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Meat in baby’s diet: age, quantity, cooking

During the first few months, baby only drinks his milk bottle. Then come the cereal. Before starting, a few months later, food diversification.

Indeed, from about 4 months on, you start to introduce new things into your diet. Fish, vegetable puree or a steamed vegetable at a time. Don’t want to put too much at the same time. One food per food is more than enough.

However, there will come a time when your child will need iron and protein. In this case, it is time to introduce baby meat into your diet.

Baby meat: from what age?

First of all, we can only recommend that you follow the advice of your pediatrician who will tell you the right time to propose a small serving of baby meat. Especially since every little one is different. So, there is no point in doing as your friends, relatives as you.

However, as a general rule, when parents are wondering at what age babies eat meat, specialists say that they start feeding meat to babies between the 4th and 6th months. Your toddler’s body is starting to digest illiquid foods better.

In all cases, start with fruits and vegetables and wait at least 1 month before introducing meat into your meal. The goal is to go smoothly.

How much meat can we give to baby?

Again, ask your pediatrician. However, a 6-month-old baby is estimated to need 10 g of meat per day. This 6 month old baby meat can be replaced by 10g of fish or 1/4 of cooked egg yolk.

From 8 months, it is possible to increase to 15g of meat or fish or half a cooked egg.

Between 9 and 12 months, we can offer him 20g of meat. Be careful to mix it well. That being said, it is also at this time that we can start to show baby the chopped texture.

The amount of meat for a 12-month-old baby changes to 25g of meat. If he begins to have teeth, it is possible to provide him with small pieces.

After 2 years, you move to 30g of meat daily to reach a target of 50g of meat daily over time.

How to cook baby meat?

For a toddler, steaming is highly recommended.
Avoid adding salt and grease. And check that the meat is cooked as a whole (cooked to the heart).

How much meat can we give to baby?

At the beginning of the diet diversification, white meat is recommended. You can also offer him ham or turkey ham without rind.

For baby red meat, it is also possible to offer a small amount. As long as you follow the same recommendations as adults. That is, no more than 3 servings per week.

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