Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Solids

Gavin was given the green light to start on solid food as early as four months.
However, it was limited to stage 1 of Gerber and Earth's Best for vegetables only.
One must make the baby eat it for 3-5days per type to rule out any allergic reactions.

For Gerber stage 1, we tried carrots, squash and broccoli. 
For Earth's Best, we tried carrots, sweet potatoes and green peas.

At his fifth month, he was allowed to try lugaw, baked veggies, actual fruits and boiled or steamed staple.  We also tried the whole grain Cereal at Healthy Options which he loved when mixed with my milk.



Now on his sixth month, he was encouraged to eat more real food and apple juice.
Two ounces of Apple juice mixed with two ounces of water per day.
He is not yet allowed to eat anything with egg, citrus fruits and chicken.



We are now trying new types of baby vegetable cereals.  I just find the Nutridel Cereal not as fresh and natural as the baby cereal in whole grain at Healthy Options so I limit the intake.

I have also downloaded Annabel Karmel's app for ingredients and how to cook real food for babies.
Hopefully, I can post some actual how to's for these in the future.



Tools such as the Annabel Karmel food processor (manual mashing of food), ikea soft spoons, and several small containers for freezing from SM were really a big help as well.



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