Fiona is almost 6 months old and breastfed with some formula supplementing. As far as solids go we started introducing a few things rice cereal, smashed banana, and this week we tried carrots (big hit!) next week we'll try sweet potato then avocado. I steamed and pureed the carrots and sweet potatoes myself but i'm not sure where to go from here. What else can i make myself? And what is better to purchase premade? What are the big no-nos at this age? At what point can we try simple seasonings? Any recipes or websites would be super helpful.
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We were advised to avoid giving him peanut butter and honey until after he was a year old, and we didn't feed him shellfish until after a year as well (but mostly because I don't eat it and won't cook it). He did have some fish, though.
At that age he really liked enchiladas (made with a sweet potato sauce) and eggs (scrambled). I remember those were big hits. I know some people put off feeding eggs if there's an egg allergy in the family (although I think the allergen is in the whites?)
We did BLW, so besides the things in the first paragraph I basically gave him whatever we were eating, spices and all (I've made a huge effort to cut back on salt). At 7 months he ate and loved jamabalaya and curries. Spice doesn't phase him all that much.
I've gotten some recipes from these sites:
http://weelicious.com/
http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/index.htm -
You can cook and blend sweet potato, apple, spinach, parsnips, green beans.. Lots of options!!
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I guess i'm just nervous.... there's is no history of allergies in our families but the doctor recommended trying one new food every 4 days - we go back on 4/1... can you tell i'll have a lot of questions
Apples - store bought babyfood, applesauce, or can i steam and puree them?
Spinach - fresh or frozen?
Peas - do i need to worry about the skin if i steam and puree?
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Following, since I need ideas too! I'm glad Fiona liked the carrots. Hyla turned her nose up at them.
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@Chillybear: we used fresh baby spinach, boiled and pureed.
If you use frozen peas make sure you keep some of the cooking water because peas are grainy when you puree them.
The way I made DD's baby food was by going to the baby food aisle and copying what they made
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@Chillybear: seriously check out the wholesome baby website lovehoneybee listed. We have the book and she has some great recipe ideas once you have a menu going on and advice how to start. Lo has liked everything so far.
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@lovehoneybee: Oh how i love charts! thanks for the website suggestions wholesomebabyfood.com is just what i was looking for
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Talk to your doc about common allergens....ours said no reason to wait for anything (except honey, but that has to do with botulism, not allergies). We did homemade purees (usually from frozen or steamed veggies and fruits) for the first month and then moved to table foods.
I try to avoid added sugar and salt where I can, but she definitely gets some if we eat out, small amounts that I cook with, etc. -
Honey and nuts were the only things we were warned against until after a year.
Try hummus! C loved it as a baby.
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