I remember when i was through with weaning my first child,I was lost as to what to start feeding him and it was a really difficult time for me.
What age is your child and what are you feeding him/her?
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How do you balance a little babys meal to make sure it contains the needed vitamins?
This blog visitor has this to say...
''My 6month old baby prefers only breast milk and adult food. But I don't want to stuff her tender tummy with the usual adult food available to us here in Nigeria, please mothers in the house and Nutritionists alike, what are the possible food suggestions for my baby's age?
Also, at what age should I start giving her smoothie or fruits?
As I find solution to these questions on this blog, may you all find solution to all your questions this month of September in Jesus name. Amen. Happy new month''.
Yay first to comment..mine is 5months old and has refused to take formular except breastmilk.am planning to introduce solids like pap n soyamilk soon
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DeleteMy kids were fed Pap mixed with homemade soya beans and milk. Really rich and healthy.
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What's with Nigerians and feeding their babies pap?...
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Yay when weaning, u can introduce pap, to make it very healthy, I boil biscuit bone very well and use the water to make the pap, thirst really nice, u can add soya milk or baby milk to it. U can also try unripe banana porridge, in calabar we call it oto mboro. Grate the unripe banana, use ur biscuit bone water, when the water starts boiling cut little pieces of the grated banana into the water until and boil until it solidifies, add crayfish and a pinch of salt with palm oil. Babies love dis meal.
DeleteHad my 12 weeks scan today, baby doing ok. So happy. It's been a very long journey to this point but I pray that it becomes easy from now on.
DeleteFrom miscarriage to finding out I had large fibroids and a big ovarian cyst during this pregnancy to having severe pain and ringing the ambulance last week, was admitted in hospital, they cld only give me paracetamol and codeine, had to bear the rest of the pain.
Anyways, am grateful to God and to my hubby who has been in charge of the whole house and kitchen since the last 2 months, cooking breakfast, lunch, dinner n whatever I fancy. Making amala, soups, porridge etc and cleaning up my vomit with so much energy. He even had to take time off work . God bless him so much.
And thanks to the SDK family, the posts n comments av kept alive all these while . Hoping to go back to work next week.
I pray all those seeking a child will be answered speedily this month IJN and I wish us all an event-free pregnancy. Can't wait to meet my baby!
Pls wait until he is 6months before introducing solid. The baby knows his/her right that's the reason for the protest.lol
DeleteFor 6mnths babies you can use the normal everyday food in the market. U can give indomie without the spice in it. U take a little portion boil very soft add crayfish and a drop of palm oil. The reason palm oil is recommended in their meals from 6months is cos it's rich in vitamin A which babies need. Note that onions and seasoning cubes are not used till they are about 1. You can also give potato with butter mashed with egg York. Also boiled rice boil till soft, put in a blender blend then add back in the pot, add little salt crayfish and palm oil cook till very soft off and feed baby. Also eba or semovita with okro soup is good also. In making the soup use fresh mackerel fillet it and mash or leave like that use lots of crayfish to make the soup. Also u can give beans but for kids that young you have to wash it as if u are making moi moi, put in a pot add crayfish and oil cook till u can mash it, then switch off and serve. But all meals should be made in small portions. If your child takes pap, then you can make that and add blended crayfish or soya beans with it. For the pap the way I made mine then, was to make it the normal way then still pour it inside the pot and cook it. Before I pour it in the flask. My son did not like the crayfish in his pap so I used blended groundnut and soya beans. Just buy groundnut from the market, get the guys to wash the blender well and grind it. Take it home and put in a jar, use any time needed.
DeleteA beg I don tire, I did these stuff over 6yrs ago, but believe me I weaned with natural everyday stuff. Good luck. Just be creative in feeding kids. Then u can give freshly squeezed juice but dilute with water oh, cos of its acidic nature. Or and before I forget u can give pureed apple. Just get a clean greater and great d apple to get the puree. You can feed your baby any food @ all, just make sure it's very soft and we'll cooked.
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DeleteI don't have a baby yet but I have more experience in baby food. At six months, apart from breast milk you can give you baby maize or millet pap mixed with soya bean milk and can be sweeten with honey or glucose. Also if you are bouyant enough, you can get gerber rice or gerber cereal and mixed with baby formuler. Nutribom cereal is also a good cereal for your baby at six months mixed with baby formuler/milk. There are many good baby cereal in the market you can give to your baby together with pap. Hope this helps.
