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18 Breakfast Ideas for Baby (6+ months)
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by Michele Olivier on September 16, 2019 (updated Jan 11, 2021)
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18 Breakfast Ideas for Baby – endless ideas and inspiration in this collection of 18 easy, healthy, and delicious breakfast baby food purees! They’re packed with fruits, vegetables, and tons of nutrition (and taste) to keep your baby fully and happy all day. Great baby food for 6+ months – stage 2 baby food purees.
Baby Breakfast IdeasWhen I first starting feeding my girls purees for breakfast I was a bit conflicted about what to serve them.
Given that I am a recovering type A personality, I wanted to pack as many nutrients into a single serving that I could. I didn’t care what time of day it was, baby was going to get nutrients, nutrients and more nutrients. I didn’t care that kale, broccoli and green beans can be a little much for their palette at 8 in the morning.
So, I started with the healthiest, densest and most nutritious purees I could make.
And as you can image, both of my baby girls give me some questionable looks before refusing to open their little mouths for a single bite.
After a couple of mornings of this, I realized that since I didn’t even eat kale, broccoli and green beans for breakfast, why on earth would my child.
So, I switched things up and went with softer, milder and smoother tasting purees for breakfast. These purees were still packed with nutrients but were way easier for the little ones to eat in the early hours of the day.
Of course, I saved and served the kale, broccoli and green bean purees for later in the day:)
These are 18 of our favorite purees for baby’s breakfast. They are delicious, nutritious and so easy for baby to eat without complaint.
And yes, there are even some with kale and spinach added in that are still sweet and perfect for breakfast (high-five!).
- great for 6+ months
- nutrient dense
- mild and softer tasting purees
- stage 2 baby food
- wholesome ingredients
- freezer-friendly purees
For a heartier breakfast, feel free to add in a spoonful or two of the following to any of the purees below:
- Healthy Baby Cereal – this quinoa cereal puree is amazing and packed with protein and iron.
- Full-Fat Plain Greek Yogurt – yogurt adds in probiotics and some extra healthy fat to satisfy baby’s tummy. You can also serve goat, almond, coconut or soy yogurt to baby, just make sure it is plain and had no added sugars.
- Canned Coconut Milk – coconut milk is a great way to add in extra healthy fat that helps build muscles and helps with brain development.
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- 2 pears, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup old-fashioned oats
- 3 dates
- 1/4 tsp cloves
- 1 cup water
In a medium saucepan, combine the pear, oats, water and cloves. Heat on medium-low heat for 10-15 minutes or until the pear is tender, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, place the dates in small bowl and cover with very warm water.
Soak for 10 minutes.In a blender or food processor, add in the cooked oats, pear and dates. For a stage 2 puree – puree for 1-2 minutes or until completley smooth. For a stage 3 puree – pulse in 5 second intervals until combined yet still chunky.
Age: 6+ months
Yield: 15 ounces
Storage: Fridge – store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Freezer – can be frozen for up to 3 months.
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35 Easy Baby Led Weaning Breakfast Ideas For Busy Mums
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What is baby led weaning?
Baby led weaning or BLW has been a revolutionary change in how many of us choose to wean our babies on to solid foods (thanks Gill Rapley).
It involves giving your baby chunks of food right from the start of weaning, allowing your baby to feed themselves and many have embraced it as it means no more cooking up batches of baby food as you do with traditional weaning!
Baby led weaning pros and cons
We know that introducing solids to babies this way tends to result in them having higher salt intakes than those who are weaned traditionally on pureed food. This is because many of the foods that lend themselves to baby led weaning are naturally salty – think bread, cheese, crackers, breadsticks.
It’s not easy for your little one to obtain a balanced diet when your baby led weaning either because often the quantities of food actually swallowed are so small. I love BLW for its sensory experience and it’s family mealtime social interactions but unfortunately, nutritional deficiencies do happen.
