our doctor wants us to start introducing meats to malory when she is 8 months (which is in 9 days). But i DONT want to give her those gross meats in a jar that they have for babies.
So how do i prepare meats on my own for her to have? She doesnt like things that arent mushes up and stuff.. Ive tried giving her pieces of a banana, slices of strawberries and stuff.. but she doesnt like the texture of food like that. so i ahve NO clue how to introduce her to meats.
Also.. or formula feeding mama's, at what age did u stop using formula? When Malory is old enough we are going to give her soy milk, cause we dont wanna give her cows milk.
oo i forgot to add.. for hte formula question. I know to keep her on it till shes at least 1 years old. But i was wondering if i should keep her on it longer then a year. (thats what the question was for.. i k now not to switch her off of it yet or n e time soon hehe)
There's no real reason to keep her on formula after a year if she is eating solid food.
Why is meat OK but not cow's milk? I'm not trying to be rude, Im just trying to figure out your feeding goal.
Both Rob and I are VERy lactose intolerant. And we dont want to take any chances with her just yet. So soy milk it is.
O, OK
My son swictched from soy formula to soy milk without problems, but we don't eat meat.
Try feeding her ground chicken and ground turkey, mixed with mashed vegetables.
ya i got a fwe different recipes and stuff off the net. :) Thanks :)
forget meat . . just serve her that awesome rice recipe of yours. That's all we've eaten around here all week :-)
hehe.. next time i make it i do plan on seeing if she'll eat some when i was putting that recipe up i was thinking about her maybe eating it hehe. she likes tomatos hehe soi dont see why she wouldnt like it (i've let her chew on a slice of tomato.. she seemed to like it hehe).
I would perfer not having her eat meat. Cuase I'd perfer not to eat meat lol. But i have to eat it. So she'll be raised on it so i figured I might as well start her on it when the doc says to ya know?
I used to be a veggie, but my iron got super low, and when i would take supplements for it it would get way to high. The only way i was able to keep my iron at a good level was to eat at least some meats. My doctor couldnt get my iron to stay at a safe level. It sucked. I wanna try to convince my bf to start eating veggies so we can forget about meat in this house lol but i doubt it'll ever happen. hehe He HATES vegetables.. Not sure why either.
Know of any good recipes that the veggies in it will be realllly soft ? (he doesnt seem to mind VERY soft cooked veggies. like the veggies in the soup i make he doesnt mind. )
Is there a reason why she has to eat meat as a baby? I mean, if she only wants to eat mushy stuff, maybe you could just hold off on meat until she is ready to eat really solid food.
I agree. A kid doesn't need meat this young. They usually do hemogloben tests at around 6 months, is there a reason tot hink her iron levels are low?
Even if her iron levels are low, as a baby she should have a low enough nutritional need for iron that eating things like dark greens (maybe cooked to a "mushy" baby food state) might be enough.
Her iron isnt low cause her formula is extra iron in it. Her doctor wants her to start eating some meats at 8 months, so i will do it. Hes one of the best doctors in this city, and she is for sure ready for meats and new foods. She just doesnt like the texture of any foods when its chunks and not mush.
I'd relaly appreciate it if my question could just be answered instead of having people question me on why she will be starting on meats when most babies start on meats.
Thanks.
Sometimes extra information can help us better answer a question. I don't know who most babies are, and I'm sure that you've noticed by reading these threads that sometimes doctors get stuck in certain patterns instead of asessing a situation apropriately. Lots of us have been given crappy info by doctors, and LOTS of us are anemic or have anemic children.
I also think especially since you've said you'd prefer her not to eat meats, that you could find other ways to keep her diet healthy and vegetarian. And just because a doctor says it's okay, even if it's a very good doctor, it doesn't mean it's the best thing for your baby.
As well as I've said this before, when you put things on girlmom, you are opening it up for discussion. Same with the infant car seat thing. I'm sure you know that we're not all here just to be anyones personal askjeeves, each question or thread is up for discussion even if the poster doesn't want to hear the things others say. If you don't like it, smile and ignore it, but everyone will still write what they want to write because they have their own opinions.
There are lots of foods that give iron, that aren't meats. Especially red meats. I read in Parents magazine a few months ago, that because of diets that are high in red meats, about 30% of red-meat-eating children between the ages of 5 and 8 have cholesteral levels that are way too high and blocked arteries.
Most meats as well are pumped full of antibiotics and hormones in their feed to help fight off infections due to close factory-farming quarters; there's many drugs and chemicals that are typically used in the agriculture industry. There is little risk to consuming these antibiotics and hormones so far, but mostly because there's not many studies that can show the effects, it's a guessing game; I'd still suggest buying organic meats for a non-vegetarian lifestyle.
