Time to face facts: your 11 month old baby is barely a baby anymore! Remember those early days of feeding your little ones drippy, runny purees and watching her spit them back at you? How far we've come! Now, your 11 month old should be getting better and better at feeding herself finger foods. In fact, you may have started offering her entire finger food meals! And your baby doesn't need those single-ingredient dishes anymore; now she's completely ready to tackle real food, with lots of
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Baby Food Recipes: 10 Months
Your 10 month old baby is probably a "solids pro" by now! He's tackled all kinds of tastes and textures, and has started enjoying some real meals. By 10 months, your baby will be ready to start eating more and more table food. You can start chopping or slicing the foods you're eating at mealtime and offering them to your baby (provided the foods you're eating aren't too crunchy or chewy, and aren't allergenic.) This means you'll need to make fewer purees and mashes to freeze. Cereal
Baby Food Recipes: 9 Months
By 9 months, your baby is eating three meals of solids each day, and is starting to eat more and more at each meal. This is an exciting season for your baby, since 9 months marks the time that you can start offering her "real" food and cooking actual meals for her! She'll still need plenty of baby food, but it's okay at this point to start offering her bits of table food (mashed or chopped carefully, of course!) Cereal Recipes Infant cereal starts become less a part of your baby's diet at 9
How To Make Homemade Baby Food: 5 Great Recipes
Once your baby reaches the 8 or 9 month mark, she’s ready to move past single-ingredient purees and on to food combinations. These combos can be simple, of course (mixing mashed blueberries into oatmeal, stirring pureed broccoli into brown rice, etc.) Or, if you’re feeling fancy, you can whip up more sophisticated meals. For information on when to introduce specific fruits into your baby's diet, along with serving sizes, visit our solid food charts. Here are 5 nutritious, tasty recipes
Baby Food Recipes: 8 Months
By 8 months, solid food is a regular part of your baby's routine. She's probably having two or three solid feeds each day, and she's tasted quite a variety of fruits and vegetables! Now, she's ready to start eating small amounts of meat and dairy products. Cereal Recipes Infant cereal will still be one of the primary foods your 8 month old eats each day. You can purchase ready-made, powdered cereals at the grocery store, but you can also make your own (for a lot less money!) Visit our Baby
How To Make Homemade Baby Food: Proteins
Once your baby’s gotten used to eating fruits and vegetables, it’s time to start thinking about adding proteins into her diet. Keep in mind that for the first year of your baby’s life, breastmilk and/or formula will be her main source of protein. But starting around 7 months, you can begin adding in other protein sources, too. Proteins are a key part of your baby’s diet, since they’ll help him grow and develop properly. And introducing protein into your baby’s diet will help him experience
Baby Food Recipes: 6 Months
Whether you begin your baby’s solid food journey at 6 months or before, one thing’s for certain: your 6 month old doesn’t need much solid food. She’ll be getting by just fine on breastmilk or formula. However, she can start sampling a few fruits and vegetables, and enjoying small amounts of solid foods. Cereal Recipes Infant cereal will be the main thing your 6 month old baby eats. You can purchase ready-made, powdered cereals at the grocery store, but you can also make your own (for a lot
How To Make Homemade Baby Food: Vegetables
Vegetables -- what’s not to love? Veggies are generally low in fat and calories but are packed full of vitamins, minerals, and disease-fighting antioxidants. Your baby needs all the nutrition vegetables have to offer -- use the vegetable puree recipes below to make sure she gets it! For information on when to introduce specific fruits into your baby's diet, along with serving sizes, visit our solid food charts. For information on whether or not you should invest in organic veggies, visit
How To Make Homemade Baby Food: Fruits
Few things taste better than fresh fruit. Sure, chocolate is divine, but a fresh, juicy strawberry? Heavenly! And we bet your baby agrees. She’s bound to love the natural sweetness of fruit, and you’re bound to love the loads of vitamins and minerals that fresh fruit provides. One of the best ways to ensure that your baby is getting plenty of fresh fruit in her diet is to make some fruit purees yourself. Use the recipes below to get started. For information on when to introduce specific