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Post by campamomof3 on Sept 4, 2008 14:33:04 GMT -5
I have a 7 month old baby boy who has just been introduce to solids last month. Rather than buy baby food (which can be kind of pricey), I would like to make his food myself. Any Recipe ideas? Thank You. campamomof3
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tbhas6
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Post by tbhas6 on Sept 4, 2008 21:17:26 GMT -5
When mine were babies, I just put everything in the food processor until it was pureed.
For instance, if I made roasted chicken, carrots and green beans, I'd puree a small amount of chicken, then carrots & then green beans. (note: I pureed them before adding any seasoning). Any leftovers would be put into containers and they'd also become the baby's next meal. It was my experience that by giving my babies the same meal two or three times in a row, helped them develop a liking for various foods. To this day, my children aren't too picky - of course, there are some foods they prefer over others but, they will eat almost anything.
In the very beginning, I started with bland oatmeal, grits, cream of wheat and saltine crackers. I then introduced one vegetable at time to make sure they didn't have any allergic reactions - potatoes, corn, peas, green beans, broccoli, etc. I also introduced fresh fruits, again one at a time, by pureeing them in the food processor - bananas (can be mashed with a fork), grapes, applesauce, peaches, peeled plums, pear sauce, strawberries, etc. (make sure you remove the peel from fruits as it can "stick" to the mucus membranes in the throat causing suffocation). Once they did well on vegetables and fruit, then I'd introduce pureed meats and various finger foods. By the time they were eating all the fruits, vegetables, meats and a few finger foods well, they were usually ready for the introduction of "soft" foods like spaghetti, macaroni, beans and rice, etc. Generally, by the time my children were a year old they were eating complete regular meals cut into small bites.
Remember, if your baby seems to not like something - that's O.K. I generally overcame those problems by serving that food to them first at the next meal time while they were really hungry. Other times if they were eating two or three different foods at a meal and they decided they only wanted the fruit, I'd give them a tiny bite of fruit, big bite of veggie, tiny bite of fruit, big bite of meat, tiny bite of fruit, etc.
I hope this helps you get started. This is a fun and exciting adventure for you and your baby - Enjoy!
tb
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Post by campamomof3 on Sept 5, 2008 9:58:31 GMT -5
Thanks, this definitely has given me an idea of how to get started. He is my third child but for some reason it feels like I am starting brand new. ic
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Post by pursuer on Sept 8, 2008 17:59:36 GMT -5
I never added any seasoning, always made the food plain, to make sure of no allergy-causing things. (One never knows.) I loved doing smashed up avocados (brain food), bananas, chicken with rice and plain gravy, and peas. Those were her favorites. I made others, like gently cooking peaches and then smashing them, etcetera...
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