DeleteHow can you feed a 6 months old baby eba and okro?
DeleteLol, my 6 month old loves soup. Just bring it in front of her, she will salivate. She licks all soups! I give very little eba for now.
DeleteWatch your child and give what he/she wants. They are all different.
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@onomebonny nice 1, you have done justice to this query but the eba I feel is a NO NO for that age, cos it's heavy and way too starchy.
Delete@viva please honey is not to be given to babies until they are 1. This is because honey can, very occasionally, contain a spore of a bacterium called clostridium botulinum. This can cause a rare form of food poisoning (botulism) in babies.
I also face difficulties when I wanted to introduce solid to my baby at 6months,i started with friso gold and frisolac am she was falling sick and vomiting until I went to see a paediatrician who said my baby is saying she doesn't like what am giving her, so he asked me to prepare assorted pap ie jero , dawa , millet, groundnut and soya bean. Humm dat was d magic ooooo she loved it. And she has added weight. I also give her nan2,and cerelac, humm mm she is almost a year old now, she loves amala and ewedu soup mixed wit crayfish.
DeleteI feed my 10 mth old baby Pap mixed with milo,milk and soya bean,she wasn't taking the soya bean alone with the pap so I added milo to sweeten it and that's her best food,i also give her golden morn,and then potato porridge which can be made with Irish or sweet potato,add crayfish,little palm oil,boiled deboned fish,little salt and little Maggi, she loves it so much,good luck as u try these
ReplyDeleteHeard it's not too healthy to food kids with salt and seasoning. Please try and do your research.
DeleteGolden morn should be given to kids from age 3. It's too complex for your baby. And don't you think milo has too much sugar for her age?
DeleteYou are feeding your 10 month old baby golden morn...
DeleteContinue...
Mtcheeeew...
Salt and maggi?
DeleteIt's too much for a baby.
Madam Golden morn is nt for your babys age,pls check the pack.its written there
DeleteMadam Golden morn is nt for your babys age,pls check the pack.its written there
DeletePls stop d golden morn....it's for kids from 2/3yrs. Pls check d pack is written dere.
DeleteShe said little salt and maggi abeg how does that amount to too much.gaan rest Jo.so long as her kid loves it then its ok.
DeleteStop golden morn. I repeat stop golden morn. Read it thoroughly. Its not good for infants. Please stop
DeleteGolden morn is for 3yrs and above. Paediatricians recommends no salt n spices till baby organs are fully developed. My friend gives her baby every adult food including ofada, ewedu but with no salt.
DeletePls listen to TiTi and mummy Totland every Thursday 10.30am on inspiration fm 92.3. Very educative
DeleteHmmmmm@Lovelylady. Good luck
DeletePlease is too early to start giving golden morn it's one of the reasons for diabetic in children. My doctor told me so
DeletePls madam stop adding maggi to a toddler's meal it's very dangerous and Pls don't add salt as well because of the liver and kidney that are very tender and still growing
DeleteI meant no harm but just feel like advising you
I repeat stop adding maggi to your baby's meal
Thank you
i have no idea.
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Buy semovita, put 3spoonfulls in a boiling water, stir for few seconds, make sure the water is pretty more than the quantity of d the semovita, stir for few minutes until it's done but it must be watery, put it in ur baby's feeding bottle and add milk, I use Nan2 or Dano full creme. Serve ur baby, u will thank me later. That is my own sma gold.
ReplyDeleteMadam, full cream milk isn't good for babies.. Pls stop it, their lungs isnt matured for that yet, if you can't afford SMA and the likes, I'd recommend you buy "peak baby" an infant formula. They just introduced it to the market 2 months ago and it's very nutritious. Remain blessed.
DeleteWow this is a new one,i will try that when she clocks 6months
DeleteY semovita
DeleteNa you biko!
