Mums and Babies

When the baby reaches his 6th month, he can start very slowly to eat different meals. In this stage, food will be a complementary to his breast or bottle milk which will still be the basics. It is time for him to learn to eat and swallow different groceries.

At first he will start with different vegetables puree, as carrots, pumpkins, sweet potatos, and spinach. At this stage, you can also add some fruits, like banana, apple, pears or peaches.

Always consult with your pediatrician or your health care professional before incorporating a new ingredient to the baby’s diet.

There are many weaning recipes this one is one of those simple recipes which is really easy to prepare:

Tri-colored purée:

Ingredients:

• ½ potato
• ½ sweet potato
• ¼ pumkin

Preparation:

Boil the potato, the sweet potato and the pumpkin in vegetable broth (if you do not have broth, boil the vegetables in simple unsalted water) until they are tender.

Once dried, mash them until you get a very soft purée. The first time, make sure there are not big pieces of the vegetables. Once the baby is used to the purée, near his 8th or 9th month, you can leave some so he can taste different textures.
Add little oil or cream cheese to make it more creamy and taste.

If you like, you can prepare the same recipe but with the whole vegetables. Place the purée in very little recipients (like those for preparing ice cubes) and freeze them. You can then use them one by one.

Banana and Muffin purée:

This is a must. All babies like it. It is simple to prepare and very nutritious in potassium.

Ingredients:

• 1 banana
• 1 medium vainilla only muffin
• 1 dinner spoon of Formula or breast milk.

Preparation:

Mash the banana and the muffin together making a very smooth puree. Add milk for soften. It is not necessary to add any sugar. The muffin is sweet enough.

Fruits mix and yoghurt

A very sweet and colorful recipe with plenty of vitamin c and calcium.

Ingredients:

• 2 apple dices
• 2 peaches dices
• 2 pears dices
• 1 tea spoon white sugar
• ¼ tea cup of natural yoghurt

Preparation:

Cook the fruit dices in a pan with soft heat. Add the sugar and some water until they are tender and the sugar have melted into the water. Mash the preparation until no big pieces are seen. Add some natural yoghurt.

Green chicken puree

This is a very nice start with meats. Chicken is taste, easy to digest, and easy to cook.
Your baby can start with chicken near the seventh month.

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken breast
• ½ lemon juice
• 1 small potato
• Handful spinach

Preparation:

Marinate the chicken breast in the lemon juice and some (but not too much) salt for 5 minutes each side. Bake or roast the chicken breast until it is well done (all parts of the breast must be white).

Boil the potato in unsalted water. Dry and mash until it is smooth. Add a little bit of oil to soften. Steam the spinach for a few minutes. You can put it over the potato or do it separately. Dry and mash too. Mix the two purée and add some cream cheese.

Chop the chicken breast in very small pieces and mix it with the purée.
If your baby is nine month old or older add some parmesan on top.