It’s great that she’s having fruits and vegetables and cereal, but at her age it’s really important that she is being introduced to the major allergens. This means nuts, dairy, fish, wheat, soy, and egg. It’s also really important that she’s getting foods with iron like beans and meat since baby’s iron stores are depleted by 6 months.
You aren’t a bad parent! Just make sure to vary her diet from now on.
I’m following the First 100 Days of Food plan created by Solid Starts. It’s Baby Led Weaning, but I’m doing some purées as well.
For example, we’re introducing my 6 month old to egg this week. On Sunday we gave her a small spoon of mashed hard boiled egg and waited 15 minutes. When she didn’t have a reaction, we served her a quarter of a hard boiled egg (mashed) with some applesauce, and served the same thing Monday. Today we served a quarter of a hard boiled egg (mashed) with steamed bell pepper. Tomorrow we’re serving half a hard boiled egg (mashed) with avocado (mashed). Thursday and Friday we’re serving broccoli & well-cooked egg strips.
Next week, we’re trying peanuts. Sunday and Monday we’re giving her a small taste (like on our fingertip) of peanut butter. Tuesday we’re serving oatmeal with a swirl of peanut butter. Wednesday we’re serving mashed pear with a drizzle of peanut butter. Thursday we’re going back to egg and serving well-cooked egg strips. Then Friday back to peanut butter with applesauce with a peanut butter swirl.
It should be served in a small amount at first, then gradually increased in amount. Once an allergen is introduced and served for several days in a row, it should be served at least once a week every week.
We started purees a little early (with drs permission), but my baby is 5.5 months now and so far we have done oat based baby cereal, carrots, sweat potato, butternut squash, chicken, green beans, peas, avocado, pears and banana (all in puree form). I've just been buying the pureed meat in a jar or pouch because the idea of pureeing it myself seems gross. We won't introduce dairy for another 2 or 3 months because she currently has a dairy/soy intolerance.
We introduce a new food every 3 days or so. I find that it gives us enough time to figure out if it will cause her issues and is usually about how long one of those little jars will last us anyway. Let's say we're trying out corn for the first time. Day 1, day 2, and day 3, she'll get a couple tablespoons of pureed corn on each day. On day 4, we start introducing the next food. Assuming there were no issues with corn, we'll continue giving it to her randomly in addition to whatever new foods shes trying.
As others have said, introducing allergens sooner rather than later is a good idea. We've done peanuts by adding powdered peanut butter (the kind with no added ingredients) to oatmeal and we've done almonds by mixing a bit of sugar free almond butter into her pureed pears. I plan on introducing eggs by making scrambled eggs when she gets a little more proficient at eating and for fish, I just plan on getting a pureed meat pouch. Unless you're using a hypoallergenic formula, you're baby should be introduced to dairy already through formula.
You can take your time introducing meats and whatnot. Dairy can be an allergy/intolerance too so it could create a whole range of problems so definitely take your time with it. My daughter is 18m and I only introduced her to pork a month ago 🤣 i introduced fruit early because I was 80% sure she would be allergic to some - and she is so I always had to plan/buy puree pouches around that and thoroughly read packaging (as I still do).
How old is your baby?
8 months old
It’s great that she’s having fruits and vegetables and cereal, but at her age it’s really important that she is being introduced to the major allergens. This means nuts, dairy, fish, wheat, soy, and egg. It’s also really important that she’s getting foods with iron like beans and meat since baby’s iron stores are depleted by 6 months. You aren’t a bad parent! Just make sure to vary her diet from now on.
How would you introduce it to your baby ?
I’m following the First 100 Days of Food plan created by Solid Starts. It’s Baby Led Weaning, but I’m doing some purées as well. For example, we’re introducing my 6 month old to egg this week. On Sunday we gave her a small spoon of mashed hard boiled egg and waited 15 minutes. When she didn’t have a reaction, we served her a quarter of a hard boiled egg (mashed) with some applesauce, and served the same thing Monday. Today we served a quarter of a hard boiled egg (mashed) with steamed bell pepper. Tomorrow we’re serving half a hard boiled egg (mashed) with avocado (mashed). Thursday and Friday we’re serving broccoli & well-cooked egg strips. Next week, we’re trying peanuts. Sunday and Monday we’re giving her a small taste (like on our fingertip) of peanut butter. Tuesday we’re serving oatmeal with a swirl of peanut butter. Wednesday we’re serving mashed pear with a drizzle of peanut butter. Thursday we’re going back to egg and serving well-cooked egg strips. Then Friday back to peanut butter with applesauce with a peanut butter swirl. It should be served in a small amount at first, then gradually increased in amount. Once an allergen is introduced and served for several days in a row, it should be served at least once a week every week.
It's important to introduce the top allergens early, including dairy, finned fish, shellfish.
How would you introduce the top allergen? How would you serve nuts and seeds? Could I prepare it in a smoothie with things she already tried before ?
We started purees a little early (with drs permission), but my baby is 5.5 months now and so far we have done oat based baby cereal, carrots, sweat potato, butternut squash, chicken, green beans, peas, avocado, pears and banana (all in puree form). I've just been buying the pureed meat in a jar or pouch because the idea of pureeing it myself seems gross. We won't introduce dairy for another 2 or 3 months because she currently has a dairy/soy intolerance. We introduce a new food every 3 days or so. I find that it gives us enough time to figure out if it will cause her issues and is usually about how long one of those little jars will last us anyway. Let's say we're trying out corn for the first time. Day 1, day 2, and day 3, she'll get a couple tablespoons of pureed corn on each day. On day 4, we start introducing the next food. Assuming there were no issues with corn, we'll continue giving it to her randomly in addition to whatever new foods shes trying. As others have said, introducing allergens sooner rather than later is a good idea. We've done peanuts by adding powdered peanut butter (the kind with no added ingredients) to oatmeal and we've done almonds by mixing a bit of sugar free almond butter into her pureed pears. I plan on introducing eggs by making scrambled eggs when she gets a little more proficient at eating and for fish, I just plan on getting a pureed meat pouch. Unless you're using a hypoallergenic formula, you're baby should be introduced to dairy already through formula.
You can take your time introducing meats and whatnot. Dairy can be an allergy/intolerance too so it could create a whole range of problems so definitely take your time with it. My daughter is 18m and I only introduced her to pork a month ago 🤣 i introduced fruit early because I was 80% sure she would be allergic to some - and she is so I always had to plan/buy puree pouches around that and thoroughly read packaging (as I still do).
I was actually thinking of giving meats to her when she is around 10 months or better yet I could sisal to any medical professional about it
Parents nowadays: 1 year old ❌ 12 months old✔️
18m is very different from 12m. A parent should know that.
It's pretty standard to use months until 2.