In the quest to decide whether to feed your baby jarred food or homemade baby food, deciding what you will do about meat can be a tricky venture. Their little gums are not yet able to chew tougher, chunky pieces of meat, but the thought of pureeing meat sounds a little daunting. Meat is a fantastic first food as it is an excellent source of iron, which starts depleting in a baby’s body around six months of age. So how do you offer meat to those gummy little grins? As it turns out, making meat into baby food is quite simple, and takes very little time and effort.