BLW - can I give her a meatball?

[sasamax]

Hiya
She's 6mths - can I give her a meatball?
(not campbells obviously - a proper one)

Yes. Make sure it's cooled down in the middle, though.

yes. did you make it yourself? did you keep it low salt?

Crap no it's a tesco 'italian style' one - will it be too salty do you think?
Should have just made my own....

Look at the ingredients. Personally I'd be inclined to think that if it's just one, and the rest of her diet is virtually salt-free, and she's likely to drop half of it anyway, then it'd probably be OK. But no-salt is better.

OK have checked the packaging. 1 meatball will have 0.3g salt. She won't eat the whole thing. Should I go for it?

And can I give her a bit of penne too?
(sorry - I'm a novice)

give her it, it'll be fine. she isn't going to eat more than one. she'll love it.

pasta fine (i assume you wove it yourself??!! )

Great thanks - will do!

(of course - I grew the wheat too!) LOL

Don't give her tons of sauce though - they can get a bit of nappy rash from too much tomatoey stuff (strawberries too, but I'm assuming there's no strawberry in your sauce).

Thanks for the tips everyone - will remember the sauce info too.
Anyway - she LOVED it!!!!!
I found a couple of hard bits in mine though so I'm not buying them again - will make my own next time.
The Penne was great too.
Thanks

I gave my lo meatballs that I made myself the other day and she loved them. Was one of the first things that she's really chewed and swallowed. Most things just get sucked. I recommend a book called Finger Food for Babies and Toddlers. Can't remember who its by but its on amazon. We made the meatballs and tomato sauce for her, and ate the rest for our dinner, they were lovely!

Thanks for the tip chaos - will have a look!