Point is, if you've said yourself you don't *want* your child eating meat, there are a million ways for your child to get her protein, iron, calcium, everything that don't involve meat or anything meat-related.
Treyton's a vegan baby, and in a month or so when he's 8-9 months we'll be slowly introducing more kale and tofu. He loves the stuff. Maybe you can ask your doctor what he thinks about a vegetarian diet for your baby, maybe he has some advice on that, but had suggested meat because most families aren't vegetarian and he didn't know of your interest in it. A lot of great doctors can help you plan a diet for your daughter that will get her all the nutritional elements she needs without ever consuming meat (or at least plan around red meat, as red meat isn't healthy at all, at least fish, chicken and turkey have health benefits associated to their consumption, red meat has nothing but iron and negative health risks)
Asking why meat is ok but cows milk isnt is a very good question. ASking why i am giving her meats as a baby is NOT.
If u look not ONE person has answered my question as to how to prepare meats for her.
And just because some of your doctors have given u false info or have been pricks does not mean her doctor has or that he is a bad doctor. he is an AWSOME doctor. And he ISNT stuck in anything.
"Most meats as well are pumped full of antibiotics and hormones in their feed to help fight off infections due to close factory-farming quarters; there's many drugs and chemicals that are typically used in the agriculture industry. There is little risk to consuming these antibiotics and hormones so far, but mostly because there's not many studies that can show the effects, it's a guessing game; I'd still suggest buying organic meats for a non-vegetarian lifestyle"
As i said in another thread once before, the meats we eat are all organic and come straight from my uncles and his friends farms. NONE of them are pumped with any sort of junk. These animals are not raised to get slaughtered and go to some supermarket. They sell them to friends and family and other peopel who live in the area and want good food and nnot some crap filled with shit.
Yes I would perfer her to be a vegitarian and not eat meat. But its not going to happen.
I KNOW there are other foods that are rich in iron, but as I've said, for me, it was never enough iron. The only way to even out my iron was by taking in a certain amount of meat daily. And I am not going to be taking any chances with my daughter that she has the same problem. At birth she did have the same problem, but by now it may have corrected itself, but like I said, i am not taking any chances.
She is going to eat meat, I am going to eat meat, she is going to be drinking soy milk, just like I drink soy milk. It does not matter WHY i am giving my daughter meat when it was recommended, and its a stupid and irrelevant question to ask when refering to the questions I had asked.
I DONT CARE if peopel ask questions to mine that are actually somewhat relevant, but asking why i am giving her meats is NOT.
Womyn on here question WAY to much and never get to actually answering the mama's question. And its driving people crazy (not just me, other people too). How hard is it to ask your question AND answer the question?!?! Its not hard at all. How hard is it to ask a question that actually has to deal with the question asked?!?!
Yes by asking a question u are opening it up for discussion, but WHY i am giving my daughter meat is NOT up for discussion. Its opening a discussion up for how to prepare meats, its opening up a discussion for what age peopel should give there children meats, it is NOT opening a discussion about WHY i am doing what I am doing. I WILL NOT have my parenting questioned by ANYONE. Especially since I already said why she would be having meats.
Asking why meat is ok but cows milk isnt is a very good question. ASking why i am giving her meats as a baby is NOT.
If u look not ONE person has answered my question as to how to prepare meats for her.
And just because some of your doctors have given u false info or have been pricks does not mean her doctor has or that he is a bad doctor. he is an AWSOME doctor. And he ISNT stuck in anything.
"Most meats as well are pumped full of antibiotics and hormones in their feed to help fight off infections due to close factory-farming quarters; there's many drugs and chemicals that are typically used in the agriculture industry. There is little risk to consuming these antibiotics and hormones so far, but mostly because there's not many studies that can show the effects, it's a guessing game; I'd still suggest buying organic meats for a non-vegetarian lifestyle"
As i said in another thread once before, the meats we eat are all organic and come straight from my uncles and his friends farms. NONE of them are pumped with any sort of junk. These animals are not raised to get slaughtered and go to some supermarket. They sell them to friends and family and other peopel who live in the area and want good food and nnot some crap filled with shit.
Yes I would perfer her to be a vegitarian and not eat meat. But its not going to happen.
I KNOW there are other foods that are rich in iron, but as I've said, for me, it was never enough iron. The only way to even out my iron was by taking in a certain amount of meat daily. And I am not going to be taking any chances with my daughter that she has the same problem. At birth she did have the same problem, but by now it may have corrected itself, but like I said, i am not taking any chances.
