We are probably going to use sweet potato, banana or avocado as LO's first food. (We may do oatmeal too - haven't decided.) Those are all naturally very soft foods that you can mash up to almost liquid with a fork. Is it with the extra step of pureeing? We are not doing BLW & I am not comfortable with LO eating chunky solids at first so bear that in mind.
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I puréed all of his food at first because I was so paranoid of choking.
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We stuck with purees, she liked the smooth texture of them.
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I mashed with a fork- I hate doing dishes, so I kept it super minimal. I also never steamed, I microwaved instead and didn't bother with organic because I didn't care that much.
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I pureed just because it was easier than mashing with a fork since I did larger batches and froze it. I'd roast the sweet potato whole, dump half in our magic bullet with a little water and give it a whirl for about 10 seconds, pour into ice cube trays, then do the other half. If I'd done it with a fork... I don't even know how long it would have taken to mash up an entire sweet potato.
Avocado and banana I just mashed with a fork as I was serving it.
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I started with rice cereal, but quickly moved to orange vegetables and oatmeal.
Avocado can be strongly flavored, so I saved that for later.
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Hi month twin! We just started LO on solids a few days ago. We skipped cereal/oatmeal and went straight to purees. I started her on Gerber Level 1 puree sweet potato. Not sure yet if I'll make my own in the future.
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I steamed and then mashed with a fork. It was all very smooth with just a simple fork mashing.
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I fork mashed. She moved to chunkier foods by seven months. It was easier for me that way.
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we pureed everything. we had a baby food maker so it was super easy.
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We puréed. LO either wanted super smooth or pieces she could feed herself. Chunky purées we're never her thing.
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Her first food was banana. I mashed it with a fork and mixed with breast milk.
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Probably not...but it'll depend on your LO! I never puréed easy to smash things.
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I steam and then purée. I don't find it time consuming at all. I just make a big batch at once.
Unfortunately LO hates everything, but that's another story.....
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I didn't puree easy-to-smash stuff, but everything else got steamed and pureed in my baby brezzo. I started him with egg yolk smashed/mixed with breastmilk, then moved on to smashed banana. He didn't really like the banana, though, so we moved on to steamed/pureed sweet potato. If your banana is really ripe, you can smash it down pretty well so there aren't any lumps or chunks, and can pick ou the chunks that do remain.
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I didn't purée soft foods like banana or sweet potato, etc. just mushed them up.
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Things that could be mashed I only ever mashed but I never wanted to serve runny food to LO. I wanted everything to have some texture. Easy to smash foods, especially sweet potato mash so well. Less dishes as well and you can still do batches.
You can mash and still add water if you want it thin it out.
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We mashed some and puréed some. Avocado and sweet potato were always mashed though.
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