DeleteYou are right sweet mama,adult milk should never be given to a baby till 5yrs reason is that it causes to much protein which can not break down and at the end of d day,which can cause kidney failure in future.though I didn't know this earlier I went for a nutrition seminar and learnt a lot about wot to give kids.pls do research on the effect of adult milk on children .I'm not married yet with no kid but I've taken it upon myself to have the Iinformations at hand, knowledge no dey waste
DeleteNa wah oh!...
DeleteMy mum's best friend used semovita for all her kids. My sis is using custard and my boy. Baby is 7 months but looks like a year old
DeleteCorrect! A must try. I have a 13 month old who won't take anything except frisogold he's use to and meat.
DeleteYou can try wheat too. Jst add little sugar to it.
DeleteHian!!! Pls don't give people wrong info abeg. Babies do need full cream milk (4%) upto the age of 2yrs then you should switch to 2% (semi skimmed) thereafter. They have growing brains and need some of these fats and fatty acids for proper growth and IQ development. After she of 10 EVERYONE should be taking skimmed milk (1%). *omojeje*
DeleteSorry to burst ur bubble but full cream milk isn't meant for kids under 1. In fact no milk should be given to babies under 1. My brother in law did that and his child ended up with allergic reaction. The child was 8 months then. Any info you read will tell you to avoid milk until they are 1. You can use follow on milk, or better still breast milk to make your food. That was the advice from my health visitor
DeleteCorrection: True, full cream milk is NOT meant for kids under 1. The rest of what I wrote is correct though. *omojeje*
DeleteEvery child is different. My 2nd baby reacted to every baby food in the market. He started eating solid from 3months. It was a combination of Breastfeeding and eating solid. He is now a very healthy 3 year old.
DeleteI started with Okro soup and Oat meal. Make your Okro soup with lots of Mackerel ( Titus). The Oat should be old fashioned Oats but blended to powder. Pour into cold water and make like semo. While feeding the child please flatten the morsel for easier swallowing.
I also made mashed Potatoes cooked with Carrot and Peas. Dice your potatoes and cook till almost soft, add your diced carrots, tomatoes n peas. When it's soft either blend or mash on Metal strain to puree.
Rice and chicken purree
Moimoi n Ogi Baba. There are lots of food to wean a child with. Good luck ladies
Enter your reply...thats what my baby is feeding on. he is 4month plus. I use my boy milk formula with semo. just make sure the semo is watery and well cooked, add blended crayfish. u will love the taste sef. people keeps asking if my baby is 6month
DeleteFor weaning i.e 6months and up,
ReplyDeleteBoiled Mashed Irish potatoes mixed with butter is good
Mackerel fish, well boiled is good.
Frisocrem is ai.
Intro to solids such as ogbono soup and semo cut in tiny bits and rolled into a ball to feed is good.
Can't remember so much now. E don Tey I born.
All the best!
Lol@ E don tey I born.
DeleteMake I dey learn in preparation.
I remember my mum used to blend liver,and chicken breast,and puts it in a feeding bottle to feed my younger brother when he was like 8months or so.
Pls how did you make the pap with the millet and ginger? Enlighten us more pls
DeleteWill read comments & learn bcos very soon I will settle down & birth my own baby by D special Grace of God..
ReplyDeleteanon who say we shud have rushed to d hostels to get a bed for upth on kels post....lemme burst ur brain
ReplyDelete..after her death when students went there, almost all the beds in a ward was empty.
as of those who said she should have bin taken to another hospital...she was but they asked for a police report...
rip kele...It's been a long day without U my friend but I'll tell U all about it when I see U again.....
Police report?. Was she shot?. What really happened to Kel?
DeletePolice report? Why? E be like say the story no complete. Why will they require police report for someone that just slumped? Please can you give us the full unadulterated story?
DeleteMy baby would be 18 months on friday and I just stopped breastfeeding him last month. Although we stopped exclusive when he was 6 months old He loved and still loves adult food too and won't take any cereal or baby food. At six months, I started giving him fruits- apples, water melon and banana, lots of fish and boiled sweet potatoes. Did I mention that he loves beans too, and I make pap with millet and ginger which he loves too with milk.
ReplyDeleteHappy new month to u ma'am!
ReplyDeletethank God for this post. i will read comments though when i run out of idea i call TGW(sweet friend). she has plenty.
ReplyDelete*Sighs*
DeleteTgw welcome o
DeleteYea TGW s a very sweet lady.