She is going to eat meat, I am going to eat meat, she is going to be drinking soy milk, just like I drink soy milk. It does not matter WHY i am giving my daughter meat when it was recommended, and its a stupid and irrelevant question to ask when refering to the questions I had asked.
I DONT CARE if peopel ask questions to mine that are actually somewhat relevant, but asking why i am giving her meats is NOT.
Womyn on here question WAY to much and never get to actually answering the mama's question. And its driving people crazy (not just me, other people too). How hard is it to ask your question AND answer the question?!?! Its not hard at all. How hard is it to ask a question that actually has to deal with the question asked?!?!
Yes by asking a question u are opening it up for discussion, but WHY i am giving my daughter meat is NOT up for discussion. Its opening a discussion up for how to prepare meats, its opening up a discussion for what age peopel should give there children meats, it is NOT opening a discussion about WHY i am doing what I am doing. I WILL NOT have my parenting questioned by ANYONE. Especially since I already said why she would be having meats.
MK chill the fuck out. You said yourself you wanted your kid to not eat meat, so I tried to HELP in that direction. I wasn't questioning your fucking parenting, I was offering advice in something that you mentioned and showing you there are other alternatives.
You know what pisses me off? When people expect that girls here will just spew out answers whenever they snap their fingers and get mad when other people have differing opinions when they try to help. This is the second time I've noticed that you've blown up when other people have made different recommendations. That's what I'M sick of. Maybe you're thinking this is just a regular health-care board where all you get is answers, but it's NOT, so deal with it.
You've offended me by fully shutting down my opinion and quite literally fucking yelling at me in two different cases where I was trying to HELP you. Back off.
Did i ever say "naivete, your putting down my parenting' NO i didn. I said i am sick of peopel doing that. I never said u said anything liekt hat. so u chill the fuck out. I blow up on peopel on here when they are being annoying selfrightious immature pricks. THAT is when i blow up.
Even on the old boards whenever I would ask a SIMPLE FUCKEN QUESTION it gets hounded for NO FUCKEN REASON.
I dont care if peopel questions me with something RELEVANT to what I have asked. Example" Why I am giving her soy milk. THAT was a GOOD question.
Asking me a question that is NOT relevant is just dumb. Example: Asking me WHY i am giving her meats when I already said why.
Did i get mad at any of the others when they asked me something or suggested something else?! No, I didnt. Did i get mad when u stuck your little nose in it with no actual interest in what I had to ask and say something like:
As well as I've said this before, when you put things on girlmom, you are opening it up for discussion. Same with the infant car seat thing. I'm sure you know that we're not all here just to be anyones personal askjeeves, each question or thread is up for discussion even if the poster doesn't want to hear the things others say. If you don't like it, smile and ignore it, but everyone will still write what they want to write because they have their own opinions.
THAT is when i got pissed off. I never said shit to the others for asking me questions that were relevant to this discussion, yet u find that u need to stuck your nose in it and claim that i am getting pissed off at someone for having an opinion, when I so wasnt. U need to get a bloody life.
U can reply back to me all u want cause i am sick of having to stick up for myself to YOU cause it is ALWAYS you.
There are many different ways to prepre meats.
Chicken is always the best start. its easier to prepare than any other meat.
Boil the chicken till its cooked. I find it to be the easiest.
THen you can food prosses it. I was told to use milk or water.
maybe even add peas and carrots (chicken pot pie)
I was told by the public health nurse that meats are ok from 6 months as long as they're ready.
If she doesnt like it, or turns her head...frezze it for the next week until she likes it.
I think keeping her on milk till shes one is a good idea.
then slowly introduce milk of whatever kind.
Its all in what you and Malory want to do.
If she ready and likes it, you'll get a squeal and a smile
If she hates it, it will be on your floor :)
I think your doing a good job iwth malory
its her pace not ours. we just guide.
thanks lilstar for the awosme advice :)
She likes sucking on cold ham, so I know she likes that. Shes just never had any pieces of it. She just sucks on it hehe.
I didnt think aout tossing other stuff (like peas and carrots) in with it. I'll have to try that. She loves peas. :)
There really was no need to get so defensive Sequin. I really don't appreciate the way you are acting. If you really think, as you obviously do as I have seen you comment on this before, that girlmom just sucks, why are you here?
"Even on the old boards whenever I would ask a SIMPLE FUCKEN QUESTION it gets hounded for NO FUCKEN REASON."
