Many people also advise baby
rice as a first food, although there is no evidence that there is any nutritional benefit to this.
Soy is not a good
choice as a first food and might be best offered when baby has been eating a variety of foods.
You can use any of the cooking methods above to prepare sweet
potato as a first food for your baby, although baking the potato in its skin is the easiest!
So now if you're confused about what to
offer as a first food and don't want to try cereal at all, you have lots of other options.
Lots of baby led weaning infants get started with
avocado as a first food, and it remains an excellent choice for most babies.
There is new evidence coming out about iron needs in babies that has resulted in meats or other foods that are high in iron being
suggested as first foods.
In addition, many of the cereals
used as first foods for babies starting around six months of age are fortified as well.
You'll often encounter charts listing baby
foods as first foods, second foods, and third foods, with how much of them a baby should eat at each age.
However, new research has suggested that there may be advantages in introducing meat to baby earlier than this — perhaps
even as a first food.
Many people recommend egg
yolks as a first food (even before broth) in many real food sources and I know many people who introduced egg yolks with great results.
I want to introduce bone
broth as his first food but his doctor refuses to accept ANY first food other than rice cereal.
Due to their nutrient density and creamy consistency, avocados are used in numerous parts of the
world as a first food for baby.
Many sources now recommend beginning a baby with fruits or an orange veggie like sweet
potato as first food (s).
But if your pediatrician recommends introducing solid foods to your baby before 6 months, then pears are considered to be one of the safest foods to
give as a first food.
Happily, many women have made the decision that «breast is best» for their babies and breastfeeding has begun to replace formula
as the first food of choice for baby.
Germans have for some time introduced baby rice cereal to their
infants as a first food, followed by bananas, squash, yogurt, etc..
Many pediatricians are now recommending Meats
as first foods due to the Iron content — ask your pediatrician.
Love this simple soup — my babies loved butternut squash
soup as their first foods soups and still take them along in school lunch thermoses — I love your apple and spice additions!
Infant cereals have typically been recommended
as a first food by many pediatricians because commercial baby cereals are fortified with iron.
Sweet potatoes are loaded with nutrients, including fiber, iron, and Vitamin A, and they are easy to
prepare as a first food.
You may not think of beans and
legumes as a first food, but black beans, kidney beans, chickpeas, and lentils (as well as many others) can all be introduced between the ages of 6 - 8 months.
Sweet potatoes have reached star
status as a first food: They're super sweet, they blend ultra smooth, and they're bursting with vitamins, antioxidants, and other great benefits.
We asked my MIL (a former pediatrician), and she said it could be that he needs solids, and to give banana or
oatmeal as the first food.
Our youngest daughter was given bone broth, liver, small amounts of meat and a lot of fermented and cooked
vegetables as first foods and she now loves a wide variety of foods.
Fish oil is often used in conventional diaper creams but the Weston A. Price foundation recommends fermented cod liver
oil as a first food and used on a baby's bottom since it is a good source of fat soluble vitamins and baby will only absorb what is needed from the skin.
The baby - led weaning folks have definitely twisted the Davis study to justify giving babies raw broccoli or raw
carrots as their first foods!!
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