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Christmas Dinner for almost 7 1/2 month old

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Cosmicdreams · 06/10/2022 09:40

Hello, I'm thinking ahead as I've got family coming over for dinner and my DS is going to be 7 and a half months old. I really want him to have some Christmas Dinner at table with us so he can join in with festivities. As he's now just over 5 months I'm thinking about when im weaning and some recipes to try. So just wondered if anyone has any advice what to give him for his Christmas Dinner. Am assuming he can't have the traditional Christmas Dinner but a version of it. Thanks. X

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ohfook · 06/10/2022 09:40

I'd just stick a bit of what you're having on a plate and leave him to it.

GreenLeavesRustling · 06/10/2022 09:42

i’d Give him a bit of most things to knaw on. Prob not pigs in blankets as they are a bit chokey potentially and salty, but deffo veg, Turkey, roast spuds mashed up, yum!

LunaLoveFood · 06/10/2022 09:42

At that age, we just gave dc a smaller portion of what we had.

deeperthanallroses · 06/10/2022 09:43

Are you baby led weaning at all? By which I just mean giving finger food, I have a 7.5mo and I give them finger food and then try to feed them some purée or blended casserole or similar. So for roasts we would roast the veggies without salt and baby can have some carrot and pumpkin and potato, and a decently graspable sized piece of meat. Easy peasy. No gravy or stuffing or Yorkshire pud as they all have salt.

NannyR · 06/10/2022 09:43

I don't think you need to cook him anything special - just give him a bit of the same turkey, carrots, sprouts, potato that everyone else is having. Steer clear of anything overly salty or with alcohol.

tealandteal · 06/10/2022 09:45

He can have most things apart from the gravy. A roast potato, some broccoli/carrot and a little of whatever meat you are having will be fine.

MoreTeaLessCoffee · 06/10/2022 09:45

My daughter's first Christmas at 8mo was the first and only time she ever ate sprouts! Ella's do a Christmas meal in a packet and I actually had one of those ready in case she wouldn't eat anything else but she picked at the Christmas dinner just fine :)

Cleothecat75 · 06/10/2022 09:45

It depends what you normally have for your Christmas dinner. I wouldn’t give them stuffing or pigs in blankets, but everything else we have would be suitable for a baby. I’d give them some veg on their high chair tray to play with and feed themselves and then blend some of the meat/veg/potatoes/gravy and spoon feed them that.

workflowers · 06/10/2022 09:45

NannyR · 06/10/2022 09:43

I don't think you need to cook him anything special - just give him a bit of the same turkey, carrots, sprouts, potato that everyone else is having. Steer clear of anything overly salty or with alcohol.

Yes, this exactly. Give him pretty much the same, but avoid anything too salty/let people add salt at the table!

NiqueNique · 06/10/2022 09:45

As above - little bits of everything!

Mindymomo · 06/10/2022 09:47

My Son was a May baby, but back 30 years ago, we weaned earlier at 3 months old. His first Xmas at 7 months he had lightly fork mashed up turkey, potatoes, carrots and he loved Brussel sprouts mixed in with gravy.

SalviaOfficinalis · 06/10/2022 09:47

Just make what you’d usually make but don’t add salt while you’re cooking.

He can chew on roast or boiled veg and potatoes, or mash some with a fork. Shred some meat into little pieces with your hands.

The only things to avoid are salty things - stuffing, pigs in blankets, gravy etc.

If you really want him to have the full Xmas dinner experience you can buy low salt stuffing. And make his own gravy with a zero salt stock cube. (I use zero salt stock cubes for all my DS cooking).

Needmorelego · 06/10/2022 09:48

I think mine nibbled on a yorkshire pudding for her first Christmas dinner.

lannistunut · 06/10/2022 09:55

Do baby-led weaning? A 7.5mo will likely be eating very little, and sugar is not advised before 1 anyway, so I think it is a bit of a waste of time (sorry if that sounds grinch-y)

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Cosmicdreams · 06/10/2022 10:04

SalviaOfficinalis · 06/10/2022 09:47

Just make what you’d usually make but don’t add salt while you’re cooking.

