Your baby is finally ready to start trying more solid food by the time they are 10 to 12 months old. By 10-12 months, it is time to introduce new textures and flavors to your baby. Let your baby use their new teeth with easy to eat food. In general, your 10-12 month-old baby can eat any type of cereal and grains, berries, citrus, corn, cucumber, spinach, tomatoes, whole eggs, any fish, whole milk, and soft cheeses. With all these types of food, now is the time to make new solid foods instead
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Baby Food Recipes: 10 Months
Your 10 month old baby is probably a "solids pro" by now! He's tackled all kinds of tastes and textures, and has started enjoying some real meals. By 10 months, your baby will be ready to start eating more and more table food. You can start chopping or slicing the foods you're eating at mealtime and offering them to your baby (provided the foods you're eating aren't too crunchy or chewy, and aren't allergenic.) This means you'll need to make fewer purees and mashes to freeze. Cereal
Baby Food Recipes: 9 Months
By 9 months, your baby is eating three meals of solids each day, and is starting to eat more and more at each meal. This is an exciting season for your baby, since 9 months marks the time that you can start offering her "real" food and cooking actual meals for her! She'll still need plenty of baby food, but it's okay at this point to start offering her bits of table food (mashed or chopped carefully, of course!) Cereal Recipes Infant cereal starts become less a part of your baby's diet at 9
How To Make Homemade Baby Food: 5 Great Recipes
Once your baby reaches the 8 or 9 month mark, she’s ready to move past single-ingredient purees and on to food combinations. These combos can be simple, of course (mixing mashed blueberries into oatmeal, stirring pureed broccoli into brown rice, etc.) Or, if you’re feeling fancy, you can whip up more sophisticated meals. For information on when to introduce specific fruits into your baby's diet, along with serving sizes, visit our solid food charts. Here are 5 nutritious, tasty recipes
How To Make Homemade Baby Food: Proteins
Once your baby’s gotten used to eating fruits and vegetables, it’s time to start thinking about adding proteins into her diet. Keep in mind that for the first year of your baby’s life, breastmilk and/or formula will be her main source of protein. But starting around 7 months, you can begin adding in other protein sources, too. Proteins are a key part of your baby’s diet, since they’ll help him grow and develop properly. And introducing protein into your baby’s diet will help him experience
How To Make Homemade Baby Food: Vegetables
Vegetables -- what’s not to love? Veggies are generally low in fat and calories but are packed full of vitamins, minerals, and disease-fighting antioxidants. Your baby needs all the nutrition vegetables have to offer -- use the vegetable puree recipes below to make sure she gets it! For information on when to introduce specific fruits into your baby's diet, along with serving sizes, visit our solid food charts. For information on whether or not you should invest in organic veggies, visit
How To Make Homemade Baby Food: Fruits
Few things taste better than fresh fruit. Sure, chocolate is divine, but a fresh, juicy strawberry? Heavenly! And we bet your baby agrees. She’s bound to love the natural sweetness of fruit, and you’re bound to love the loads of vitamins and minerals that fresh fruit provides. One of the best ways to ensure that your baby is getting plenty of fresh fruit in her diet is to make some fruit purees yourself. Use the recipes below to get started. For information on when to introduce specific
Should You Use Organic Fruits and Veggies to Make Your Baby’s Food?
When you make homemade baby food, it’s best to use the freshest produce possible (although using frozen fruits and vegetables is considered fine, too). But there’s another factor to consider before buying produce for your baby: organic or non-organic? Facts About Organic Produce The “organic” label can be applied to any produce that is grown using natural, non-synthetic pesticides or fertilizers and that isn’t highly processed. Organic foods have gained lots of attention in recent