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Making Meals Baby-Friendly

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Making Meals Baby-Friendly

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Here's how to bring your baby to the table without cooking an extra meal or fretting over the inevitable food and drink spills.

Adapt Your Food

  • SOUP: Strain off the liquid, and serve just the soft chunks of veggies, meat and noodles.
  • ROASTED VEGETABLES: Roasting concentrates the flavors of veggies-and makes them easy to mash.
  • CHICKEN: Wipe sauce off cooked poultry (or other cuts of meat) before chopping finely.
  • RED MEAT: One-year-olds don't have enough teeth to chew through tough meats like beef and lamb. Shred a steak, chop or roast, and stir a tablespoon of the scrapings into rice or couscous.

Avoid a Mess

  • STAY PUT: Keep your child in a high chair rather than putting her in a booster seat at the table itself. Then she won't be able to grab objects, including hot or sharp ones.
  • COVER UP: Place a shower curtain or other plastic sheeting under the high chair.
  • KEEP IT SMALL: Dole out tiny portions, and let her ask for more.
  • IT'S A WRAP: Wrap two thick rubber bands around her cup to improve her grip on it.

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