Baby Weaning Food
The weaning in blw means start solids not stop nursing or bottle feeding.
Baby weaning food. Its a common sense way to feed your baby. Long easy to grasp pieces of soft raw fruits like banana peaches very ripe pears melon avocado and strawberries are a great option for baby led weaning first foods. Plain yogurt and cheese are good options. You can start weaning with single vegetables and fruits try blended mashed or soft cooked sticks of parsnip broccoli potato yam sweet potato carrot apple or pear.
But make sure you never feed your little one with packaged juices available in the market as they contain all kinds of preservatives and chemicals and are loaded with sugar that can be harmful your baby. Finger millet raginachni rice oats porridge daliya bulgar wheat baby breadsticks potatoes semolina suji upma or kheer sago sabudana couscous bread pasta breakfast cereals unsweetened. Its a method that skips the pureed baby food entirely and goes to straight to finger foods. A few tips to ensure your baby stays safe when you start.
Make sure any cooked food has cooled right down before offering it to your baby. Gluten containing grains and cereals. You can begin including. Ensure these are soft and easy to manage.
Simply put baby led weaning is letting your baby feed themselves from the very beginning. Meat poultry and fish. One of the best weaning foods that you can start with for your baby is fresh fruit juice. Choices include pasta couscous and barley.
Fruit and vegetables including ones with bitter flavours such as broccoli cauliflower spinach and cabbage potatoes bread rice pasta and other starchy foods beans pulses fish eggs meat and other non dairy sources of protein. You could also try baby rice mixed with your babys usual milk. Make sure theyre cooked well. Never leave a baby alone with food.
Baby led weaning is an alternative approach to introducing solids that involves offering baby sized pieces of regular foods instead of purees starting at around 6 months of age. Avoid serving any foods that are choking hazards including nuts whole grapes apples with the skin and cherries.