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Printable Checklist For Baby’s First Foods + Tips For Introducing Solids

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Wondering what are the best first foods to feed your baby? We’ve created a free printable checklist with foods and flavors to try + helpful tips for starting solids.

Many parents starting their babies on solid food will wonder, “what is the absolute best first food I can feed my baby?”, looking for a concrete answer like “peas” or “carrots”. However, the exact first food is fairly insignificant – instead, it’s the variety of healthy foods you serve your baby in their first few months of eating solids that’s most important.

Studies have shown that trying a wide assortment of flavors with your infant can keep picky eating at bay, and will ultimately make them more willing to try (and accept!) other new foods in the future. Plus, these are the foods that are helping fuel your baby’s development and growth, so the more they can enjoy a variety of nutrient-rich foods, the better.

With this in mind, we’ve team up with our sponsor, Stonyfield Farm, to create a free printable chart that is loaded with ideas of nutritious foods and flavors to try with your baby – allowing you to track your attempts and their reaction.

So whether your baby is just starting on purées, moving onto solids, or doing Baby-Led Feeding, you’ll be able to make sure they’re getting a wide variety of healthy foods, and expanding their palette in the process.

Read on to learn how to download the printable and get our helpful tips for starting solids.

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PRINTABLE TRACKING CHART

So here it is! Our free Printable Tracking Chart for Baby’s First Foods.

You’ll see that it’s full of suggestions for nutritious foods to serve your child – from fruits and veggies, to grains, dairy and proteins. There’s even suggestions for different spices and flavors to incorporate to further expand their horizons.

And if there’s a certain food or dish you’d like them to try that’s not listed, simply add it in the “Other Foods” section that we’ve left blank.

Each food has 5 “check boxes” next to it, so as your serve it to your baby, you can check off one of the boxes. You can even make the circle into an emoji based on your child’s reaction. As it can take 5-10 tries for a baby to decide whether or not they like a certain food, this will help you track your attempts and serve as a reminder to be patient and keep trying!

To download our printable Baby’s First Foods Tracking Chart simply enter your email into the box below and we’ll immediately send you the PDF right to your inbox:

Whatever foods you decide to try first, keep these tips in mind:

The Waiting Game: Many pediatricians recommend waiting 3-5 days between trying each new food so if your baby develops any reaction, it will be easier to pinpoint the culprit. Others will waive this waiting period except with higher-risk foods like peanut butter or eggs. Discuss with your child’s Doctor the length of time their practice recommends waiting.

No Raw Honey: Avoid feeding you infant raw honey until they are at least a year old, as there is a risk of infant botulism, a deadly disease.

Avoid Cow’s Milk Until 1 Year: Babies can’t digest straight-up cow’s milk as well as they can breast milk or formula, and the high concentration of protein and minerals can cause stress to their developing kidneys. Doctors only recommend starting cow’s milk once your baby is a year old.

Yogurt is A-Okay! Because cow’s milk is off-limits for the first year, many parents think this means yogurt is a no-no. But that’s actually not the case! Pediatricians give yogurt the thumbs up for babies beginning at six months. Yogurt has live, active cultures that break down the lactose and protein, so it’s much easier for babies to digest. Some, like our recommended Stonyfield YoBaby yogurt, include added Vitamin D and the probiotic BB-12 which supports a healthy gut microbiome and aid in digestion. It’s also made with whole milk which is important as fat is critical for brain development. And like all of Stonyfield’s yogurts, YoBaby is organic which means it includes no harmful persistent pesticides, antibiotics, artificial growth hormones, or GMOs.

Don’t Undercook: Make sure everything you feed your baby is well cooked, especially meats, eggs and shellfish, as their bodies are more sensitive to bacteria and can therefore be at a higher risk of getting food poisoning.

Fish: Avoid fish with high levels of mercury like Swordfish and Marlin.

Keep Food Unsalted: Don’t add salt to any homemade food, and keep your eye on sodium levels of anything store-bought. The guidelines for a child under 1 is to have less than 1g of salt (0.4g sodium) a day.

Avoid Artificial Sweeteners: Babies don’t need artificial sugars, especially when you can use natural sweeteners like mashed or puréed fruits and veggies to sweeten more “bland” foods. But babies really don’t know any different – try them with one of Stonyfield’s YoBaby yogurts with no added sugar, like their Plain, Banana Mango or Veggie flavors, and you’ll see that they will quickly gobble it up!

Make Your Meat Tender: Make proteins like beef, chicken or pork easy to chew by tenderizing them in a slow cooker or InstaPot.

Steam or Roast Veggies: Soften your vegetables by steaming or roasting them. Purée if you are spoon feeding or keep them in long sticks for Baby-Led Feeding.

Cook With Broth: Cook any grains or vegetables in an unsalted bone broth instead of water. It not only adds additional nutrients, but exposes them to other flavors.

Allergens: It is no longer recommended to delay the introduction to potential allergens like peanut butter and eggs. In fact, studies have shown that the early introduction of allergenic foods around 6 months of age could potentially decrease their risk of developing a food allergy. Discuss your strategy with your child’s pediatrician, especially if you have a family history of food allergies.

Spice Things Up: Don’t be afraid to try different spices and seasonings with your baby. Sprinkle some cinnamon on apples, a squeeze of lemon on chicken or rosemary on potatoes. The more combinations they are exposed to, the more they will accept new foods in the future.

RELATED: 18 Tips to Raise an Adventurous, Non-Picky Eater From Baby to Toddler & Beyond

Try Different Cooking Methods: A food’s taste can be completely transformed depending on how you cook it – the difference between a boiled Brussel Sprout and a roasted one is like night and day. So mix it up! Once your baby has tried a food one way, use a different method the next time. Grill, roast, boil, steam, slow cook, sauté – expand your cooking repertoire and their palette at the same time!

