same with other food. The size helps them hold it in their hand. Giving them a steak bone with tiny bits of meat still attached is something they like because they hold it and enjoy the experience. If it is a food they can eat, a little larger piece is easier to grab, like banana cut into strips instead of rounds. At the early stages, this introduces food but they are mainly depending on breast milk or formula.
Food gets all over the floor and in the high chair and all over them but eventually they get very efficient and mostly goes inside them. My girls are more patient than I was. It works best to feed them wearing just a diaper, for clean up.
I admit that when I babysit I might feed them some things to make sure they get full tummies and sleep well. Yogurt, for one.
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A cooked chicken leg bone makes an excellent teether for a baby.