Lauren’s easy purees for newcomers

For each of my ladies I prefered to make use of the Beaba Babycook to make their first purées. It’s such a fast and simple strategy to make their first meals and I discovered it to be more economical than shopping for pre-made child meals from the shop. In fact I nonetheless use retailer purchased child meals jars and pouches for a simple on the go possibility and likewise for instances that I’m behind in making my child meals purees (my favourite retailer purchased child meals is listed under). Do no matter is best for you and works finest for your loved ones!

My favourite prime 5 first purées:

Candy potato
Apples
Inexperienced beans
Butternut squash
Pears

The Babycook makes it tremendous clear and easy to make these purées (they usually come within the cutest colours). What’s handy a couple of child meals maker is that you would be able to each steam and mix all in the identical place for simple clear up. In case you don’t have a child meals maker, don’t fear! Fruit and greens may also be steamed within the oven, regular pot on the range, Prompt Pot or pureed utilizing any blender or meals processor (this simply requires somewhat bit extra clear up, however continues to be simply as straightforward!).

For extra step-by-step instructions on tips on how to use the Babycook and make your individual child purées, go to our Bumblebaby Retailer and buy our e-guides:

Purées for Novices e-guide
Purées Calendar – Lauren’s 2 month calendar for beginning purées and introducing allergens

Utilizing contemporary vegetables and fruit is most well-liked they usually have the best quantity of nutritional vitamins and vitamins, however a nice money and time saver is to purchase your fruits/greens frozen. They nonetheless present a considerable amount of nutritional vitamins and vitamins and they’re going to final for much longer within the freezer for those who don’t get round to creating your whole child meals at one time. I will even attempt to purchase pre-cut candy potato or butternut squash in the event that they’re obtainable to make issues simpler!

Basic Tips:

You’ll be able to retailer your child meals within the freezer for as much as 3 months and after getting defrosted the newborn meals attempt to use it inside 24 hours. Make sure you date your baggage as soon as positioned into the freezer that can assist you hold observe of how lengthy they’ve been frozen.
Babyfood that has not been frozen is ready to keep within the fridge for as much as 3 days.
By no means refreeze child meals as soon as it has been defrosted as a consequence of the potential of micro organism development.
After getting defrosted your frozen purees make sure you use them inside 24 hours to stop micro organism from rising.
Ice crystal formation is NORMAL to seek out in your frozen child meals, it isn’t freezer burned! Ice crystals type as a consequence of further liquid used to make the puree’s that rises to the highest of the cubes and freezes.
Don’t double dip. In case your child didn’t end all the serving you gave him/her don’t put it again within the fridge to make use of later, make sure you throw it out. The micro organism and digestive enzymes out of your child’s mouth can get into the meals and make it unsafe for them to eat later.

For extra toddler feeding tips try the Mayo Clinic’s toddler and toddler well being part!

***Make sure you solely introduce one new meals each 3-5 days till you’re certain your child has no meals allergic reactions. After getting eradicated concern for meals allergic reactions you can begin mixing your purees collectively to your child to expertise new flavors!

Favourite purée combos:

apple + candy potato or butternut squash + a sprinkle of cinnamon
peas + carrots
pear + avocado
banana + pumpkin
cauliflower + pear
banana + child entire grain cereal (oatmeal or quinoa mix) + a sprinkle of cinnamon
mango + carrot
peach + cauliflower
beets + blueberry
apple + spinach
broccoli + asparagus + pear
banana + blueberry + avocado

Including breastmilk or method

Another choice is to add breast milk or method to your purees so as to add further taste and alter the consistency of the puree, often about 1-2 Tbsp per serving That is additionally an excellent possibility in case your child appears to dislike sure fruit or greens. Breast milk and method are naturally candy so including them to your child’s puree will help enhance the style for child to ensure they aren’t lacking out on the wholesome nutritional vitamins and vitamins that completely different fruit and greens present.

If the breastmilk is contemporary, you may add earlier than freezing the puree, to contemporary purees, or after thawing the puree. If the breastmilk has been beforehand frozen, make sure you solely add the breast milk or method AFTER you unfreeze the meals, not earlier than. We need to keep away from having the breastmilk thawed twice to stop lack of vitamins and bacterial development. Your Haakaa is a superb and simple strategy to gather some milk so as to add to your puree!

Frequent allergens

Frequent allergens embody however are usually not restricted to take advantage of, eggs, fish and shellfish, and nuts/nutbutters.

**Name your physician in case your child exhibits and indicators of a response corresponding to:

Child’s cry adjustments (shrill or hoarse-sounding) (this might point out an airway problem)
Fussiness/crying after consuming sure meals
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Runny nostril, congestion, cough and/or sneezing
Issue respiration (CALL 911!)
Pores and skin irritations – rashes and hives, or eczema
In case your parental intuition is telling you that one thing is off

A very good guideline to observe is to “feed your youngster the rainbow,” which means give them a whole lot of completely different vegetables and fruit of all colours and taste palates. You’ll be amazed on the many various kinds of meals and flavors that your child enjoys! Have enjoyable discovering which meals your child loves and creating new recipe combos for his or her style palate!

Bon appétit!

Lauren’s feeding favorites

Utensils
- My favourite utensils to make use of when first beginning puree’s are the Boon double sided spoons. They’re small and are the right dimension for when your child is simply starting to eat.
- As soon as your child turns into extra skilled at consuming purees I get pleasure from utilizing the Beaba silicone spoons or the Munchkin security spoons which flip colours in case your meals is simply too scorching!
Reusable pouches
- For a simple on-the-go possibility I like to make use of reusable child meals pouches. They’re reusable and dishwasher protected, which make them each value efficient and environmentally pleasant!
- Take a few your frozen child meals cubes and place into the double zip child meals pouch, let thaw within the fridge in a single day or place below working water to thaw (and even in your diaper bag if it’s final minute!) Try Kate’s Diaper Bag Necessities weblog publish for 0-6 and 6-12 months.
- These pouch toppers are nice to make use of for child’s as a result of they’ve a valve that stops them from squeezing the newborn meals out and creating an enormous mess!
Retailer purchased
- In fact utilizing do-it-yourself child meals isn’t at all times sensible and real looking so my favourite retailer purchased child meals are:
- Beech-nut Organics pouches and jars.
- Pleased Child pouches
- As soon as Upon a Farm pouches.
Wipes
- For straightforward clear up I like to make use of the Babyganics Excessive Chair wipes and Babyganic Face and Hand wipes
Excessive chairs
- Oxo Tot Sprout is my favourite full-size excessive chair
- Inglesina is my favourite clip-on excessive chair that’s good for small areas and can be utilized at eating places!
- Fisher-Worth Area Saver is my favourite booster chair to make use of with newbie eaters as a result of it has 3 reclined positions!
- Summer season Toddler Journey Booster is ideal to make use of outdoors or hold within the trunk of your automobile to make use of on-the-go!