How To Make Baby Food

How to make baby food is an art that can be studied with attention to nutritional science and a little patience. You are required to be a nutritionist for your baby, so you should have a good knowledge of nutrition, awareness of infant development, and skills in the care of infants. Baby food and dietary that you apply will help his appetite to be formed; this is useful in establishing healthy eating habits. By reading the cues of the baby, introducing solid foods wisely, and to support your baby feed themselves, then it take you to the prinsiple important about baby food, namely to create feeding a healthy attitude.

Breast milk as the first a baby food for babies
In the first 6 months of a baby early life, he only requires no more than breast milk as intake to meet energy and nutritional needs. Breast milk contains many antibodies and white blood cell which helps protect the baby from various infections. Besides breast milk is also rich in Omega 3, a fatty acid which is essential to meet the needs of brain development.

Recent research has shown that babies who are breastfed have higher IQs than babies given formula. Research also proves that the benefits of breastfeeding for 13 weeks or more to reduce the risk of a baby from gastroenteritis and respiratory infections. Breastfeeding also been shown to slow down / reduce the occurrence of allergies in children. Especially for those which have a history of allergies in the family such as asthma, hay fever, eczema and food allergies. Colostrums are the milk produced in the first days is a very important source of antibodies for the baby. This is where the importance of breastfeeding for the baby, because the benefits which tremendous for the baby.

How to make baby food - for a baby aged 6-24 months

After the baby 6 months of age, then it is advisable to start introduced the types of food.

How to make baby food can be briefly divided into:
• Make your own (with the help of baby food processor and of course baby food recipe as a guide the making)
• Purchase refined baby food which sale, such as Gerber products and others

How to cook baby food in general are:
• Boil: Use less water when boiling. Be careful not to boil the vegetable or fruit is too long (overcook). Add the milk / milk / water sufficiently to make a puree.

• Microwave: Slice the vegetable / fruit and put it in a special dish for the microwave. Add a little water and cook until tender. Puree and stir well. Before you are given, first test the temperature.

• Steam: This is a very ideal to keep the flavor and vitamins in vegetables / fruit. Vitamins B and C are water soluble and is easily lost / damaged if cooked too long, especially if boiled.

Here is a summary of the order How to make baby food from a baby aged 6 months, to less than 1 year.

• Age from birth to 6 months: Breast milk, and or formula milk with iron content that meets the needs of the baby.
• 6 months: given the initial food such as banana, pear fruit, cereals from rice, applesauce.
• 7 to 9 months; avocados, peaches, carrots, pumpkin, Prum, sweet potatoes, whole grain cereal, biscuits which easily bitten, fruit juice, pear and apple.
• 9 to 12 months; meat, tofu, beans, peas, rice cakes, oatmeal, egg yolk, spinach, cheese, yoghurt.
• 12 to 18 months; pure milk, apricot, cottage cheese, oranges, ice cream, grape halves, strawberry, tomatoes, salmon, honey, mango, pancakes, kiwi fruit, muffins, papaya, and bagels.
• 18 to 24 months; consuming portion of food to the size of children aged under 3 years, sandwiches, foods that are boiled, nutritious pudding, sauce, cream, mixed fruit drinks, jams, soups.

For more details, please read my article on Baby Food Recipes 6 Months, Baby Food Recipes 8 Months, baby food diet, and Gerber Baby Food Coupons.

Hopefully this brief description can be given to show you about How to make baby food.