Therefore in this series of blogs, I’m going to guide you through how to maximise the nutrition your baby gets even if she only manages to eat a tiny bite and the rest goes on the floor, up the walls or in her hair!
I wanted to start this series of posts with blw breakfast as it’s often a chaotic time of day, so much needs to happen first thing and if your little one is anything like mine, you didn’t get a good nights sleep, to begin with and so are often starting out in a hurry and a bit bleary-eyed! I hope a few breakfast ideas for babies (and the rest of the family actually) might be helpful.
Why breakfast for babies is important
By six months old your little one is capable of sleeping through the night (in an ideal world) and so won’t have had any nutrition for around 12 hours or so and will need refuelling. At the start of weaning your probably going to begin the day with a milk feed and food will come later, but from 7 months or so and onwards you want to encourage food first and milk later on in the day. This is so that your baby gets a better range of nutrients more in line with what her growing body needs.
Eating breakfast has been linked to good health outcomes too, did you know when children eat well at breakfast time they grow into kids who do better at school with improved concentration and improved memory. They are also less likely to become overweight too.
Avoiding sugary foods
When we think about breakfast for ourselves many of us will choose sweet foods such as cereals, juices, toast with jam, fruit, pastries, smoothies, pancakes, waffles and yoghurts.
Some of these contain natural sugars like whole pieces of fruit and natural yoghurt but the majority of sweetness comes from free sugars, and this is the type that is bad for us if eaten in excess.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind your baby having a little bit of sugar in foods that need it, bread wouldn’t rise without sugar and the occasional biscuit or cake is perfectly fine.
We certainly don’t want our babies to have a lot of free sugars, although it doesn’t do any harm directly unless teeth brushing is an issue, it encourages a preference for sweet foods or a ‘sweet tooth’ which can lead to them eating too much quite easily when they become toddlers and young children.
Baby led weaning starter foods
At the start of weaning babies use their whole hand to grab pieces of food, therefore what you provide needs not to be too wide so that they can close their fingers around the food to make a fist. I suggest stick shaped foods that are around 5cm long are ideal, so that when her fist closes around it some pokes out the end.
Don’t bother with a plate, it will just get chucked on the floor, the high chair tray or table top is perfect, just make sure it’s scrupulously clean.
Your baby will also rake her hands across the tray or table to pick up foods. I can be overwhelming if there are a lot of foods to choose from so I suggest placing just one or two items in front of her at a time.
Softer finger foods that will squash easily in her mouth are good to start with too, as a rule of thumb, if you can squash the food in between your thumb and forefinger easily it’s generally going to be soft enough for her to manage. For example, try squashing a banana in this way, it’s perfect.
You don’t need to offer single individual foods at the start of weaning either, this harks back to the days when weaning started at 4 months and you had the luxury of 8 weeks to offer different foods to your baby. Now that we start later, we have less time to get those critical nutrients into our weaning baby.
It should go without saying but for safety’s sake make sure your baby is developmentally ready for solid foods before your start baby led weaning.
If your not sure what the three signs of developmental readiness are, you can download my free guide. If she’s not ready and she’s 6 months old, consider traditional weaning with purees via a spoon.
Note: I’ve linked to weaning recipes when I’ve found a good one!
breakfast ideas for babies at 6 monthsHere are my top 10 nutritious baby led weaning breakfast starter foods, suitable from 6 months at the start of weaning:
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Banana
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Buttered wholemeal toast
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Eggs – any which way – try hard boiled, scrambled or omelette cut into strips
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Almond butter thinned with a little of your baby’s usual milk and spread on rice cakes
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Wholemeal English muffin spread with a soft cheese like Philadelphia and cut in half
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Cubes of cheese
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Strawberries
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Kiwi fruit quartered lengthways
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Porridge fingers
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Chia pudding with blitzed berries – yes it is OK to give your baby a spoon and see what happens!
This list is not exhaustive, there are plenty of others and do offer more than one food item at each meal once first tastes are accepted.