DeleteMiss her comments oo, nnem gone back already na.....
You can start with gerber oatmeal and rice cereal starting from 6 months, u can also start fruits n smoothies at 6months too
ReplyDeleteSoya milk with ogi
ReplyDeleteNri ndi aguu...
DeleteLol.
DeleteLinda,fa Na enye nke ha nwe Ike ime afford na
yay! I await comments...this is so right on time for me
ReplyDeleteMy 9month has been rejecting her cereal lately and prefers to take amala, beans, moimoi, indomie etc
Am looking forward to more suggestions from more experienced mothers
You're on track
DeleteBut always remove the skin from the beans.
DeleteMy dear feed him what he loves, he must not take cereals. Just make sure he gets the recommended quantity of milk for his age daily.
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ReplyDeleteYou started this at 6 months? My baby is 4 months, but want to introduce other things by 5 months.
DeleteStella many blessings for this, very timely.
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DeleteI guess it's the advert that made you remove the comment. Didn't know such isn't approved in the comment anymore as I usually see such below some other comments.
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My Boy is 13weeks, I decided to start giving him pap today (millet) mixed with milk (Aptamil), I just gave him the first bottle (180ml) and he has been acting uncomfortable..... pls hope I am on the right track? I had to start pap cos he is not taking breast milk.
ReplyDeleteHope it wasn't too thick,my girl is 4months 2wks and I want to start pap tomorrow but I was told it should be watery. Maybe you should just give him enough water
DeleteAt 13 weeks the pap should NOT Be Thick It Has To Be Watery And Home Made Pap. ..do not buy pap it's not healthy. I prefer dawa (millet) and joro.
DeleteAbeg stop that nonsense millet and whatever you are feeding him on...
DeleteYour baby need like 600ml of milk everyday....
It's too early 2 introduce pap.plss wait till 6mths. Juxx give him only aptamil milk and water.
DeleteHope the pap is not thick. He needs to take it light or a little watery until he's 6 months.
DeleteHmmm. I think he's 2 early for pap,he's digestive organs aint matured yet.try diff baby milk abeg.enfamil is very gud.
DeleteHmmm. I think he's 2 early for pap,he's digestive organs aint matured yet.try diff baby milk abeg.enfamil is very gud.
DeleteMadam please stop it,keep giving her breast milk or formular don't introduce any other thing before six month abeg,it's all shades of wrong.google it n see the disadvantage on your newborn.he can't just stop breast ilk keep putting your breast in his mouth or just introduce a sma
DeleteHe's too young
DeleteDarling pls no no no to pap at 13 weeks, why don't u try to switch brand maybe sma, or cow&gate.
Delete13 weeks or 13 months?
DeletePlease wait till 4 months at least. 6 months is best.
DeleteIt is too early to give pap na madam. Pls discontinue that, better consult ur paediatrician before taking such drastic step
DeleteDid u say 13 weeks or 13 months???? It's too early if it's 13weeks o, WHO recommends starting solids at 6 months. Some mothers start at 4 months, but the baby's digestive tract is not mature enough to process anything other than pure liquid before 6 months.
DeleteI really do hope you meant 13 months!
Dr S.
Jesus! Did you say 13 weeks? And you already started on solids for him? That's so so wrong! Mothers pls educate yourselves on baby matters...read wide and join mother forums. Babies are not ready for solids until at least 4 months. In fact 6 months is the acceptable age but 4 months for babies who are strong enough and cannot be filled by milk alone. At 13 weeks your baby should be feeding on just breast milk or breast milk +formula if you cannot do exclusive. Pls go today on www.babycenter.com and register to be receiving weekly emails about your baby's development. Also read all the educative articles there
DeleteI agree it is too early for that. If you cant wait it is advised to give baby rice from 4months if you cant wait
Delete13 weeks ke? Aunty its too early na..why is he not taking breastmilk? Are u sure he's latching well? Have u tried expressing in a bottle. He needs only milk for now biko.
DeleteMy baby loves eba and rice and she already have a stocked tummy for some days now. Have tried fruits to stoften her tummy but it's not working. What should I do?
ReplyDeleteDid you try oranges?
DeleteNa wah oh..
