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Gravy for a baby?!

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RealReginaPhalange · 14/09/2025 14:55

6.5months old baby, weaning started about 2 weeks ago, he is doing not bad so far. Been told to give him gravy (like a bisto one). Rejected the idea and i am the bad one (again).

my second child so i know what i am doing. My first one ended up eating everything i serve, loving veggies etc, so not everything i do is stupid obviously…it worked before.

aibu to said no? Wont be giving my ds bisto gravy?

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ginasevern · 14/09/2025 17:15

JockTamsonsBairns · 14/09/2025 16:42

Mine doesn't. I roast the meat in onions, carrots and garlic, then mix the meat juices with cornflour. Then add the water I used to boil the cabbage or broccoli.
Plenty of flavour without using a stock cube.

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That's how I make my gravy (usually minus the garlic though). I always use meat juices and the veg water from whatever veg I'm serving. Absolutely no need for a stock cube.

GonnaeNoDaeThatJustGonnaeNo · 14/09/2025 17:14

bumbaloo · 14/09/2025 16:15

So you go from just milk to ‘anything’ when they are 6 months old?

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Yes. That’s what we did. Straight on to normal food as a mix of finger food or spoon food.

they ate what we did - watching the salt content and avoiding whole nuts and honey.

Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 17:05

GonnaeNoDaeThatJustGonnaeNo · 14/09/2025 17:01

Did you not read the first line of my post. 😳

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A baby gets about 0.5g of sodium per day f pm breastmilk and formula. Which is their entire daily recommended limit. Even a small amount of gravy can almost double that.

readyforitt · 14/09/2025 17:02

My son had gravy today with his Sunday dinner he’s 7 months

OneCalmFish · 14/09/2025 17:02

YANBU too high salt content I bought baby stock cubes once we were past the first few months of weaning he loved them. Tell your in laws the medical advice has changed due to studies on the effects of too much salt and you’ll be following that advice

GonnaeNoDaeThatJustGonnaeNo · 14/09/2025 17:01

Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 16:22

Whole nuts, hpney... And too much salt.

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Did you not read the first line of my post. 😳

Linkingthree · 14/09/2025 16:50

bumbaloo · 14/09/2025 16:15

So you go from just milk to ‘anything’ when they are 6 months old?

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Yes, we did. Obviously at 6 months they don't eat huge quantities but we offered them some of whatever we were eating from the start of weaning.

JockTamsonsBairns · 14/09/2025 16:42

bumbaloo · 14/09/2025 16:13

Doesn’t your gravy contain stock? Like stock cubes or a stock pot pod?

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Mine doesn't. I roast the meat in onions, carrots and garlic, then mix the meat juices with cornflour. Then add the water I used to boil the cabbage or broccoli.
Plenty of flavour without using a stock cube.

Leopardspota · 14/09/2025 16:35

Salt consumption is less than 1g per day under 1, but you can average it out over a week or so, so so long as you’re usually serving salt free foods then he’ll be fine with a little taste. But tbh I dont give my under 1 gravy. My 3 year old would drink it if I offered it to her!

Megapint · 14/09/2025 16:34

I don't think it's that wild of a suggestion. Lots of people wean babies with a little bit of what everyone else is having wizzed up, which in lots of homes includes gravy. At 6 months it's unlikely they are going to eat very much and if your in laws live on the other side of the world it's not like they have much say in what you feed the baby. If you disagree with their suggestion just say ' maybe I'll try that' and move on.

NewYorkSummer · 14/09/2025 16:27

RealReginaPhalange · 14/09/2025 15:01

My in-laws! Same people who told me i should let them raise my first child for a couple of years, when he was a baby, so i can work full time and recover our savings and pay debts quicker. (They live on the other side of the world and my visa was rejected so i wouldnt be able to go there in case anything happens). Got very offended when i said no, apparently i am “precious”, others do it.

wtf! I imagine you’re extremely glad they live on the other side of the world.

