MBC Kitchen: Homemade Baby Food Recipes
You don’t have to be a gourmet cook to prepare your child’s first food. As a working mom, I have relied on the formulae of cerelac or the other powdered baby foodstuffs, but with a twist. I add his milk formula instead of water and grate some cooked (blanched) veggies on top of the prepared baby food.
Some things I learned while cooking AJ’s meals starting from 5 months onwards:
- Some vegetables and fruits are better mashed than others (carrots, apples, bananas), and I learned never to peel sayote (chayote) too thinly because the fibrous outer part remains even when boiled. Boil bananas even if they seem soft as is, boiling for a few minutes won’t take away too much nutrients and it will greatly soften the fruit for consumption.
- What is “warm” to adults may still seem to hot for baby’s taste buds. Let the warm food become lukewarm according to your perception first before feeding to the baby.
- 2 hour intervals between milk drinking and food is enough, more than that and he will get too hungry and not eat because of too much crying.
- Intervals for feeding at 5-8 months should be around 4 hours max. Sometimes a baby eats 5 very small meals a day while he is adjusting.
Happy feeding, Mommies!
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