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Rebecca V
Some moms told me that baby food like Gerber is healthier than homemade one because it doesn't contain nitrates - I would like to know your opinion - thanks!
only carrots?
Answer
The only thing that I have read was not to make homemade carrots until baby was 9 months due to the high amount of nitrates in them. I read that baby food carrots were grew in soil that was *regulated* for nitrates.
Homemade is better in my opinion.
The only thing that I have read was not to make homemade carrots until baby was 9 months due to the high amount of nitrates in them. I read that baby food carrots were grew in soil that was *regulated* for nitrates.
Homemade is better in my opinion.
Any good and healthy baby food recipes?
Michael K
We were thinking about trying homemade baby food when our baby is about 5 months old. Has anyone ever tried this? Does anyone have any good recipes for baby food that would be healthy for this age? I heard something about making them in ice cube treys, then keeping them in baggies, if you do this, how do you thaw it before feeding baby?
Answer
I never bought baby food for any of mine and used a thing called a baby food grinder that worked wonderful
As with using commercial baby food, you never ever introduce more than one thing at a time and always simple.
You do not need recipes for steamed carrots or cooked peas. Those are both excellent beginning veggies and you only need a mouth full or so at first feeding.
As for cereal, we used cream of rice, cooked per directions on the box and served it with a bit of breast milk or formula mixed into it. I added sugar(just a touch) but that was 30 years ago and adding sugar was not frowned upon as much then as it is now.
Mashed raw banana is also an excellent beginning fruit.
I also used canned fruit(canned in fruit juice) and ground them in the grinder for my babies. they all loved them.
Once your baby is eating a variety of foods, he can eat what ever you are having with the exception of things like chili, pizza, and other super spicy or rich foods.
For example, I would grind roast beef and feed the baby that and mashed potato with a small amount of the gravy and ground or mashed veg that we were having on the night we had roast beef. Same with meatloaf or chicken dinners.
Homemade chicken or beef noodle soups are great too. I would grind the ingredients, using broth to make it the right consistency and the babies loved that too.
Children ate healthy long before baby food was invented and starting with special recipes is just silly.
You will end up cooking a different meal for each kid and who has that kind of time??
a typical first meal for a 5-6 month old is a couple of spoonfulls of c.r of rice cereal and then his formula.
If all goes well, you can introduce a spoon full or so of mashed peaches after the cream of rice is eaten and then the formula.
I only fed one meal of solids at first to get babies tummy accustomed to the different textures and flavors and gradually introduced mashed peas for lunch, followed by a bit of fruit or carrots and fruit.
Eventually the meat and potatoes were added to the lineup and I would save some of what ever we had for supper to serve the next day for babies lunch.
I added new foods very slowly as we have allergy issues in our family and it just seemed to work best that way.
I never bought baby food for any of mine and used a thing called a baby food grinder that worked wonderful
As with using commercial baby food, you never ever introduce more than one thing at a time and always simple.
You do not need recipes for steamed carrots or cooked peas. Those are both excellent beginning veggies and you only need a mouth full or so at first feeding.
As for cereal, we used cream of rice, cooked per directions on the box and served it with a bit of breast milk or formula mixed into it. I added sugar(just a touch) but that was 30 years ago and adding sugar was not frowned upon as much then as it is now.
Mashed raw banana is also an excellent beginning fruit.
I also used canned fruit(canned in fruit juice) and ground them in the grinder for my babies. they all loved them.
Once your baby is eating a variety of foods, he can eat what ever you are having with the exception of things like chili, pizza, and other super spicy or rich foods.
For example, I would grind roast beef and feed the baby that and mashed potato with a small amount of the gravy and ground or mashed veg that we were having on the night we had roast beef. Same with meatloaf or chicken dinners.
Homemade chicken or beef noodle soups are great too. I would grind the ingredients, using broth to make it the right consistency and the babies loved that too.
Children ate healthy long before baby food was invented and starting with special recipes is just silly.
You will end up cooking a different meal for each kid and who has that kind of time??
a typical first meal for a 5-6 month old is a couple of spoonfulls of c.r of rice cereal and then his formula.
If all goes well, you can introduce a spoon full or so of mashed peaches after the cream of rice is eaten and then the formula.
I only fed one meal of solids at first to get babies tummy accustomed to the different textures and flavors and gradually introduced mashed peas for lunch, followed by a bit of fruit or carrots and fruit.
Eventually the meat and potatoes were added to the lineup and I would save some of what ever we had for supper to serve the next day for babies lunch.
I added new foods very slowly as we have allergy issues in our family and it just seemed to work best that way.
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