danni - i add a spoon of formula and water to the pureed food. sometimes just a dot of butter. i read in Baby Love that a dot of butter is ok, just make sure it's unsalted.
How many times a day are you giving your babies food? I'm currently only doing it at tea time when we get home from day care. My sister told me once a day is fine until she is looking for more. Considering she's at day care 5 days a week, I think I might have to ask them to let me know if she's satisfied after a bottle or drinking it all and looking for more food/drink. I might use that as an indicator of whether or not to tell daycare they can offer her pureed vegetables or fruit if she wants it during the day.
Danni - I just use full cream cows milk. Unless you think she'll be intolerant to it it should be OK.
When I mash our potato, I put in milk, then get his out before I put butter in it. I'll usually put a bit more milk in his too. We have heaps of butter & just a drop of milk - how Anthony likes it.
I broke a bit off my banaba this morning & let him get a bit off with his gums. He really enjoyed it, but it was too slippery for him to hold, so I had to hold it for him.
I used to buy a whole seperate lot of veggies for Bri. Most of them I wouldn't even eat!
Potatoe, pumpkin, squash, broccoli, cauliflour. Sometimes peas & corn & sometimes carrot.
Avocado is a good first food too. I was going to buy some yesterday, but I forgot.
I think I'll visit the fruit & vege shop and make some mooshed up food and freeze it over the weekend. It'll probably work out much cheaper than buying jars and tins of food.
Sorry, so many questions: at this age it's best not to mix foods isn't it? So I shouldn't really combine say cauliflower and carrot together should I? I should just offer either one or the other is that right? I'm so clueless about all this!
danni - you can combine different vegies. they say(from books and MCN) carrots, potatoes and pumpkin are good first foods and you can combine them. you can go with any vegies, broccoli, cauliflower, even green leafs. fruits - avoid once that are acidic like oranges etc. pears, apples are ok.
ive been combining foods for lakshman for the last week. gave him pumpkin and tofu yesterday. gave him pumpkin and carrots this morning, and am giong to give him a little rice cereal this evening.
he has a breastfeed now at 5am when he first wakes up, then another at 7ish/8. then his meal at 10ish. if he has a lot then i skip his bottle till about 12ish, 1.
i dont think there;s a fixed rule when they can have 2 meals. from what ive read, after the first week you can give them 2 meals. at the end of the month, when he's been on solids for about 4 weeks im going to try lumpier food.
so far this is my plan, vegies in the morning and rice cereal in the evening. i might alternate vegies and fruits in the morning, or add vegies in the rice cereal in teh evening.
yoghurt - full fat w/o sugar, just plain is good for them too instead of custard.
i might give a teaspoon later today to see how he goes.
by the end of august, i think i will start him on 3 meals a day.
im also thinking of introducing fish in a couple of weeks, and then chicken. red meat will be harder to digest.
my friend recommended baby and toddler meals by robin barker to give you ideas of meals to make. but in a few mths they will ahve similar food to us.
danni - you can combine different vegies. they say(from books and MCN) carrots, potatoes and pumpkin are good first foods and you can combine them. you can go with any vegies, broccoli, cauliflower, even green leafs. fruits - avoid ones that are acidic like oranges etc. pears, apples are ok.
ive been combining foods for lakshman for the last week. gave him pumpkin and tofu yesterday. gave him pumpkin and carrots this morning, and am giong to give him a little rice cereal this evening.
he has a breastfeed now at 5am when he first wakes up, then another at 7ish/8. then his meal at 10ish. if he has a lot then i skip his bottle till about 12ish, 1.
i dont think there;s a fixed rule when they can have 2 meals. from what ive read, after the first week you can give them 2 meals. at the end of the month, when he's been on solids for about 4 weeks im going to try lumpier food.
so far this is my plan, vegies in the morning and rice cereal in the evening. i might alternate vegies and fruits in the morning, or add vegies in the rice cereal in teh evening.
yoghurt - full fat w/o sugar, just plain is good for them too instead of custard.
i might give a teaspoon later today to see how he goes.
by the end of august, i think i will start him on 3 meals a day.
im also thinking of introducing fish in a couple of weeks, and then chicken. red meat will be harder to digest.
my friend recommended baby and toddler meals by robin barker to give you ideas of meals to make. but in a few mths they will ahve similar food to us.
The baby led solids is a whole different way of thinking... no mashed up foods at all as the theory is that they should not be eating anything until they can tolerate it themselves...
WHO (world health organisation) recommends that food is not started until babies reach 6 months as their digestive system is not yet ready.
If you are going down the BLS track, you would prepare several different veggies and give them all to bubba - say a broccoli, caulifower stalk - you know what i mean, a finger of carrot and patoato... that way they can choose what they want to eat and apparently they will select the food that they need at that time, as in they may need the minerals and vitamins from the carrot on night so will chow down on a finger or tw, but the next night prefer the potato.
The idea is that you par boil or steam the veggies so that they are still slighty firm.
I think that i will start a thread on it, i will post a link once im done.
Saw the Osteo today, going back Friday to, MJ has a rotated spine and needs a little work, hopefully 2 session will do her and then she will give us some exercises to do at home.
Well I've got broccoli, cauliflour, potatoe & carrot all cooking.
I know he's a month too young yet, but I might just see how he goes.
He'll probably just turf the lot on the floor.
Hope you are all well DJ is in bed and I am off to bed shortly myself. Doni is in Griffith/Wagga for work so a few nights alone for me and DJ
SJ - that is good to hear that only two sessions and MJ will be right again. I bet you were relieved.
Prama - sounds like poopy is eating really well for his first solid foods. I have just started DJ on some rice cereal and pureed fruit - he loves the fruit though. I want to try vegetables next. So far no allergic reactions so all good. Just taking it one step at a time. This weekend I am going to cook up a heap of veges for DJ.
Danni - making your own baby food will work out so much cheaper, I have a few jars in the cupboard only for when we are travelling or something when I can't take the fresh stuff.
Skye - good to know avocado is a good first food too, I have some in the fridge, waiting for it to ripen though, still very hard.
Teach - I know what you mean about being woken up earlier than the normal scheduled time... DJ normally wakes at 5-6am and now is waking anytime between 3-4am arghhh those extra few hours make a difference too.
Well girls I better head to bed, have a great night.
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