Ideas for tasty weaning foods please? and at what age did your baby start solids?

Answer 1

Try to put it off until about 6 months but when your baby stops being satisfied by milk is the right time (whenever that occurs) Talk to your health visitor for advice.

Try any sort of food (avoiding salt & sugar, nuts, honey & blue cheese etc) - when you cook veg for yourselves, take a small amount and liquidise it - let the baby taste a little and freeze some in ice cube trays.

By the time you're feeding all the time you can have lots of bags of ice cube veg that can be mixed together for whole meals.

Don't forget to add in other food groups like carbohydrates and protiens when solid food becomes a proper meal. Too much veg doesn't do babies nappies much good!

Later, don't hesitate to add small quanties of herbs after baby is used to the initial taste/texture of very bland solids - the earlier you introduce flavour, the easier it is to introduce a variety to your toddler.

My baby liked pureed garden peas and carrots. Persevere - what they dislike one day changes next week - so patiently keep re-introducing foods until they accept them - especially when they reach toddler-hood. Just be prepared with lots of unscented wipes.

Have fun - sing and dance, persuade, cajole and bribe if it makes them open their mouths! It all makes for less fussy eaters later on!

Answer 2

Doctors say babies shouldnt eat any cereal or solids until the first year is completed. After they they should start with cereal, move into jars of baby food, and then into pureed and strained table food. And then eventually finger foods like noodles and small pieces of meats and veggies, and yummy fruits.

I think its bull crap to wait a year. Everyone in my family was on solids and whole milk by 6-8 months. Cousins included. We're all a healthy allergy free bunch.

Answer 3

At 4 months old my doctor told me that I could feed my daughter single grain rice or oatmeal...really thinned out. He said that as soon as she was eating 8 tbs. a day (included in all 3 feedings) then she was ready for the yellow foods (carrots, squash, sweet potatoes) but you have to use the 4 day rule. You feed the same thing for 4 days so that if there is an allergic reaction you know exactly what caused it. At 5 months old he said I could start green foods (green beans, peas) and use the same 4 day rule. At 6 months he said that I could add some fruit to her diet (using the 4 day rule though).

Answer 4

Babies should not start solids until 6 months. Breastmilk and/or formula should continue to make up most of their diet for the entire first year. Solids are mostly for fun and practice during the first year.

Mashed bananas and avocados or cooked and pureed sweet potatoes are the best first foods.

Forget baby cereal...that stuff is nasty!

Answer 5

I weaned my little one at four months. I mixed foods in a blender with lots of water to make a pure puree and then poured them into ice cube trays to freeze -then my kids had bite size meals ready to defrost and nothing was wasted. I only used veggies (as a veggi lol) but mixed carrots, peas and potato or cauliflower and cheese etc along with apple and raisins or orange and pineapple etc. Best thing to do is experiment!

Answer 6

i started giving my baby food from about 51/2 months. i always start with a basic recipe for savouries which is diced potatoes, a cauliflower floret, some broccoli florets, and a small slice of cube stock, boil to make soft and then puree it with a hand blender till smooth. this gives your baby iron, carbohydrates, and vitamins that they need for growing up. if you like you can add some yogurt for calcium.

when your baby is about six months and a half try adding some mince meat in the mix, or chicken and that.

for desserts apple should always be a base although you could just puree the apples after boiling them soft and add some yogurt if you'd like. you can also mix in bananas, strawberries, peach, plum.

remember if you are breast feeding your baby the he or she will like what you like as it's taste transfers into the milk but please no spicy stuff as that could be bad for the baby's digestive system.

you should also always continue to breast feed or formula feed your baby for up to a year before you completely stop.

good luck

Answer 7

My nephew was 5 and a half months and he started on stewed apples and pears.

He also loves sweet potatoes, parsnips and mashed potato, if you are making casseroles etc you can add in some of the gravy. Also any soft fruits like mango and bananas.

Just make sure no nuts or citrus fruits for a while.

Answer 8

Mother used to liquidise fresh veg from the garden for me when I was a baby. It's up to you what combination you use. I grew up to be strong and healthy, no allergies and a really good immune system (I'm hardly ever ill). I don't like the thought of those jars of baby foods - processed crap.

Answer 9

05 months.ideally if u can give only breast milk til 06 months. each baby has his own taste for food so you will ve to experiment around with the solids to find out what your baby likes the most and so on

Answer 10

I started my daughter on solid foods at 4 months (as per doctor), her favorites are sweet potatoes, squash, applesauce and bananas- she hated peas

I would start with rice ceral with formula/breastmilk- thats what we did and she liked it, we still give her that right before bed and she is 5 mos now