He can chew on roast or boiled veg and potatoes, or mash some with a fork. Shred some meat into little pieces with your hands.

The only things to avoid are salty things - stuffing, pigs in blankets, gravy etc.

If you really want him to have the full Xmas dinner experience you can buy low salt stuffing. And make his own gravy with a zero salt stock cube. (I use zero salt stock cubes for all my DS cooking).

Zero salt stock cubes is a good idea I'd like him to have some gravy as think turkey would be quite dry on its own.

I'm doing a mixture I think of blw and purees. Thank you for everyone's suggestions I'm really looking forward to my 1st Christmas with my DS. I know he won't remember it but I would like to make it special. Plus it will be my mums first Christmas as a nana so think she'd enjoy seeing DS joining in Christmas Dinner.

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Suzi888 · 06/10/2022 10:05

tealandteal · 06/10/2022 09:45

He can have most things apart from the gravy. A roast potato, some broccoli/carrot and a little of whatever meat you are having will be fine.

Eh? Why can’t you have gravy?

I had all the mash, veggies and gravy mashed up and tucked in from 4 months as did DD.

NiqueNique · 06/10/2022 10:07

Ahh it will be cosy! My second was born a week before Christmas so she was definitely too small to remember it, but I still really loved my first Christmas with her. 😊😊

As others have said, small bits of whatever is suitable, and if you want a full dinner available you can supplement with baby-friendly versions of some of the more salty/sugary items.

NiqueNique · 06/10/2022 10:10

And to be honest, for one special meal at that age I really wouldn’t have worried about just giving a tiny teaspoon of the normal gravy, nor would I have had any qualms about a small piece of pig-in-blanket. Salt is bad in large amounts (in proportion to baby). A tiny taste on one day of the year isn’t going to make any difference. But do what you feel is best, of course!

NiqueNique · 06/10/2022 10:14

(Unless your gravy is very heavy on the port/sherry/whatnot, mind!)

Florin · 06/10/2022 10:15

Our ds was 6 months exactly for his first Christmas. He was baby led weaned and started weaning a bit early due to his reflux so he had exactly what we had. He had the starter of smoked salmon on brown bread followed by roast beef dinner with all the trimmings he particularly liked the Yorkshire puddings, he then had cheesecake for pudding and cheese and biscuits and ate it all. We never worried about salt in one meal as long as it wasn’t excessive we just made sure other meals that day had zero salt and meals the few days before and after were as low in salt as possible. He went through huge amounts of everything and has loved a roast ever since.

spiderontheceiling · 06/10/2022 12:37

Until our DC were about 4, they always had their typical meals at standard times on Christmas Day and then anything else they had was a bonus. So they'd have beans on toast or something equally quick and easy at midday, have a nap (if they were still napping) and then, when we all sat down for Christmas lunch at 3pm, they join us and then it didn't matter if they wanted to eat or not.

NiqueNique · 06/10/2022 12:47

I really fancy a Christmas dinner now! Grin

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Cosmicdreams · 06/10/2022 13:32

NiqueNique · 06/10/2022 12:47

I really fancy a Christmas dinner now! Grin

Me too. I'm really looking forward to Christmas I got him some beautiful Christmas dungarees from jojo mama bebe and my 1st christmas bibs. Since he's the 1st baby in my family for 20 years everyone is spoiling him as well. 🎄

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TheTeenageYears · 06/10/2022 13:38

Mine had everything mashed up (just under 7 months) except stuffing and using baby gravy. I don't salt veg when cooking though - wouldn't give them the same if there's any salt added.

Wetblanket78 · 06/10/2022 13:44

It's just first tastes at that age not a meal as such. They still get a lot of calories from they're milk. A bit of veg on his plate of what everyone else is having. He might be ok with a small amount of Turkey. take the veg for baby out before adding salt. They shouldn't have added salt to they're food. You can get baby gravy.