First Aid: Always be present while your baby is eating. Know the difference between choking and gagging, and what to do in either case.

To download our printable Baby’s First Foods Tracking Chart simply enter your email into the box below and we’ll immediately send you the PDF right to your inbox:

Whatever you decide to try first, make sure it is a healthy, nutrient-rich choice. Bon appetit!

Thanks again to our sponsor, Stonyfield Farm, for making the #1 Pediatrician recommend yogurt – a perfect first food for 6+ months.

Looking for a great starter recipe for your baby’s breakfast that you and your family can also enjoy? Try our healthy Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes – they have no added sugars, and are fluffy and delicious!

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What is a habit tracker and how to use it

October 21, 2019 Productivity

Why checkmarks on the calendar help us become better. We explain from the point of view of science and give a tracker from Lifehacker.

We used to think that the key to success is self-discipline and iron willpower. But you can do without them if you bring important things to automatism. In other words, develop the right habits. Not the easiest task that a tracker can help with. This is a calendar table in which you fix the completed tasks, and then see how regularly you cope with them. We figure out how to use such a tracker correctly.

How habits are formed

If we regularly repeat some action, neural connections are formed in our brain. You can think of it as an algorithm or a ready-made program that later allows us to perform this task much easier and faster and even automatically.

Automatism comes to the rescue when there is not enough willpower.

No one, even the most strong-willed person, can force himself to run in the morning, learn English and refuse buns all his life. But if a healthy diet, sports and study have become a routine, no heroic efforts should be made.

It takes 18 to 254 days to form a habit. For example, the habit of exercising, on average, is developed in six weeks - if you train four times a week. And the tracker helps to track how this happens.

What Habit Trackers Are For

1. They Help You Get Rewards

There are three elements to forming a habit: a trigger (or cue), an action pattern, and a reward. Bad habits fit into this pattern perfectly. Trigger - left the house. Template - took out a cigarette and a lighter. Reward - I received a short-lived feeling of lightness and peace, which gives the smoker the nicotine that has entered the bloodstream.

Healthy habits are a bit more complicated.

On the example of training, it looks like this. Trigger - alarm call. The action pattern is to put on your sneakers and lay out the mat. The reward is post-workout vigor, external changes, the understanding that you are one step closer to a healthy body.

Only now dopamine pushes us to simple and quick pleasures. And delayed results - a healthy body, career growth, excellent knowledge of English - seem too far away and attract much less. Therefore, there is a great chance to lose motivation and abandon all good undertakings.

Trackers give us the momentary pleasure we need. Checking the boxes next to completed tasks is very nice: this activity leads to the production of dopamine, increases motivation and the desire to act.

2. Track your progress

On those days when you feel like you're doing nothing and trying little, it's nice to look back at a busy calendar and see that you're actually doing a lot. In addition, the checkmarks and plus signs motivate you not to give up so as not to interrupt the chain of achievements.

3. Task reminders

If the list of habits is always at hand, there is less chance of forgetting to read, learn new words or do ab exercises.

How to keep a habit tracker

You can do it in special applications. List the habits you're working on and check off your calendar when the task is completed. You can set reminders and set a different color for each habit to categorize them. And also look at statistics that will show which habits are doing well, and which ones are not so good.

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There are apps that make working on habits a game. In Habitica, you create a character, and for completing tasks, you get points that you use to buy clothes, equipment, and pets for your avatar. Then you can participate in battles with other players. It turns out that this is an MMORPG, only your achievements become the game currency.

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True, with apps, especially games, it's always tempting to get stuck on your phone instead of doing business. Electronic reminders are also dangerous. According to research, people who use them are more likely to complete planned tasks at first, but they cannot bring them to automatism and quit what they started. In addition, notifications are annoying for many.

To take a break from the phone, the tracker can be kept on paper.

Open your diary and draw a sign. In the left column is a list of habits, at the top are dates. When you have completed the task, put a tick, a cross, a dot, paint over the box - as you like. If you want to get creative, look at how others design trackers. Those who do not like to draw and draw can make a spreadsheet in Excel and print it out.

Another option is to download the tracker that Lifehacker drew especially for you.

Print it out, write down the habits you're working on (just don't do too much or you risk overworking yourself and giving up!) and check the boxes every day. And, perhaps, in a month you will not recognize yourself.

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Do you feel that there is too much chaos in your life, or do you want to streamline one of the aspects of your life? Checklists and trackers will help you cope with this task, especially since you can find a ready-made option for any occasion on the Internet.

We at ADME love to be organized, so we've put together a list of resources where you can find beautiful and easy-to-use templates for organizing everything in general.

Take care of yourself

Make plans

Free printable glider templates. There are options for scheduling the day, week, month, and year.
Gliders for week-month-year. There are other templates, such as habit trackers.
Weekly planners plus 2019 calendar and diary stickers.
Weekly plan with menu, weather markers and habit tracker.
Classic weekly plan.
Diary templates.
Savings tracker.
Over 60 glider templates.
Various colorful glider templates.
Simple weekly schedule.

Organize your everyday life

A 52-week financial experiment for those who want to finally acquire savings, with detailed instructions.
9 budgeting templates.
Checklist for those who decide to create a financial safety cushion.
Habit tracker - in two sizes, designed for a month, several habits can be added to the table at once.
The Google Sheets habit tracker template is handy for those who prefer to keep lists online.
Many Russian-language spreadsheets for budgeting in Excel.
Pages for recording recipes.
List of films to watch.
List of books to read on Dropbox.
Food diary.