Actually there IS a reason. Your not the only one wondering about feeding babies meats. There are likely other Mothers of young babies reading this right now, and had no one questioned why you are feeding your babe meat, that sometimes doctors are ::gasp:: wrong, the other on lookers would have just said "oh, okay, my docotor must be right." It is obvious that GirlMom members LIKE to ask questions, want to know MORE before they can give what they believe is a sufficient answer.
"I blow up on peopel on here when they are being annoying selfrightious immature pricks. THAT is when i blow up."
What the fuck? WHO is being immature? You do NOT need to insult anyone on here because you do not agree with them. This is NOT a board where you will get run-of-the-mill answers, never has been. I wouldnt doubt that people would not respond to your posts when you get so pissed off for no reason.
"Did i get mad when u stuck your little nose in it with no actual interest in what I had to ask and say something like:
As well as I've said this before, when you put things on girlmom, you are opening it up for discussion. Same with the infant car seat thing. I'm sure you know that we're not all here just to be anyones personal askjeeves, each question or thread is up for discussion even if the poster doesn't want to hear the things others say. If you don't like it, smile and ignore it, but everyone will still write what they want to write because they have their own opinions.
THAT is when i got pissed off. I never said shit to the others for asking me questions that were relevant to this discussion, yet u find that u need to stuck your nose in it and claim that i am getting pissed off at someone for having an opinion, when I so wasnt. U need to get a bloody life.
U can reply back to me all u want cause i am sick of having to stick up for myself to YOU cause it is ALWAYS you."
This is so rude, come ON. She stuck her little nose in? SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP. I'm sure she HAS a life, and actually was trying to be informative. I think you need to breathe a sec and read this thread again, hopefully you can see there really was no point to get so pissed off and attack the girls who were trying to help.
Thank you very much for defending me there, Rosie. I was hoping I wasn't the only one that thought she was being rude and way out of line.
Incase u havent noticed, it is VERy rare that I ask anything on here beucase I am always getting pissed on ANYTIME i ask a question. I stated WHY i was giving her meats, so there ISNT a reason to ask why I am giving her meats. I have stated many times before that I will do what her docotr says because he is a GOOD doctor. I highly doubt peopel on here are dumb enough to listen to there doctor if they are telling them at 4 months to give htere child meats or that they are going to do something they dont feel is right, even if there doctor says so. Just beucase -I- do what her doctor says doesnt mean everyone is going to think that beucas eI do that they should. I am here becuase,incase u havent noticed again, I like to help out others when i am able to. Which i do quite often. I rarely post my own threads but I reply to alot with as much info as I can. I wouldnt mind getting the same respect from others, especially ones that I have been very nice to, when i ask something.
Ther eis NOTHING wrong with asking questions, i ahve said that many many times, but asking irrelevant questions that have already been answered isnt cool. There is nothing wrong with asking a question AND acutally answering a question. But as u could easily see, NO ONE who asked ANYTHING has answered (except for the soy milk question). I have gotten ONE answer from a person who asked NO questions. There is really NO questions that should be asked when refering to 'how to prepare meats'. Its simple. Very simple. How do i prepare meats for my daughter?! There is no reason to be asked any questions to that. Why i am giving her meats doesnt matter, she is of age and there is nothing wrong with her.
I'm not even going to touch the whole 'whose being immature' part cause it realyl doesnt matter. This thread was made to find out HOW to prepare meats. And it'd be nice if at least once a thread on this board could acutally STAY on topic.
If i am going to be told to smile and ignore something that i dont like reading then i think that others should do the same. I am not going to smile and nod just becuase someone tells me i should. If i dont agree with something i will let it be known beucase goddess knows everyone else on here does. Why should i have to smile and nod when person A or person B doesnt have to smile and nod jsut becuase they dont like something -I- have said?! I ahve bene told to smile and nod MANY times on here, yet others will not do the same when it comes to me saying something.
When I first came to girlmom I would ask a question and it'd actualyl get answered! Like wtf has happend?! Peopel DO NOT answer the original questions on here anymore. They just keep asking questions themselves and never get around to answering the original question.
You said others are probably wondering about the meats to. Well why not let them know HOW to prepare the bloody meat instead of maknig them question the way they are doing things when they believe they are doing NOTHING wrong?! Just beucase it may not be right for your child or your neighbors child doesnt mean its not right for my child or someone elses child.
I am not replying to ANYTHING on this thread unless it has to do with preparing meats. Cuase i am sick of this b.s. Stick to the bloody topic already people!