Sometimes first foods are slippery to hold in little fists, you can try keeping the skin on half a banana, a slice of mango, avocado or kiwi to give it a bit more grip. Just make sure it’s been washed first as it will inevitably end up in her mouth. Rolling slippery foods in ground almonds, ready brek, instant oats, desiccated coconut or breadcrumbs really help too and adds a little more nutrition.
Ideas for when weaning is established 7 – 9 months
Now that your baby has mastered eating and is on three meals a day, it’s time to start consciously planning their meals so that they are nutritionally balanced.
What makes a good breakfastBreakfast should provide carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals but in actual food on the plate terms, this means it is made up of at least three of the 5 food groups. The food groups are:
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Starchy carbohydrates,
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fruits & veg,
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Beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat
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Milk & dairy foods
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Oils and healthy fats
A critical nutrient that your baby needs at this stage is iron.
Your baby is born with a store of iron that is laid down in the third trimester of pregnancy and this has run out by the time she reaches 6 months of age. Neither breastmilk nor formula is an adequate source of iron and so it must come from the food she eats. The phrase ‘food is fun until they’re one’ is just not true!
Iron is used to make red blood cells which transport oxygen to your baby’s brain and we know that those who don’t get enough iron can be affected cognitively in terms of being able to concentrate and even influences their future intellect. Low iron can also affect how your baby grows and her immune system too.
Omega 3 is also considered a critical nutrient and the best source of this comes from oily fish like salmon, mackerel or trout. Vegetarian sources of omega 3 are chia seeds, linseeds, hemp, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, tofu, rapeseed oil and in some green leafy vegetables.
breakfast ideas for babies 7 monthsHere are my top 15 baby breakfast foods for 7 – 9 month olds that are nutritionally balanced and include some of the critical nutrients:
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Half a boiled egg, half a slice of buttered toast and a few slices of kiwi
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Spinach and cheese omelette & half an English muffin
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Oat pancakes with chopped strawberries on the side
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Crumpet with almond butter and banana slices
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Whole Greek yoghurt topped with Rice Krispies & sliced peaches
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Cheese scone with chopped tomatoes
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French toast made with raisin bread served with Greek yoghurt
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Half a bagel, leftover cold meat, avocado
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Baked apples with raisins, mashed and served with natural yoghurt
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Slow cooker rice pudding topped with blueberries
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Weetabix with whole milk and a side of sliced pear
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Porridge made with milk and chopped dried apricots & raisins
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Slice of banana bread spread with peanut butter
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Salmon & sweet potato egg muffins baked in a mini muffin tin
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Avocado on buttered wholemeal toast
Ideas for when your baby is a proficient eater around 10-12 months
At this stage, your baby will have mastered the pincer grip which is where she uses her thumb and forefinger to pick up foods.
Her dexterity will be better too meaning you can offer smaller pieces of food. This is great in terms of mastering hand-eye coordination.
She may be crawling or cruising and wants to be on the move meaning she’ll be frustrated when restrained in her highchair. If this happens, let her out but never let her eat outside of the highchair. She doesn’t yet have the skills to do this which means that eating on the move puts her at greater risk of choking. Once out the chair, if she indicates that she wants food, pop her back in explaining that eating happens in the highchair, She’ll soon cotton on.
If your baby has teeth you can start to offer crunchy ‘al dente’ foods like steamed veggies, if she can’t yet manage these textures she’ll gag and spit them out.
Gagging is completely normal and your baby has to do do this in order to learn how to move food around her mouth. If she doesn’t yet have teeth avoid crunchier foods as they’re still a choking hazard.
breakfast ideas for babies 10 months plusHere are my top 10 healthy baby breakfast ideas for 10-12 month olds:
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Small breakfast cereals served with whole milk and fruit e.
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Boiled egg and toast soldiers for dipping, chopped cherry tomatoes
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French crepe (thin pancake) with creme fraiche and fruit puree
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Kale and feta frittata
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Fruit bread triangles toasted with peanut butter
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Overnight oats with apricots
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Sweetcorn fritters
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Scrambled eggs and smoked salmon on toast
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Breakfast quesadilla with cheese and apple
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Smoothie ice lolly!