DeleteEba and rice ke?..
No protein for growth...
Orinma!...
Keep giving her fresh orange juice and water.
Deleteshe should be ok.
Give her plenty water and fresh orange juice.
DeleteFruits. Fresh orange juice.
DeletePs give her plenty of warm water to drink,wen making the eba ps make it very soft not hard eba and too much eba is not good ......u can try Amala which is very soft for your baby tummy.good luck.
DeleteFruit is like prayer, if you only take fruits when you're in trouble with hen yurw really in trouble.
DeleteIt should be a continuous thing. But for now I'd advise you take that baby to see a pediatrician first.
Watermelon is so cheap. 350 for a big head. Squeeze the water and give to your baby everyday. You've got apple 60naira. Pear 50naira. Pineapple (sliced) 50 Naira. Is easier o prevent some of this things than treat them.
Give her pear juice or gerber pureed prunes
DeleteVeggies will do the trick. Blend cucumber n lettuce and she will Poo within 30mins. Just a little. Don't forget to wash the veg with salt to kill the worm eggs.
DeleteFrom 3 months you can start by making apple smoothie, and give her orange juice. Then from six months she start having more fruits, fish and vegetables etc. They just have to be in puree form. There is extensive knowledge on this online, so you can make google your friend, but the age to start food experimentation with kids is 3 months. Good luck
ReplyDeleteBabies aren't supposed to take orange until 1 year because of its acidic content. Also other fruits that are acidic like pineapple. Their tummies are not ready for that yet until 1 year
DeleteMy baby will be six soon so I have introduced semi solid food and he is liking them.
ReplyDeleteI feed him dawa and joro mixed together then add his milk I don't add milo babies don't need all those artificial sugar now.
Apple purrie
I peel the back of an apple cut into very tiny pieces and boil for a while with very clean and boiled water then blend you may add one leaf of ugu is u like.
Beans
I soak up a little quantity of of beans in a clean water and wash off the back then per boil the beans before cooking add very tiny red oil, enough crayfish, I add cooked and blended meat . No salt no maggi , I add vegetable cook till very soft and when it's done match .. my baby love this food. He is very healthy I don't even know when his first teeth came out, no runny stomach nothing.
Note that you feed your baby with spoon and plate avoid feeder. the food will be little quantity that he can finish at a go don't give the baby left over please.
Every baby is different. Runny tummy while teething doesn't mean a child is unhealthy. Some babies get their first teeth as early as 3 months, others at almost one year. Some find it painless, others have sleepless nights due to the pains. Some drool, others don't. Some poop a lot, others don't.
DeleteAnd yes I'm a paediatrician.
You are on the right path.
DeleteI love the n salt no maggi part.
DeleteThat's what most of us miss, this little ones don't need sweeteners at all. My first son till date doesn't use sugar to take pap, we raised him like that.
Pls help me out my son is going to be 4months by the end of this month and he is taking only breast milk he refused milk uh breast milk seems not to be enough for him....he is always sucking ....what food can I introduce to him
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ReplyDeleteHappy new month o
Potatoe purrie
ReplyDeleteSlice your already peeled and washed potatoes boil till soft add a per bold fish make sure u remove bones from the fish add crayfish and blend you can also add the baby's milk if you like .
The same way goes to plantain purrie. You can add little butter and mix together.
Yummy my baby loves it.
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DeleteWhat is per bold fish?i dont plan to breastfeed for more than 3months o..cos as i dey so,i don tire..
DeletePls lemme understand u. The potatoes should be cooked with the fish and crayfish abi before blending? Expatiate pls
DeleteMay GOD ALMIGHTY ANSWER ALL MY PRAYERS THAT THIS MONTH WILL NOT PASS ME BY IN JESUS NAME SO THAT I CAN ALSO COMMENT ON THIS BLESSED POST. MOTHERHOOD IS DIVINE AND A BLESSING.
ReplyDeleteAmen. Motherhood is your portion in Jesus name!
DeleteAmen dear.Baby dust.Stay blessed.
DeleteAmen. Its well with you dear
DeleteAMEN
DeleteAmen, ur miracle is on it way, I declare you fruitful!!! Pls start buying baby things ooo, if u have faith in 9 months u will have ur baby
DeleteAmen and Amen
DeleteYou sure will testify this month
DeleteMay the Lord that made me a mother to children remember and answer you in Jesus Name.
