What should be the first food you give a baby? Veggies or fruit?
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great site. My son didnt like bananas at first like most babies do. His favorite was apples and sweet potatoes. I make all my own food for him and now at 8 months there is not a food I cant get him to eat. Good luck.
I know people say give veggies first because fruits are sweeter and they will like that over the bitter taste of veggies. I say its what you are comfortable with.
Check out wholesomebabyfood.com - lots of great info and practical advice. Enjoy this stage!
Turns out it doesn't matter. Good early foods are peas, corn, avocado, broccoli, sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, peaches, plums, strawberries, melon, chick peas, beans, brown rice, lamb, beef, chicken, beets, plain yogurt (not the sugar laden kid stuff). They should not have honey until they are at least a year due to the risk of botulism. And everything must be in an appropriate form/texture which early is pureed/mashed. There is no evidence supporting the recommendations that meat not be early or that strawberries should be late.
Depends on who you listen to, but the evidence (not wives tales) is that either is fine. Fruits first doesn't necessarily mean they will only like sweets. I started with sweet potatoes.
I think I did either avocados or bananas. Either way.
My daughter loved butternut squash and sweet potatoes. She'd throw up the peas I made her (after I tasted them, I would too!). I've since done some additional reading about making baby food and I think with the next baby, I will do a lot more spices in the food. We make all baby food so bland that it's no wonder small kids only want chicken fingers and plain pasta! Obviously, you stay away from additional sugar and salt, but fresh herbs would help normally bland or bitter food have a bit more appeal. For example, one person suggested adding fresh mint to mushed peas to give them a better flavor. Sounded intriguing to me!
My doc recommended veggies for first foods, but with both our kids we just give small tastes of pretty much everything. We don't do baby foods, instead we breastfeed and give small tastes of whatever we are eating (healthy, homemade whole foods). As babies get old enough to start grasping and chewing small bites of food, we start giving more and more real whole foods.
I started with carrots or squash. They were easy to make, and my son loved them. Oddly enough he hated sweet potatoes. Both my kids hated jarred bananas, but both loved home smashed ones. Most sites and information you get will tell you to start with veggies, then move on to fruit. My kids loved both fruits and veggies, which still goes on now. Most people are taken by surprise when my 3 year old and 1 year old eat broccoli, brussels sprouts and spinach willingly.
Although most people agree not to introduce new foods everyday, but to wait for three days before starting another new food to check for allergies.
Either is fine. I like bananas as first foods because you can just mash up a small amount and save the rest, no cooking or prep. Avocados are good too.
I always start with bananas, then sweet potato, then avocado. However, my kids didn't really start eating until nine months or so when they could pick up a cherrio and feed themselves. Lots ofbabies don't like purees and wait on starting solids. It's OK, they don't really need food that first year if they're nursing well.