A note about salt
You may have noticed that I’ve included smoked salmon in this list and this is a food that is quite salty. It’s important for your baby to experience a variety of tastes and textures during weaning which means that she will have to eat salty foods occasionally. This is ok. We just want to avoid salty foods in excessive amounts. You can read more here about salt & weaning and when it’s actually OK to have it.
Equipment you might need
Baby led weaning is going to be messy.
You are allowing your baby total control of the food that’s placed in front of her. This means she will squash it, squeeze it, use it to paint their highchair tray, your walls and feed the dog. Sometimes she might feed herself. I recommend a jet wash (joking) but do invest in a good coverall bib like the Little Chomps Messy Mealtime Smock or Tidy Tot Bib & Tray Kit. A divided plate can be helpful too once your little one is on meals rather than just tastes. I like the Fox Cub Suction Plate, by Bamboo Bamboo which is much more difficult to chuck on the floor!
*Note that the links to these products are my affiliate links which means that I get a small commission from the seller should you buy through my link, but the cost to you remains the same.
Why some of the ideas on the internet might not be great
Muffin Madness!
Many of the BLW blogs I read involve making baby led weaning breakfast muffins which are essentially egg baked in a mini muffin tin with a variety of fillings.
While these are nutritious, so cute and very easy to cook at home, they are just one food irrespective of the fillings used. What this means is that your baby is not being exposed to the different foods in their whole form because they’re bound up inside a muffin.
A big part of weaning is about exploring the sensory experiences that come with food, what it looks like, what it smells like, what it feels like when I touch it and what it tastes like. If food is bound up inside a muffin babies miss out on these important sensory steps and don’t learn how to eat that food. The same goes for the very popular BLW pancakes that are on a lot of American BLW blogs!
Allow purees and a spoon
Purees are a texture that babies also need to learn to eat otherwise they would never be able to eat soup, gravy on their Sunday roast and even yoghurts or ice cream. Some baby lead weaning advocates insist that you cant use a spoon or pureed foods. I completely disagree. In fact, I have unfortunately had parents come to my clinic with their toddlers who have feeding problems and often they’ve missed the critical window during weaning when mastering purees are learned.
My advice would be to include them in whichever form you wish, give your baby a spoon and let her spoon feed herself. Just get that jet wash ready!
About choking & gagging
Did you know that all babies gag? They do it as a protective mechanism and it’s all part of learning how to eat. This is because their gag reflex is near the front of their mouths. The gag reflex is the same thing that makes you want to be sick when you stick your fingers down your throat, just for babies the trigger is much further forward. Any food can trigger a gag irrespective of the size and shape but allowing your baby to be in control will allow her to place the food as far into her mouth as she knows she can cope with. There is some research that shows that babies learn to manage their gag reflex when self-feeding long stick-shaped foods. These actually encourage the gag reflex to move back, another pro for BLW.
Choking however is a different matter, This is when something gets trapped in the airway, blocking it and breathing is compromised.
Babies are at a greater risk of choking because they haven’t yet mastered chewing. You may notice foods such as peas, sweetcorn and blueberries coming out in your baby’s nappy whole, this is because she has swallowed them without chewing. Foods that increase the risk of choking are those that are roughly the same size as her airway or a £1 coin:
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Cherry tomatoes,
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Whole grapes,
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Popcorn,
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Thick nut butters,
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Crusty bread,
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Hard apple,
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Hard carrot batons
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Hot dogs
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Whole nuts
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Giant blueberries
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Raw jelly cubes
Foods to avoid
As much as the ethos of BLW is that ‘anything goes’ its important to remember there are still some foods that babies under a year old need to avoid for other reasons such as the risk of food poisoning or having adverse effects. These are:
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Honey
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Unpasteurized milk and cheeses
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Raw fish & shellfish (sushi)
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Rice milk
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Raw or undercooked eggs without the Red Lion stamp – think farm shop eggs and raw cake mix
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Shark, swordfish or marlin
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Foods with a lot of colours, preservatives or additives (E numbers)
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Foods containing caffeine such as tea, coffee, green tea, cola & energy drinks
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Foods marked as ‘diet’ or ‘light’ or ‘low fat’
I have a baby weaning guide for you to purchase* if you want to learn more about the types of food to offer your baby, when to offer it, how much to serve and how to fit milk feeds in.
