Baby Foods

Baby wants to be provided with sufficient nutrition in first 6 months of life by mother’s breast milk. Though, as baby grows older, baby’s requirements will begin to change. Even though it get most of the nutrients from mother’s breast milk or else Formula, introduction of cereals and solids, in this stage is sensible.

Here are some necessary foods that are suited for the baby from the occasion you initiate the weaning process – sweet potato, cooked potato, baby rice, turnip, cooked Swede, & carrot, apple, soft dessert pear banana. Make sure that you mash, puree or sieve the foods to rid of all chunks. Avoid adding any salt, seasoning or sugar.

These balancing foods in this form of solids will be given to baby once or else twice a day, like before or after or during baby’s milk feed, based on baby’s needs. Later you can start to coincide the meal times with baby’s solid feeds meant for sake of ease. Once the baby have got familiar to the mashed foods, introduce the baby to finger foods that baby can pick up & eat himself without any help. Finger foods usually cut therefore the baby will hold it & put into mouth with no problems and include the cooked vegetable, sticks of carrots, slices of pear & apples, cooked peas and celery & cucumber. You could also suggest the baby toast or slices of bread, savory cheese biscuits with no salt, sugar free preserves or mashed banana, tiny sandwiches with the grated cheese, fingers of cheese, and cooked chunky pasta bit that are simple to put into mouth. Don’t give fried foods, otherwise anything spicy. Avoid the nuts if baby is allergic.