I got some questions about baby food. First off my daughter is 5 months going on 6 Jan.9 First question: We have given her rice cereal-->squash--->sweet potatos---->carrots----> now what? What do we go to? Are there any more veggies? Second question: How should we feed her? Like for breakfast cereal. Then lunch carrots. Then dinner cereal again? or should we do Breakfast:cereal Lunch:veggie Dinner:veggie Third question Is there any tips you guys can give me for getting food stains out of her clothes like carrots and those things? thanks
are you still breastfeeding her as well? there is some great advice here if you are still breastfeeding kellymom.com
sorry to hear that you couldn't breastfeed... that site still has some great info on first foods First Foods
i know my son enjoyed avocado early on and squash is also a good food... i don't think it is overally important for your daughter to have three set meals at such a young age....that's my opinion....if you do indeed sit down for three meals a day, you can offer her food while you are sitting, but if she doesn't take it, I wouldn't stress out about it... as far as the stains go, I have no advice...my little boy has many stained clothes...I bought a lot of stuff on sale, secondhand, etc. so I didn't care about the stains....
My daughter really enjoyed the green foods and don't forget the fruits. Peas, spinnach, apple sauce, bananas, etc. Here's how I did it for both my kids: breakfast: cereal with fruit mixed in lunch and dinner: veggie or fruit If they seemed hungry inbetween meals I would give them some fruit. I tended to go by their schedule instead of mine.
My daughter loved avocado & banana squashed up with breastmilk. I'd also chop up pears and apples, steam them with a little water for just a few minutes, then puree it in the blender. I used books by Anabel Karmel that had great recipes for making baby food. I started with cereal and fruit in the morning, but I know that many don't like giving babies cereal. I added a second meal slowly (dinner) and usually it was veggies and fruit. Then she was eating 3 meals by like 9 months old and still nursing regularly. Always make sure that she has her bottle before she eats because that should be her primary nutrition. At 6 months old, eating is mostly for practice and introduction.
Fresh fruits and veggies all the way! Avocados and bananas are excellent. Try to avoid stronger fruits and veggies for now. If you have a blender that makes it easier, you can puree up a load of things Good luck
I remember both of my kids absolutely hating rice cereal. So we gave up & skipped it until they were "old enough" for baby oatmeal instead. (If I remember right that was about 8-9 months for my kids? They were pretty content with just breastmilk for far longer than most of my friends thought was "healthy") After that it was the orange veggies, then the green veggies, (peas & green beans come to mind as ones you might have "missed") then we introduced the "gentle" fruits like pears, apples & bananas. After that, I'm afraid I don't remember the order, just that we did follow the "one new food every two weeks" rule to watch for allergies. Cheerios & Zweiback toast were favorites as soon as they started teething too. I DO remember that once they started actually wanting & eating "real" food they ate about 5 times per day though. It was cereal in the morning, a veggie at late-morning, veggie AND fruit around lunchtime, (we eat late lunches here) cereal around afternoon naptime, then veggie & fruit or table foods (I tried to have at least SOMEthing they could eat too) at dinnertime. I made my own babyfood with a spoon or babyfood grinder too. An icecube tray makes perfect baby-servings that you can keep frozen in a plastic baggie. (One regular size sweet potato makes about a dozen servings for about 40 cents versus whatever babyfood jars are going for these days ) Babyfood stains. I don't remember OxyClean being on the market yet, but that would be my first try now. I would make a paste from powdered laundry detergent & water and rub it into their clothes to pre-treat, then drop them in with the rest of the laundry like normal. This worked wonders until we got to red grape juice. It even worked on stubborn cloth-diaper stains love, mom
Bibs are lifesavers... get a bunch of cheap oversized bibs to cover baby's clothes while feeding (and try not to feed in nice clothes) then who cares if they end up stained? my daughter is seven months and I'm still mainly nursing... doing a lil' rice cereal here and there and also sweet potatoes, bananas, and avocado... There's no rush, I'm just letting her experiment with eating at the moment... Also something I think is really important is trying to keep her food organic! and if you're doing formula if possible do organic also, i know it costs more but i think it's really worth it to keep you baby exposed to the least amount of agricultural chemicals and such.... well good luck... I do have a book i need to check out more on Natural Baby Foods... I'll send some tips your way once i get a chance to check it out more...
I used a French mill/ grinder, too. my kid loved squashes: orange yellow and green. Then green beans, peas were hit and miss. I think he picked up that i didn't care for them. (too sweet) He liked nopal the few times I had it (prickly pear cactus pads) avocado was a great thrill, as were beets.