SouthLondonMum22 · 14/09/2025 16:26

bumbaloo · 14/09/2025 16:15

So you go from just milk to ‘anything’ when they are 6 months old?

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That's what we did.

We did start out with baby food but it didn't too long before they were pretty much just eating a smaller version of what we'd be eating. They didn't have things like gravy every day and when they did, it was a small amount.

Barnbrack · 14/09/2025 16:22

GonnaeNoDaeThatJustGonnaeNo · 14/09/2025 16:03

Just watch the salt content but nothing wrong with gravy otherwise. Infact with mash it’s great spoon food and meat or other veg dipped in it it’s great messy finger food.

yum

after 6 months they can eat pretty much anything you can except whole nuts and honey

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Whole nuts, hpney... And too much salt.

Timeforabitofpeace · 14/09/2025 16:22

Absolutely not. Don’t wean your child on processed crap, salty or not.

oviraptor21 · 14/09/2025 16:20

Bisto is delicious 😋
I would prefer to be served Bisto than home made to be honest!
There is a low salt version. I haven't looked at the salt content but I'd wager it's no more upf than lots of the commercial baby foods. In small amounts I wouldn't have a problem with the low salt version.

Whomitmayconcern · 14/09/2025 16:20

PumpkinSparkleFairy · 14/09/2025 16:09

I wouldn’t serve Bisto to anyone I like 😂

Obviously homemade gravy is fine.

Exactly! Gravy granules are an abomination!

TheCosyViewer · 14/09/2025 16:19

bumbaloo · 14/09/2025 16:13

Doesn’t your gravy contain stock? Like stock cubes or a stock pot pod?

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No. I use home made chicken stock, made from simmering a chicken carcass, with onion, herbs, etc. I don’t tend to cook roast beef, so no beef gravy.

HelpMeUnpickThis · 14/09/2025 16:18

bumbaloo · 14/09/2025 16:13

Doesn’t your gravy contain stock? Like stock cubes or a stock pot pod?

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@bumbaloo

You can buy stock cubes for babies that dont have salt.

HelpMeUnpickThis · 14/09/2025 16:16

JDM625 · 14/09/2025 15:26

I can't believe some people on here think a baby can have even home made gravy!!! Why?

Why not also give him a beer and a cigar?

@JDM625

You can make home made gravy for babies using meat juices, flour and no-salt stock cubes.

youalright · 14/09/2025 16:16

youalright · 14/09/2025 16:10

You can buy baby gravy. Bisto maybe a bit here and there won't hurt but id be very mindful about it far to much salt.

Ignore everything i said i just googled and I don't think you can actually buy baby friendly gravy and iv just found out baby gravy is slang for something very different 🙈

bumbaloo · 14/09/2025 16:15

GonnaeNoDaeThatJustGonnaeNo · 14/09/2025 16:03

Just watch the salt content but nothing wrong with gravy otherwise. Infact with mash it’s great spoon food and meat or other veg dipped in it it’s great messy finger food.

yum

after 6 months they can eat pretty much anything you can except whole nuts and honey

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So you go from just milk to ‘anything’ when they are 6 months old?

bumbaloo · 14/09/2025 16:13

TheCosyViewer · 14/09/2025 15:30

Why could a baby that is being weaned onto food not have home-made gravy ?? I don’t add any salt when making it ?

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Doesn’t your gravy contain stock? Like stock cubes or a stock pot pod?

youalright · 14/09/2025 16:11

PumpkinSparkleFairy · 14/09/2025 16:09

I wouldn’t serve Bisto to anyone I like 😂

Obviously homemade gravy is fine.

😲 I love bisto ahh bisto

Lollytea655 · 14/09/2025 16:10

The low salt version & a little bit would be fine. I wouldn’t be serving a meal swimming in it 3 meals a day but the little bit on a Sunday dinner isn’t going to do any harm.

youalright · 14/09/2025 16:10

You can buy baby gravy. Bisto maybe a bit here and there won't hurt but id be very mindful about it far to much salt.

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