i want to make my own baby food for my 5 month old daughter?

tee

what exactly at this age can i give her and how do i do it like for ex bananas how do i pure them? do fruits have to be boiled first too??
i want to make sure i know what my baby is getting
to melissa this is just something i heard from someone on here. rude much!!!!!
im not cluless i am a working mother and by the way a very smart woman!! go f yourself!

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I think it's a great idea, and at 5 months you can definitely start intoducing very plain pureed foods.

At 5 months, my daughter loved mashed bananas (which I did not boil) and avocado (ditto). My wife also did cook some veggies and then puree and put into jars in the fridge (I would use them within 48 hours). Her veggies of choice were squash, carrots, sweet potato and brocolli. Often she would even put a garlic clove in and my daughter ate it up (literally and figuratively)

You can get a food grinder if you like and keep it at the dinner table and grind up small amounts of plain fruits and veggies that come off your plate.

Alternately you can cook some of the firmer fruits and veggies so they are soft enough to be pureed.

Kudos for you for looking out for your baby's health and taking note of what goes into their body!

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Don't listen to the dolt who critzicized you for wanting to boil. Some fruits and veggies obviously are not soft enough on their own to be given to a baby.

I would also not wait till they are teething, as some babies take a year to get their teeth, but can take pureed foods well before that.

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Personally I would not add cows milk as some suggested. There's a potential allergy risk at that age, and is nutritionally un-necessary, especially if you're breast feeding.
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Sorry "Wismom" but pasturized baby food in glass jars is less healthy than fresh food pureed right before it's eaten. Unless you're referring to organic foods that Gerber makes, pesticide levels would be no different, and of course the question asker could easily buy organic for her purpose. You sound like a rep for Gerber, but either way, lacking your namesake.

How do I make baby food for my 5 month old twins?

Q. I don't want to spend my money on the expensive baby foods in the supermarket. Please help me make my own food.

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Good for you!!!

I loved the book Super Baby Food Diet. It has a guide of what foods can be introduced at what age and then it has recipes that are good all the way into adulthood. Your 5 month olds are probably just starting solids so you want to pick a food to be their first and then wait about 2 weeks before adding anything new. My people recommend started with rice cereal b/c there is almost no chance your children will have an allergy to it (be it is also nutritionally void). You can make your own by just cooking rice and then adding water and pureeing it, but rice cereal is the one thing that I'd suggest buying commecially b/c of the added iron.

Other great 1st baby foods are bananas (wait until it gets ripe and mash with a fork -- add water if you want to thin it out). Avocados (again, wait until it's nice and ripe and mash it up). Sweet potatoes -- cook in the microwave and again, mash it up or throw it in the food processor with some water.

Cooking baby food is SO easy. Again, I highly recommend the book Super Baby Food Diet. It walks you through everything.

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what food should i give to my 5 month old baby boy to make him fat?

Maelene Va

my baby drink milk less. it seems like he don't have a good appetite.

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Are you nursing? If so, maybe something in your diet has changed and the taste of the milk has changed. He may not like it anymore... or it may just take him a bit to get used to. OR if it is formula he is on, he might just not need as much as he had last week/month. When he hits a growth spurt around 6 months he should pick up his appetite. Have you started him on solid foods? Try rice cereal first, and go through the list of single grains until you have ruled out allergies... Then veggies and fruits... Once he starts eating solids he won't drink as much formula. My second son started drinking water in a sippy cup around 6 months just to get a little more fluid into him during meal times. (I nursed him in between solid feedings, though) BUt, if he is happy and has wet diapers and not constipated (and his soft spot is not sunken in) he should be fine. He may change his eating habits tomorrow. Babies are all different and all want/need different things :) All the best!

Any tips for feeding a 9.5 month old solids other than baby food?

sunflower

I didn't have this problem with my daughter...she ate solids right away without a problem. My son won't. I try putting stuff in his mouth for him to taste and he makes a scrunchy face and spits it out and if he does try to get it down, he gags like crazy! I was thinking of mixing mushy rice into his baby food as a start...any other thoughts/ideas. Help!
Thanks for the tips but let me just add that I've been putting food on his highchair for about 3-4 weeks now and he won't put it in his mouth. He just plays with it. I keep doing it hoping he'll eventually put it in his mouth.

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carry on with the baby food if you want but add more texture...ie cooked soft vegetables cut up......give him finger foods as snacks and with his meal. place them on his tray and feed him when you eat:) grated cheese, tuna flakes, cheerios and puffs, spaghetti cut up or any pasta, can be added to his baby food or srved as a finger food. if he gets soem in his hands guide his hand to his mouth:) hell soon get the idea tell him its nums nums and make a big deal about be enthuaiastic and eat some too and show him how much your enjopying it. he will come round goodluck:)))) p.s also let him have his own spoon to practise and allow him to be messy:)

playing with his food is good:)))) its helps with eye/hand coordination and encourages the pincer grasp:)

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