Hello,
I recently started a thread about weaning my son. I am going to start properly any day now as he is 26 weeks old this week, but the other day I gave him a banana to test the waters. I didn't leave a bit of skin on for him to hold so it kept slipping and he was getting annoyed, so in the end I mashed it up for him and he grabbed the spoon off me and shoved it straight in his mouth (so proud!).
I will probably steam carrots and broccoli at first and offer them as they are. Is it worth while also mashing a bit of carrot? I was then going to offer a variety of other veg and fruit.
I would like to offer meat pretty quickly and was wondering if it is ok to just give beef casserole made with no salt/low salt stock? I am just wondering because the meat would normally be cubed and the veg wouldn't really be in long thickish strips so I am wondering about choking. Is it better just to offer a strip of steak or chicken for him to gum? Can I just use something like an Annabel Karmel recipe but not purée it?
Also, sorry to witter on, but can I give something like pitta bread plain or with avocado or hummus? I'm not too worried about salt as it would only be a couple of strips but will he cope from the off with more solid stuff like breadsticks.