Should I Mix Food to Give to My 6Mo?

For both of my daughters I tried to do the sweetest veggies first with the rice cereal to get them used to tastes and to help the transition since breast milk is sweet. This worked really well for me. The last thing I introduced was the fruits. My girls really didnt like the green beans, but for the most part would eat the others. I think sweet potatoes were both of their favorites and they ate those even into toddlerhood, I would buy the canned whole sweet potatoes in water and cut them up. I dont know if mixing the veggies with potatoes would be counterproductive for you as they might cause constipation, which is never fun with babies and new foods. Good luck and let me know how it goes!

our pediatrician advised us to start with the green veggies, then the yellow/orange ones, then the fruits last. Being because if you start with the sweet ones then they'll accustom to wanting the sweet and refuse the healthy ones. Pluse the green veggies stick with them longer. Whereas the others and mashed potatoes are starchy and break down into sugars.

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I did that with my son.. and it helped alittle. He preferred homemade foods that I made by mashing. Or give her the same foods a you are eatting for fruits and veggies to show that they are good. I wouldnt push to many thing though like do mash pototoes and carrots for 2 weeks.... etc. Any way would work but do it slow incase she allergic to one then you can tell which one!!!
I hope this has helped some

As far as feeding her other baby foods, just keep introducing them to her. If she doesn't like the texture of them because they are runny, add some baby rice cereal to the foods at first. You should alternate between vegies and fruits when you are feeding her. Like for one meal try the vegie and then the next meal try the fruit. She will get used to it.

There is nothing wrong with mixing the foods together, as long as you have already introduced one and know that she is not allergic. If she has any teeth, try adding different textures too, like green beans from the can, blended, yet has some tiny chunks in it. This is what I did once I had introduced my baby to all the foods. I blended what we were eating and fed her that. She loved it and she felt like she was eating with us. As crazy as that sounds, if I tried to feed her something we werent eating, she would not eat it. Kids are fun that way!! lol Now at 10 months, I am not allowed to feed her. Yes it gets messy, but she feels super important and like a big girl, so I leave it be. Its funny when she uses a spoon, she puts it in the bowl, at least a 1/4 inch too high, scoops, misses of course, and grabs it with her hand. Its great watching their thought processes. So have fun, try not to make food a chore to her, and you will have a child who not the least bit picky. (mine loves broccoli). Good Luck!

Hi C.,

At this point, it really doesn't matter what or how much she gets. The majority of her nutrition will be coming from her formula/breastmilk and that will naturally taper off in a few months when she starts to be more interested in table foods. I never really bothered with baby food with my four children. I would cook fresh vegetables in a small amount of water and then blend them in my food processer. At this stage, when she is not eating a lot at a time, you can make this and freeze it in small containers. I always think that baby food stuff never really tastes natural. As far as the sweet potatoes go, you can bake a couple, scoop out the potato, and mash with a fork. They are much tastier than jarred sweet potatoes.

When she has worked her way through most of the veggies, you can make this stuff that sounds yucky but tastes pretty good. In a small pan, put raw hamburger, a handful of rice, and all the veggies she will eat, and some that she won't (carrot, green bean, cauliflower, broccoli, peas) and cook with a small amount of water until the rice is very soft. The hamburger will be cooked through as will the veggies. Put the whole thing in the food processer and blend until slightly chunky. Add a dab of butter and a dash of salt. Every one of my kids absolutely gobbled this stuff up and it has three food groups to boot! If it is too runny, add a little rice cereal to absorb the extra liquid.

Just a side note. ALL the jarred baby foods that are mixed meals (beef stew, macaroni/hamburger, turkey/noodles) are not credible on the USDA food program for daycare providers so we cannot feed them to our kids as they don't provide enough nutrition. I think people feed their kids this stuff thinking they are giving their children balanced meals (I know I did with my first one) when in fact, they are nutritionally incomplete. They are convenient but they are not nutritionally sound. Your best bet is to cook for your child from scratch.

Good luck!

I know that my daughter also LOVES mashed potatoes and sometimes will only eat other vegetables with them when they are mixed in. I don't think that there's any harm in giving it a shot. You might also try mashed sweet potatoes, as they're nummy, too, and a great source of vitamins. Very often, infants may not like the taste of something, so you'll have to try repeatedly to introduce new foods to them.

Good luck!

If your daughter is only wanting mashed potatoes, then it's probably best to try and mix a little bit of another vegetable or fruit in with it, I did it with my son when he was that age. That way she still has a food she likes and will let her try new stuff with it. Hope this helps.

What I did with my girls, was to mix the baby food in with the rice cereal. I'd only add a little bit at first so it was still mostly rice cereal, but then slowly increased the amount at each feeding until they would eat the straight baby food. Good luck!

i dont see why you couldnt mix new foods in with the potatoes....she is already proven no food allergy to them so I dont think it would do any dammage to mix new in with old.

try making the feeding as fun as you can airplane noises...excitement adds a positive when introducing new foods.