Is it the Chicken?

[Anonymous]

So I started Cooper on meats on Monday. 4days of Turkey and then we started Chicken on Friday. Well friday and sat night he was up for about an hour, not really fussy just wouldn’t sleep and was “wimpering” alittle bit. Do you think it is the chicken? knock on wood he hasn’t had any problems with anything other than rice and oatmeal cereals that we have tried so far… the list is long but here it goes (apples, bananas, peaches, pears, blueberries, strawberrries, apricots, pineapple, blackberries, raspberries, squash, green beans, sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, regular potatoes, corn, spinach, teddy puffs, and teething biscuits (soy/dairy free, cherries, grits, turkey) all of these are fine… do we think the chicken is the problem or of course teeth. He has cut 4 teeth since the end of Sept….. I hate this guessing game. TIA.

[Anonymous]

It could be the chicken. Gabby reacted horribly when we tried it at 8 months. She slept terribly, she had a horribly runny nose, and she was whimpering all day. At first I thought it was a cold, but it only happened when we did chicken. We reintroduced it at 12 months and she’s done fine. Good luck.

[hellbennt]

I would wait on the chicken…

We did proteins at 9 months; you’re lucky the rest hasn’t bothered him

edited to add: maybe try free range chicken or kosher chicken- ‘adult’ kind given in tiny pieces- dark meat is not as dry so I find babies do better with it…

hellbennt2007-11-11 14:31:37

[Anonymous]

He is going to be nine months on Friday, I guess I’ll just hold off for a bit… I am thinking of trying a formula change and wanted to wait until we had trialed all the meats, but maybe I’ll try the formula switch before I do the meets…. Either way I am not trying either until Dec 1st.

[Anonymous]

Hey Beth, I have a response and a question! I don’t know if it could be the chicken, but I thought I would share what our Ped GI gave us. Last time we saw him, he gave us a pamphlet of instructions that they give to all babies/kids with MSPI. It says to begin with lamb(which I have never found anywhere commercially, but I have found a few nice recipes from some baby food making sites)OR veal. I have no idea why. It seems like veal has the same amount of protein as chicken/beef/turkey/pork, so I don’t know why they favor it. I guess I didn’t care to ask b/c it was a few months ago and meat was the least of our concerns! Just a suggestion, but it seems if he’s ok w/turkey, chicken would be ok too.

My question is… I started Evie on some veal last night (she’s 8 1/2 mos.) She was disgusted. She was gagging so hard, I thought I would need to do CPR on her. I tried to hide it in some vegetables, and/or fruit, but there was no fooling her. I got maybe two spoonfuls total in her and we had no visible side effects. I am wondering if it’s just b/c it was veal or if I’ll have a hard time with all meats. Did Cooper like the turkey?? Did you have to hide it in veggies fruit??? Could Evie be a vegetarian??!!!!

[hellbennt]

interesting about hte lamb-

on the elimination diet you can eat free range lamb & free range turkey

these must be easier to digest…

[Anonymous]

Just a question regarding all this meat feeding….i’ve tried pureeing it and mixing it w swt potatoes but it was too grainy tasting and my dd spit it out, i tried this with chicken. Would I have more success just giving her a few pieces of drumstick or thigh??? She is quite capable of chewing table food…she can eat cheeses, toast and cream cheese, crackers, diced carrots and peas and peaches and squash etc. Would I have more success with real chicken as opposed to puree, what chicken form are you gals trying with your babies??????

[hellbennt]

with jonah I would make chicken soup and use the babyfood grinder & grind everything up and then add a lot of the liquid from the soup (broth) to make it a consistancy that he would eat

with Ari, I went straight to just giving him dark meat chicken off the bone, LOL (chicken from chicken soup or just roasted chicken).

[Anonymous]

I have heard the lamb thing as well…it is also quite abundant in the land of Oz! Alana doesn’t seem to take to any meats either. She will eat if a tiny bit is mixed with veges but will not eat any on its own, will try it and then spits it straight out. I haven’t worried to much and just keep trying.

I’d hold of on the chicken too. At this age they are still getting all they need from the formula, so no harm to be done. And clearly he already has a wide diet so eventually hell get there.

[Anonymous]

Interesting about the lamb, I actually have some in the pantry. ( I found it at our Kroger and I noticed when I was at Walmart that they had Veal). I had decided I wasn’t going to give him lamb as we hardly ever eat it, but maybe I’ll try that (I”m holding off on proteins now until Dec 1). Cooper loved the turkey and the chicken. But then again I don’t this child has ever met a food he didn’t like. He eats plain grits too (yuck in my opinion). I did have to give him a bite of veg after every 2-3 bites of the chicken, but I do know that many lo’s don’t like the texture of meat and don’t eat it for sometime…. FYI he did sleep much better last night without any chicken so that is why I am going to hold off until Dec 1 (he’ll be 9 1/2 months then).

[Anonymous]

Niko, who basically reacts to everything (only keeper foods are avocado and plain potato) did ok with lamb- but not the stuff out of a jar. She hated that.

We boil bits of lamb then puree with some formula added. She actually seems to like it ok, as much as she likes any food, I guess- not a big eater overall here.

[Anonymous]

Beth ~it wouldn’t surprise me if he does react to chicken. To this day Kayleigh can not eat turkey without a huge increase in her reflux. I think you are right on the money holding off till Dec 1st. It’s great to see he has a wide variety of veggies and fruits!

[Anonymous]

Ben HATED the jarred meats. He would gag and refuse them, even when mixed with something else. He gobbles up meat that I cut into tiny bits for him though. That jarred stuff smells like cat food, so I don’t really blame him!

[Anonymous]

We Aussies love lamb and eat a lot of it (it is so expensive here at the moment though). Everytime I go for a drive in the country and see the little lambs in the paddock I do tend to become a vego for awhile though!

I had heard it wasn’t as popular in the US. Let us know how he goes with it.

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