DeleteThe cry of children shall be heard in your house this year in Jesus Name, Amen.
Instead of always crying and pleading, begin to dance everyday and thank Him for already blessing you wih the fruits of the womb.
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1 NIV
Amen dear.
DeleteAmen dear. I pray same for myself. Im 35 and waiting for fruit of the womb. I become teary when all my colleagues are talking about thier babies and all. God pls make me smile this month
DeleteI have a 9 month old baby and recently, he won't have any of the processed baby cereals. I've since resorted to making him home made cereals and here's a few:
DeleteI mill the normal rice we eat and make it like you would with semo but in a liquidy consistency; i add any fruit of choice in pureed form to the rice cereal and then his milk and tada. .. food is ready.
I also mill the regular oatmeal and make it like u wud make ur oatmeal cereal. I love oatmeal with bananas, so I add it in pureed form and a lil cinnamon finished up with his milk and it's delish. You can also make do with apple puree or peach or even strawberries depending on what you prefer.
I do the semo vita cereal too and it's lovely and also the wheat too (i buy the raw wheat and mill by myself). Just step up with fruits and baby milk.
Apart from these, my baby eats homemade food like boiled rice, plantain, egg, he totally enjoys soups with semo/eba. Also note that at 8 months, ur baby can eat almost anything adults eat except for honey and beans without skin peeled. I think as from 9 months though, deir stomach is able to tolerate beans and oda bean meals (not so sure but I think ive read it somewhere sometime ago)
God will answer u dear.
DeleteAmen@ fruitful
DeleteSo shall it be in Jesus name, it is a dine deal, cause He said whatever I hear you say I will do.By the special grace of God by this time next year, You will carry your own bundle of joy in Jesus mighty name(Amen)
DeleteAmen. From your lips to God's ear.
DeleteIn between the meals, try to introduce snack at well, such boiled carrot, cucumber, tomatoes, boilsed apple, banana, cheese etc.
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ReplyDeleteAm still feeding my self
Anon 17: 35, I BEG YOU OOOO, stop giving that baby pap. Una no hear 6 months exclusive. I could not do it becaus eof work, I did 4 months, then introduce formula, which is milk. please mothers stop listening to "advice" give this give that, until your baby is 6 months, breastmilk or infant formula, sma, nan, peak, just introduced theirs too.
ReplyDeleteAnon 17 : 13, abeg, how did you do it, i mean weaning. Mine baby is 15 months, na fight ooo. I read sites on weaning and most recommend gradual process. I do not breastfeed her in the day, cos am at work. I have also stopped breastfeeding her before she sleeps, when she cries, I rock or back her. but that NIGHT feeds, na fight ooo, the cry no be here oo, so i still breastfeed her in the middle of the night. I no know how i go take stop am ooo. One night I attempted not to give her, she cried oooo, so tey i was feeling sorry for her. Na that tym, i know say the breastfeeding na real bonding between mother and child.
To the foods, I give, she takes Gerber (Rice and Oats), I use Peak 123, irish potatoes and eggs, although, i will try mashing it with butter or titus fish as suggested by one BV here. She also eats rice, eba, indomie, moi moi
You can give pap that is not too thick with NAN, SMA or the likes. You can also give the baby adult food but mash it first.
ReplyDeleteYou can blend fruits and give the baby.
You also have the option of Cerelac, Nutrend or Friso cream.
Whatever you do, just make sure you give the baby enough milk daily.
First Avocado Baby Food – Creamy Fruit Mash
ReplyDelete1 apple or pear, peeled, cored and diced
1/2 avocado, peeled
little water
Place the prepared apple or pear into a small saucepan and add a little water. Simmer gently until the fruit is tender. Transfer the apple or pear to a food processor and puree until smooth. Mash the avocado with the fruit puree and serve.
1 small sweet potato
1 avocado, peeled
Bake the sweet potato in its skin for 45 mins – 1 hour until tender.
