What are some of the first real foods you gave your LO

Question

What kind of food is safe that helps them learn to really chew? I do follow solid starts on Instagram, just wanted some of your experiences as to what really helped your LO to really get into eating. Also, does anyones LO throw food on the floor or just make a mess? Any advice so that he’s actually eating more of the food instead of playing with it?

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Giving Whole Foods early, rather than purées, actually decreases instances of choking!! 
We started with avocado, sweet potato, pork ribs (yup, seriously!), beans, oatmeal, yogurt, peanut butter, stewed apples, banana, eggs (mixed with garlic, onions, spinach, and other veggies), broccoli, carrots, green beans, ground beef...really you can feed them so many things early on if they’re prepared in an age appropriate way. My baby had tried over 100 foods by her first birthday.

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We didn’t follow baby lead weaning because I was too nervous to have baby choke when I was home alone. We started with the dissolvable snacks first and then moved on to bananas, cooked carrots and scrambled eggs first. Then we moved on to pasta, cheese (shredded at first) and french toast.

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Mashed potatoes and anything pureed

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Veggies and fruit work well. I focused on Veggies more than fruits but they both house different nutrients your child will need once they're a year+. Kids throw food and play with it for awhile. Your child is still young enough that silverware doesn't need to be introduced yet. Focus on cutting up some foods pretty small and then as time progresses you can try larger pieces. If you're doing baby led weaning than larger pieces are fine as long as you're watching them the whole time. My child has always loved avocado but I knew that one I had to watch her because she had a hard time not shoving it all in her mouth at once.

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Playing with food is normal and 100% expected.
My kids’ first foods were sweet potato, avocado, and banana.

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Playing with it is normal. It’s sensory based.
And no food helps them chew, your grandma with no teeth can eat and she doesn’t “chew”

What are some of the first real foods you gave your LO

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