Homemade Baby Food

Why would your baby just want to eat the bland ready made foods available in jars? No spice, no exciting tastes, no peppers, no… taste? There is no reason.

It is not dangerous to introduce more exciting foods, but key is to introduce it slowly, and just one new meal per week. This is to be able to pinpoint any allergies.

Don’t let the scare tactics from huge food industries scare you into only serving boring, bland food to your little one. Let him or her taste new things, you’ll be surprised how much goes down well. The best part is that he or she will be less likely to discard exotic food later on. I know of kids who will only eat hamburgers and fries. Only! A scary thought.

However, most would recommend waiting until the child is about 8 months before introducing spices.

Ok, so what can you serve? Baby taste buds are different, they taste savory, bitter, sweet and salt foods stronger and indeed differently than us adults, so you can’t serve a spicy enchilada for breakfast. But try introducing a new fruits like Pomegranates, Passion Fruit, Figs and Dates, Lychees, Persimmons, and Star Fruit. That’s just some of the fruits covered which are very low on the allergy list and any rare occurrence of a reaction has been traced to a cross reactivity, usually birch pollen.

Then we have the veggies, many seem to be concerned about whether it’s safe to use mushrooms, celery, leeks, onions, peppers etc. Sure it is, but as I mentioned earlier, introduce new things one at a time to be able o pinpoint any allergies. You can introduce them at the age of about eight to ten months. The vegetables can be sautéed and added to your child's food.

I wouldn’t just purée these veggies in the raw and serve them to a child, but certainly add them to other dishes to spice them up, make them more exciting and let her acquire the tastes. Make sure you cook them (you know, the way your mother overcooked your vegetables when you where little – that’s perfect for the baby). Hard foods, not cooked soft can pose a choking hazard.

Get educated, get cooking and relax a bit when it comes to introducing new things to your baby and I am sure you are in for a treat and a healthy growing child!

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