(*Currently out of stock)
I hope you found this blog helpful, leave me a comment below to tell me what you think, and look out for my next blog on baby-led weaning snack ideas.
Sarah Almond Bushell MPhil, BSc (Hons) RD MBDA – Registered Dietitian & Children’s Nutritionist
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Menu for the little ones: baby foods
1. The baby is already 6 months old. Before this age, the baby's gastrointestinal tract is not ready for food other than breast milk (or formula).
3. The child shows an active interest in food, watches with interest how mom and dad eat, reaches for the plate with a handle.
4. Baby no longer has the ejection reflex and will not expel food with his tongue.
If at least one of the signs is absent, the introduction of complementary foods should be postponed. Also, you should not start introducing complementary foods when the child is sick, his teeth are being cut, in a possible stressful situation, for example, moving.
To understand how to start complementary foods, we first outline the goals of complementary foods.
Since during the first half of the year, breast milk completely covers all the needs of the baby in useful and nutritious substances, including vitamins, during this time the baby can be exclusively breastfed. However, by 6 months, the child is ready for the appearance of other food in the diet, except for mother's milk.
And ready, both physiologically and psychologically. From this follows the goal and objectives of complementary foods: to introduce the baby to new tastes, prepare him for eating adult solid food, teach him to chew, maintain interest in food.
Sample plan
You should focus on the following food introduction plan:
at 6 months - vegetables,
at 7 months - cereals,
at 8-9 months
10-11 months - fish.
If there is little weight gain or frequent spitting up, pediatricians recommend starting complementary foods with cereals. Modern pediatricians are increasingly advised not to start complementary foods with juices, as was customary in the past. For the children's digestive system, they become a strong irritant and a big burden.
New foods should be introduced carefully and gradually. Starting with a teaspoon and gradually increasing the portion.
The kid himself will show that he has eaten - he will simply turn away.
After the "adult" food, the baby should be attached to the breast - let the baby finish the meal with mother's milk.
Observe the reaction to each new product for 1-2 days. If allergic reactions occur, the product that caused them should be postponed for at least a month.
How to cook?
The first dishes that you offer your baby should be boiled or cooked in a double boiler. Let's start with vegetable puree.
1. Introduce one vegetable first. The first can be zucchini or potatoes. You can add carrots later. But it’s better not to rush with cabbage and beets - they are advised to add them to the menu closer to the year.
2. Cut into small pieces and plunge into boiling water (to preserve the vitamins). Previously, pediatricians advised to boil for 20 minutes after boiling. Today everything is much easier. It is enough just to wait for readiness.
3. Strain the vegetable broth, strain the vegetables through a strainer or simply mash with a fork. After that, gradually add the resulting vegetable broth. At first, the child will like the soup more, over time, you can switch to mashed potatoes.
4. Remember not to add spices and salt to baby food. But vegetable oil will come in handy! Take your pick: olive, sunflower, corn… Start with a few drops and work your way up to a teaspoon. The taste of vegetable soup will immediately change. Enjoy your meal!
Do not use a blender when preparing food. It is enough to mash vegetables or porridge with a fork. Eating homogenized food, the baby may lose interest in chewing. It will be very difficult to restore interest and chewing skills later. From 9-10 months, you can cut food into small pieces - the baby will already be able to chew it with his gums.
If the baby is breastfed, then his need for fluid cannot always be fully met by milk.
