Posted on February 24, 2010.
Starting a baby on solids - what to keep in mind when you make your own baby food Most of the baby's diet will consist of milk for weeks yet. When he does start to reduce its consumption of milk because he wants more positive from a baby on solids perhaps not such a good idea, even if making your own baby food as he will always drink enough milk to supply almost all the proteins, minerals and vitamins it needs.
When you make your own baby food for the first time that thought from a baby on solids can not be a bad idea to begin with, you know they are only needed for their calories at a young age - their fuel - and there are calories in each food type. Your baby will not receive more than an expensive "high protein" grain as a regular. He did not need extra protein in the product price, the calories, which are both.
Starting a baby on solids and make your own baby food is a very serious matter, so choose foods first is more a question of avoiding the few types that are particularly likely to cause allergic reactions than selecting those who are particularly good for him. It may have almost all the foods you normally use if it has a taste that pleases him, semi-liquid texture, it can easily take, and no ill effects on digestion. Once he had the idea of taking food without sucking, try to offer a wide variety of flavors so you know, from experience, what your baby likes and what he docs not. Even at this early stage, when the acuity of taste is still developing, g | have strong preferences that you should follow.
When you make your own food and from a baby on solids you should understand that some foods are particularly likely to cause allergic reactions in infants and should be avoided until at least six months and then introduced small amounts and at the time: the grain of wheat and wheat flour (including bread), eggs (yolk and white), citrus (including orange juice marketed for babies), the nuts and peanut butter (smooth even the type).
Rice or grains of corn are the traditional first choice when your own baby food. But they are also marketed specially prepared for babies and they just need to mix formula with breast milk or cow's milk boiled, then from a baby on solids could not be a difficult thing to do because it risk of onset.
Cereals have a lot of things for them, especially the advantage of being rich or fortified with iron - the nutrient that exclusively breastfed babies who could be starting to need. But while their taste stale milk is very similar to baby food they are used rarely rejected outright, many babies prefer pureed fruit or vegetables. The tastes are more surprising than the taste of unsweetened cereal, but they are also more interesting.
You can try sifted ripe banana or avocado, applesauce, potatoes boiled and strained, yam, plantain, spinach and carrots.