solids for beginners
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Topic: solids for beginners
Posted By: Guest_70450
Subject: solids for beginners
Date Posted: 23 February 2012 at 10:54pm
| I hav a 13 week old gorgeous baby boy when he is eatin solids I want to make all of it @ home I have a good stash of the brought baby food.On the jar oen of them is chicken and kumera is ckicken a good 1st baby food?If so how would I make it? Is it ok to mix apples and fruit salad in with the baby farex? my boy seems very hungry also Is it unsafe to try him with a we bit now? would love to know what you all think thanx |
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Posted By: Keolyn
Date Posted: 24 February 2012 at 8:17am
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Plunket says not to start solids until at least 4 montsh and when they are startting to show signs (can support their head, can take food from a spoon etc) your plunket nurse should give you a dvd about it soon. Generally before that age their digestive systems arent developed enough to deal with the solids I think.
I would say if hes hungry to give him more milk, however farex or baby rice with breastmilk or formula is a good starter, it gets really runny so the consistancy isnt that different. In terms of making your own, awesome idea! To start with I just did single food (ie- not mixing flavours) as to find out what bubby likes, give them the same thing for a couple of days then try a new taste). For veges I either boiled them or steamed them in the microwave and blended until smooth with a bit of the water they wrere cooked in. Meats like chicken you can steam or boil the same (although I think steaming keeps in more of the nutrients) then blend aswell. I mixed all sorts of things with the farex (still have the bag too, it lasts for ages!) esp puree apple/apricot etc for breakfasts :) If you dont have a blender you can push it through a sieve, but that takes soooo long! Another thing I found was getting ice cube trays with lids ($5 at warehouse!) and freezing the purees so you can just defrost a small amount. Also saving the baby food jars are useful for all kinds of things. Hope that helps! sorry for the novel! ------------- http://lilypie.com/"> 
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