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Posted by thriftylink on 31-Mar-2010 15:51 Report
Food Recipes for Babies
I was wondering if anyone can help me I would really love some food recipes for my little grand daughter who is 5 months old she is coming to stay at nanna's house and of course I have been out of this for a very long time, so I hope someone can give me some recipes please. I know I can always count on Oztion members.
 
Replied by likewhatyousee on 31-Mar-2010 16:11 (Ref 2110028) Report
My girl used to love steamed zucchini, brocholli ( that spelling looks so wrong Lol! ) and sweet potato all mashed together.
No salt or butter added.
Steamed and mashed carrots & zucchini  too.

Edit: I just tried combinations that I thought sounded yummy.
Next time you are at the supermarket, check out the tins of baby food to get some ideas of combinations too. They have the suitable ages on them.
Have fun!
Replied by lizziebabe69 on 31-Mar-2010 19:27 (Ref 2110192) Report
At 5 months old, your grand daughter would have been on solids only a short time so I would just check with her Mum as to what she is eating. Normally you give them 1 type of food for a couple of days to make sure they don't have any adverse reaction to it.
At this age they don't need gourmet recipes (thank goodness) so don't stress too much about it.
My daughter is 7 months old and loves Mashed Banana on it's own or with Avocado - very easy and no cooking!
Replied by kitzymoo on 31-Mar-2010 19:49 (Ref 2110215) Report
Mine at 5 months was either on plain yogurt with baby cereal or avocado, bannanas or puree pumpkin.

Enjoy and don't forget the splash mat lol

x0xkitz
Replied by bekahdu on 31-Mar-2010 20:16 (Ref 2110232) Report
At 5 months she's prbably still just on Farex or basic steamed mashed vegies or fruit. The recomendation now is not to start solids till 6 months so is she definately on them yet?
Replied by arttim on 31-Mar-2010 22:09 (Ref 2110322) Report
http://www.annabelkarmel.com/

This website is fantastic. She has a few recipes on the site.  I bought the "New and complete baby and toddler mealplan" recipe book.  A friend has my copy at the moment but there are some fabulous recipes in it.  It is UK based and they tend to start solids at 4 months so you may find the recipes useful.

Note: If  her Mum has introduced her baby to solids then she probably feels that she  is ready for simple solids (pears, apples, carrot and rice cereal with expressed milk or formula) . I am not going to ramble on about this debate, I am just saying not to worry about people saying you shouldn't be feeding solids until 6 months.  There is sufficient evidence to say that it is fine to introduce solids at 4 to 5 months.  I introduced my firstborn to solids at 5 months as did many of the women in my mothers group.  I introduced my secondborn at 4.5 months. I believe that by 6 months a babies iron stores are almost depleted and therefore they need rice cereal with added iron at around 5 months. 

Anwyay, the website is great and a simple gift that I often give to new mothers is a collection of recipes from all different sites. 

Hope this helps, Carolyn
Replied by chloecat on 01-Apr-2010 09:06 (Ref 2110507) Report
 I actually read the other day that they had changed it back to 4 months, can'r remember where I saw it though lol   I alway used the jars and tins (bad mummy hehehe)

Check with mum I think - there may be things that she doesn't want to introduce yet.
Replied by butterfly74 on 01-Apr-2010 11:25 (Ref 2110581) Report
Yes every few years they cahnge it from 6mths to 4mths to 6mths to 4mths......
Atm they are saying it is good for a childs cognitive development for them to experience texture early on. Don't know what that says or does for digestion problems but anyway.....
Ask mum, stick with single flavours (avoid mixing flavours at this age) and fresh is best, so veg and fruit. Squash what foods you can with a fork so as not to puree it as those textures are important (apparently).
Have fun watching the food fly! :)
Replied by missybbeauty on 26-May-2010 11:18 (Ref 2144917) Report
There are soooo many great recipes out there for our little ones. My little one loves jap pumkin and potato mash...Something I found out recently is don't give them too much dairy! After a spout of teething where the only thing I could get down my little one was yoghurt (ie a full adult size tub of vaali in 4 days) it seems as though i've given her a temporary dairy intollerance :( so no more dairy for her for a while.
Replied by 8989 on 22-Jun-2010 02:20 (Ref 2159034) Report
hi my little granddaughter is 5 months but she had a shakey start to her feeding ,but she has started on cereal in the morning and about 3pm she has a fruit in a jar,probably her mum will start her on mashed spuds and pumpkin,then when she is used to that every 2 weeks or so add another veg,no cauiflower as they tend to get wind most is trail and error but u r the nana and u will do fine as a nana of ten and one on the way (5 under 5) ,it will all come back to you lol
Replied by birthbunny on 13-Oct-2010 21:42 (Ref 2213284) Report

The World Health Organization has NOT changed its recommendation that babies are breastfed for AT LEAST 6 months (not 4 months), and then up to 2 years. Baby Led Weaning is the way to go, with introducing foods after 6 months.
Replied by bundabergelectronics on 24-Oct-2010 21:47 (Ref 2218170) Report
my son is nine months old but... He likes butternut pumpkin, brocilli (spelling?) carrot and potato boiled and mashed up but still with some chunky texture. Lol he aint happy on the occasion he has to have jar food.
Replied by 8989 on 24-Oct-2010 21:58 (Ref 2218172) Report
they say breast  milk is the best but a lot of women feel uncomfortable ,and prefer to bottle feed and as a mother of five all bottle feed ,mine had no problems and my ten grandchildren all were bottle feed and starled solids at 4 months and all thriving ,so if u cant or don't wish to breast feed your baby will be fine ,as it is your choice
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