Cool, then remove the flesh from the skin and mash with the Avocado
Apple baby food – Chicken and (7 months+)
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast (chopped)
1 apple, cored and diced
1 small sweet potato
(2 cups) homemade chicken stock
tiny pinch of cinnamon
Peel and dice the sweet potato.
Bring the stock to a boil in a saucepan.
Add the chopped chicken, lower the heat and simmer for 10 mins.
Add the sweet potato and apple cubes and cook for 5 mins, until the sweet potato is fork tender.
Puree or chop well, then sprinkle with ci
Beans porridge. Peel beans and cook with Titus fish. Cook until very soft and add little palm oil.
ReplyDeleteIrish potatoes and butter.
Soft amala and ewedu.
You can also blend cooked rice and add milk.
My son stopped taking his bottle at same age, and i feed him with cereals, boiled potatoes (mashed), vegetables, fruits. They normally return to bottles when you stop breast feeding them... Goodluck
ReplyDeleteStart with puréed fruit mixed with either breast milk or formula bcos baby wldnt like anything lumpy. Meal consistency should be like a creamy mash
ReplyDeleteSteam peeled apples and pears till soft. In a Blender add breast milk or formula and blend till its smooth. Serve warm
-Puree ripe banana with breast milk or formula till smooth
-Plain apple sauce (which is steamed apples blended with water)
-Carrot puree: Boil/steam carrots and blend with water till smooth
- You can blend your regular oatmeal in dry blender till smooth and prepare with water or milk for baby
-Mash the yolk of a hard boiled egg and feed
Then add more items. Baby's sense of taste is acute so no need to add maggi or salt
- Wash the skin off beans and cook as beans porridge with a pressure pot till the beans in melted. Use palm oil sparingly and lots of crayfish. Use ur wooden spoon to completely mash it.
-Yam porridge. Make sure yam is cooked for easy mashing. Little oil, plenty crayfish, undetectable salt
-Most babies like plain okro soup because of its drawy consistency. Use smoked fish. Be sure to remove all skin and bones before you flake the fish. Feed soup alone or with tiny balls of swallow
-Make a tomato stew for your baby. Boil the chicken or fish for stock till it's very soft, remove bones and skin and blend to make it into small pieces. The stew shldnt have detectable pepper and no need for random spices. Serve the stew with rice, soft boiled yam, boiled potato or boiled plantain. Remember to mash the yam/potato/plantain till baby is used to lumpy food
Try to avoid processed or bottled food as much as you can. I know indomie is usually an easy choice but fresh is best. In between meals give carrot sticks, garden egg slices, orange, watermelon or mango slice, tangerine, fruit in homemade yoghurt (let me know if u need the how-to), minced pineapple or minced mixed fruit. The baby might not be able to swallow the fibre but they'll have a good time sucking the fruit and playing with it.
Be sure to give baby lots of water to avoid constipation. Introduce new foods one at a time and watch for food intolerance like extreme gas, vomiting, rashes or allergic reactions. Stop the food if u notice any adverse reaction.
For cereal you can blend the dry local tuwon rice then use a fine sieve to sieve it and store in the freezer. Instead of the regular corn, blend and sieve popping corn. Then a combo of soyabeans, dawa and wheat too can be milled and blended. Make milled baby food like pap and add any kinda baby milk you want to balance it. Mashed potatoes with peas and a little butter plus deboned fish is a must-try too..
ReplyDeleteAmen sis.I pray for same.
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ReplyDeleteWill this man fire me any time soon?.
I need a baby I can feed the nice baby dishes Mrs FineFace talked about?.
My baby will be 5 Montes she's on EBF. .. but not adding much. Abeg wat can I start her on?
ReplyDeleteU can give semovita mix a bit in cold water beat 1egg very well then.boil water in a pot it must b hot o then add d semo nd egg together stir until it's thick add a bit of sugar nd milk,then brown pap mix it wit crayfish,bonga fish,groundnut,soyabeans,add a little palm oil,sugr nd baby's milk,3 amala wit ewedu,cryfish nd titus,sweet potatoes smashed wit butter,boiled not too ripe plantain wit palmoil,indomie butter nd break egg inside it,for fruits u can blend watermelon,apple,pineapple,nd little ginger add yogurt,u can either sieve or gve him as a smoothies,u need to c my kids u go think say I born dem.for abroad,i av so much more recipes buh hand dey pain me frm.typing
ReplyDeleteFruitful hang on there. Your miracle is on the way. Trust me I have been there in and out
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ReplyDeleteYes you can try sweet potato mix with similac formula. Grind it with blender. Purée like. Awwww my baby loves it. So sweet and it's healthy!!!!
