Christmas dinner with a 10 month old

[Nimbybimbo]

My 10 month old DD is mostly spoon fed, I'd say about a third of her diet is finger food. Unfortunately I'm one of those mums who is terrified of choking and no matter how much people reassure me, I play it very safe with tenderstem veg, fingers of toast, that sort of thing.

We are hopefully going to DM's on Christmas day and I'm wondering what sort of things she could have from our plates. I know, I should know this stuff but I am so anxious. What are other people planning to give their little ones of similar age?

All the Xmas dinner but sprouts sliced if given.

She can have everything just cut it up really small if you are worried about choking.

For my first, we blended up veggies and meat and then gave her bits and pieces of everything except pigs in blankets (took off the blanket!) As well.
For my baby who will be 9 months z we'll do the same

For any roast dinner at that age I gave mine everything except gravy. I cut it into bite size pieces and let them use their hands.

I totally understand this.

I’d just mash the middle of some roasties with some veg and a bit of shredded meat, gravy over.

Whatever’s eases your anxiety so that you can enjoy the day. Before you know it she’ll be eating a proper Christmas dinner!

I think I just mashed / blended a bit of everything from the roast. Dc1&2 were 9 and 7 months respectively their first Christmases. (They’re young adults now and BLW was less of a thing back then.)
I’d just have relaxed expectations of how much or what they’re going to eat. In all the excitement they may well not be interested anyway.

If you're having soup you could give that? Without the added salt.
I would give some meat, veg and potato as it is but you could blend it if you're worried.

I remember mine eating soup and bread then sleeping through the main.

Give everything cut into small enough chunks for her to handle. Does she have teeth? Meat is easier if so

I’m just giving my 10 month old everything we’re having, just cut up into pieces so he can manage it safely

Potatoes, veg, depending on how capable she is some meat. Mine didn't cope too well with things like chicken or turkey at that age though, especially my youngest.

DS was 9 months last Christmas and was just eating whatever we ate by then. We just did a little plate of everything we had and let him go to town on it.

Ds was 6 months his first Xmas and had broccoli, carrots, some turkey and a potato, but he was pretty exclusively finger fed.

You could mash with a fork and tear the meat with hands?

I'd just mash up a little of the veg and potatoes and a bit of the neat cut up tiny/mashed up with the veg...you can mix a little of the gravy if it's not salty or some of the cranberries sauce with it

*meat

Everything (except bacon and gravy, Christmas cake and Christmas pudding) chopped up really small.

@stressfullday

Everything (except bacon and gravy, Christmas cake and Christmas pudding) chopped up really small.

Also no stuffing. It's too salty

I certainly gave mine a drop of gravy on the dinner, otherwise it was too dry.

It can be made with no salt stock cubes, or you can be reckless like me and give a drop of normal gravy that everyone else is having.

My DD was 9 months last Christmas and this was her dinner basically a teaspoon of everything and let her crack on. I did shred the turkey though. She loved it although the meringue snowman that DH sneaked her a bit of was her favourite

In my experience they’ll eat more of Christmas dinner as a baby than they do any other time! 5 year old literally had pigs in blankets last time and some peas. As a baby he had a whole roast dinner, minus the really salty bits.