Homemade baby food?

Question

My son is almost 7 months, and enjoys a wide varierty of solid foods. Can anyone tell me when he will be ready to have pureed broccoli or spinach? I know that they have to be a certain age for certain foods. I'd love to know if he's ready for those two foods yet. Thanks!

Answer 1

Personally I do child-led introduction to solids. Which means no pureeing and no spoon feeding. My baby eats of my plate.

I slightly modified it and started around 7 months.
7-8 months fruits and veggies - all
8-9 months fruits, veggies, and meats and meat substitutes-all (though I do try to eat organic and more meat substitutes. Also avoid any fish that are high in mercury)
9 months and over Fruits, veggies, meats, and grains (though I try to limit white flour. I also, while not offering dairy per say don't withhold food if it has a little milk or cheese cooked in.
After 1 year I will allow cheese and yogurt, nuts, and honey.

He has loved broccoli since he was 6 months old, it doesn't give him gas. (Sometimes green beans and snow peas do). He also loves pineapple and strawberries. He eats lettuce, raw spinach and kale (which personally I wouldn't eat raw, but he was snacking on it in the grocery cart *lol*)

I've never had a problem, not a diaper rash nor tummy ache. If we are out at a party and he is eating a tonne of different foods all at once and people keep feeding him occaisionally he will spit up a little after his breastmilk feed.

To find out more about child-led introduction to solids, why it is safe:
http://www.borstvoeding.com/voedselintroductie/vast_voedsel/rapley_guidelines.html

Answer 2

According to the Super Baby Food Book by Ruth Yaron a baby is ready for cooked broccoli at 8 months old and cooked spinach at 9 months old.

Answer 3

my son enjoys eating broccoli and spinach. He started eating it before he turn 1yr. Maybe about 9 mths can't remember it. There is another favourite food of his who has turn 2yrs and his 8 mths brother CHICKEN PORRIDGE. You just boil the carrot (select the sweet ones) with minced chicken. Once boiled and the carrot are soft scoop it out and blend them with chopped spring onion and parsley.. Use the stock (balance water used to boil them) to cook the porridge. When the porridge half cook mix the belnded carrot, chicken, spring onion and parsley. Hope you try it.

Answer 4

i take advantage of residing house made at residing house and jars while out and approximately. the only factor I even have discovered is that the jars are much less complicated to eat, ie my lumpy food is lots lumpier than the jars. he manages the food i make in basic terms large, yet while he has a jar for lunch, then i relatively often locate that at tea time he fusses and needs his food smoother. we predict of it relatively is using fact he's drained and might undergo in innovations his final meal replaced into relatively delicate and he did no longer could chew lots. I do make confident i purchase organic and organic jars without sugars or nasty ingredients in them. Thats my compromise. if its no longer residing house made that's going to be the wonderful jars i can get!

Answer 5

If he is already eating a variey of solid foods, i would try giving him a small amount of these foods and see how he likes them. Just watch with the broccoli when i first gave it to my daughter she was pretty gassy.

Answer 6

in 2 months, pureed with some milk and butter. Throw away the water you have been steaming the spinach.

Answer 7

He should be ready for them now. Just start slowly and only give one at a time for allergy reasons.

Answer 8

You can find all of this information on wholesomebabyfood.com