The reason that other people gave you that info about meats is that you said you didn't really want to feed your child meat. They were just trying to help; I don't think anyone was attempting to undermine your parenting or question your judgment, yk? No need to get defensive mama, we're all here to help each other.
yes. i did say that, but i also said that i would be anyways. becuase of health reasons i had when i was not eating meats.
i know we are all here to help eachother. But how much hlep did i jsut get? One person helped me (when it came to the meats). This thread is two pages long and I only had ONE person help me. Thats not a good number for a forum that is here to help mama's.
This is my final post in this thread till someone actually gets on topic and tries to help with the original question which is HOW TO PREPARE MEATS FOR MY BABY.
I really think peopel on this board need to stick to the topic of the discussion. This thread has gone WAAAAY off topic and i think its sick.
Yes, I know, I contributed to it going off topic, but I have also asked for it to get back on topic.
So PLEASE GET BACK ON TOPIC OR JUST DONT REPLY. I want to know different ways to prepare meat for my daughter. Not how u think I am rude or how u think meat is bad or anything like that.
I did! I said to give her ground meat, like ground chicken or turkey.
We're not making a discussion to make you feel bad, or to tell you that you are making a bad choice. The fact is, many, many people simply don't know how to feed a vegetarian child. Most Americans were raised eating meat, and seeing a big juicy steak as a treat. And you've mentioned being Portugese and enjoying traditional portugese food, so I figured linguisa and other meats are a household staple for you.
I only wanted to make sure you were making your choice based on what you want, not what you don't know. Good luck with your happy, healthy baby, I hope the transition to meat goes well.
I'm going to reply until I get an apology for being called such nasty names and talked so rudely to, when all I was doing was giving you information and encouraging vegetarianism when you've said yourself it was what you wanted.
Anyways, Every time I've ever posted on GM I've gotten answers from every side, different opinions and debate. I think it's GREAT. It shows we're women with intelligence. I'd be pretty worried about the progressiveness of this board if we all just spewed out information and that was it. Girlmom is NOT a bad place because of this, it's better, and if you think it's so bad go to www.babycenter.com and get the answers you need from the boards there.
I tried to help, you just don't listen to help unless it's exactly what you wanted to hear. You want an answer without discussion? Google "how to prepare meats". You want an answer with discussion? Post it here, that's what this board is about. It's been made clear time and time again this is not just a chit-chat looking for answers board. I'm going to refer you to the GM mission statement/user agreement:
So don't get angry that I tried to encourage talking to your doctor about vegetarianism especially since you said directly about preferring your child not to eat meats.
This is why I'm not ignoring them, you've overly offended me, and I'm not going to go back to a la-dee-da let's talk about meats post until I can get an apology or a retraction, because what you said WAS way out of line no matter how justified you think you were.
I'm going to ditto naivete. Since you originally said that the only reason you are feeding the baby meat is because the doctor told you to (and your health issue), it seemed open to the suggestion that you don't have to listen to your doctor "just because."
Also, I really feel that once you throw out a question or statement anywhere, not just GM, you are opening yourself up for any discussion that comes off of it, even if it is in disagreement with what you are saying. This forum is not to help any one mom in particular. It should provide information will be useful to a variety of mothers. If a new mom came onto the site and we had all responded to your question with messages that supported blindly following doctor's instructions without giving alternatives or understanding why you needed to follow what seem like odd instructions, that seems like it would be totally against the GM mission.
You know what I honestly forgot that u had meantioned the grounded up meat!! sorry!!
I know that alot of peopel do not know how to feed a vegitarian baby, BUT there are other posts on here asking how to prepare a vegitarian meal for a baby. Peopel did not go in there and tell them how to prepare meat, and answered the actual question. But when it came to preparing meat, it didnt get the same responce. If someone wanted to know how to raise there child as a vegitarian, they can simple to go the posts that ask. They wouldnt go to a post that says 'Meats' as its subject u know?
I would just like it if for once this would stay on topic. Cuase liek i said, there are threads on how to feed a veggie baby, but there havent been any on feeding your child meat. I try maknig one, and this is what happens.
Anyways i am super sorry that i forgot u suggested the grounded up meat!!! But still. With two pages and only two answers. thats not good enough. not for a site that was made to help people.
When I give Chloe meats, they are usually just lil peices of what I'm eating. She's almost 10 mos now, and doesn't really eat many solids and her doctor isn't worried.
But I agree with the other posters, you yourself said you didn't want to feed her meat, and they were only encouraging you to parent the way you wanted. I don't think anyone meant to try and make you feel bad. Girlmom helps people out and gives advice, but you've got to understand that many people here parent in many different ways, so when you ask a question you are opening up a dicussion. There are many "how to" sites about parenting, Gilrmom is more than that.
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