ReplyDeleteAs a mother we have to keep discovering ways to ensure our babies are well fed. After weaning my baby I introduced follow up formula no 2 and always fed her with various nestle baby food and other products,it got dawn on me dat even as an adult I wouldn't want to keep eating same tin all d time. I had to think of what I can feed her and ensure she is getting all the nutrient based on the fact that she is even a fussy eater. Here are some list of food mothers can try for babies 6+. N.B all the food needs to be cooked and blended or use a food masher to grind to your taste. Potato puree, vegetable puree, home made rice puree with chicken, apple puree, avocado and banana puree, avocado and cottage cheese puree, yogurt. Pics attached sha. And you can always buy baby puddlings Hope it helps
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ReplyDeleteOne can try irish potato boiled till very soft and mashed then add baby's milk.
Also banana and apple boiled and puréed then add baby's milk.
Crayfish can be added to the Irish potato and milk mix.
Six months is an ideal time to introduce soups, very healthy they need the oil.
I've heard orange juice is not too good till the child is 1 year cos of its high acidic content. Apple, banana, strawberry, pear is great.
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Cerelac and Nan has been my refuge o..After 6months exclusive breastfeeding,I start with Cerelac Rice with milk..very soft and easy to digest..from 8 months,I switch to Cerelac mixed fruit with milk..as they grow,I introduce other foods like pap or custard with milk and soyabean. Mashed potato too
ReplyDeleteGolden morn is a no no until 3years (its even written on the pack).
I'm team Cerelac o
Porridge made with cormeal, cream of wheat, oats, banana or plantains. boiled crushed potatoes and carrots with a lil butter and some meat juices, not the meat, just the gravy on there. Pureed fruits.
ReplyDeleteSo many wrong ideas here...first exclusive breastfeeding should be done for the first six months..at 6 month start from fruit juice and increase gradually to fruit purée@ 7 months egg yolk @8 months biscuits @ 9months add family food one at a time(to watch out for allergy) also remember don't use so much spices and pepper..golden morn is for adult babies >2yrs..
ReplyDeleteSorry,but I had to check the age restriction on golden morn and I found none,only d amt to b consumed by d ages 9-13. Wch means following dt age,even 5 year olds are not t take golden morn,though I can undastand d part of diabetes in young children but d rest.............
ReplyDeleteHello poster, if your baby at 6 months wants adult food, you can start giving him. As a matter of fact, when you go to general hospital, they recommend you start giving them food from 6 months. Some children don't take cereals at all but will take adult food, give him/her. My baby is 15 months old and has refused to take any other food that Nutrend. Why I have a friend whose baby is the same age but refused to take cereal and she take only adult food. When I say adult food I mean amala, semo, poundo yam, rice, beans, yam and her favourite is semo.
ReplyDeleteSo study your baby, discover what he/she likes and feed him ith it. Don't force him/her to take what he/she does not want.
cerelac is great way to fulfill your baby daily dietary and nutritive requirements. It has Iron, Calcium, Fatty Acids and Vitamins thats helps child in early stage development.
ReplyDeleteI give millet, guinea corn and yellow corn mixed with soyabean, crayfish,and groundnut with baby milk
ReplyDeletemy baby is 6month 3weeks. please advice me on the food to feed him. someone told me soya milk powder n nutribom is good, should I try it.
ReplyDeleteMy baby is 10month...she stoped breastfeeding herself at 1month+ ...was so scared that I ran elter skater till my mum plead with me to pit my mind at rest that my niece also stoped at 2month..and she is 4 years now and fine...since then she has been on sma gold and she grows well ..never fell sick for once and she weighs 9.4...but the problem now is since she turned 6month she has refused every solid i give her except Gerber.. .but 2weeks ago I had to force in pap....but amala..potato...and d rest is s no no.....am scared if she would get enough nutrient frm d pap and sma gold alone? Am a first time mum
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