Food Ideas For Your 6 Months Baby

Fod Ideas! For Your 6 Months Baby So are you excited to introduce your bundle of joy to the wonderful world of food.. But where do you start with ? These might be a few questions lingering in your mind. Baby Food Advice The diet plan for 6-month-old baby must include both solid and liquid foods. Breast milk is still the most important source of nutrition for your infant. You should not immediately switch to whole milk MILK Importance Of Weaning To Solids Milk alone will not be sufficient to meet the increased nutritional needs of your baby. »>» ?»»»>> During 6th Month, your baby's natural iron stores that they received in the womb will have depleted. Baby's mental and physical growth is now too rapid to be satisfied with a liquid diet. Food Ideas! Include Cereals and Grains You can mix iron-fortified rice cereal with formula milk or mother'smilk Rice, Iron fortified Cereal Oatmeal, Barley. Boiled rice is rich in carbohydrates and some commercial varieties are fortified with iron as well Rice when boiled and mashed becomes a good choice to introduce grains to your baby. Fruits However, avoid citrus fruits until the baby is above a year old. Introduce your baby to steamed roo apples, prunes, chikoos and mashed bananas. Peel and remove the seeds from the fruit, steam it for about 3 min and mash it to a pulp. Vegetables Green vegetables can also be boiled and mashed. 11 Babies can digest simple boiled vegetables like steamed and mashed beetroot, sweet potato, potato and carrot. Juices Apple Serve only 100% fruit juice, not juice drinks Juice or powdered drink mixes. Refrain from giving citrus fruit juice until they are 1 yr old. According To The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) In A Day Iron - 11 mg 10 micrograms (mcg) For a 6 month baby up to 12 months Foods To Avoid Food meant for adults High fibre foods Nuts Salty foods Too much of sugar Cow Milk flavoured milk Fizzy drinks half boiled eggs Honey Best Sources Of Iron Food For Your Baby Buby Cereds Baked Beans Baby Cereal Baked Beans Eggs Green Leafy Vegetables So choosing healthy food for 6 months baby is very easy now for you!!!! Mom Vjunction www.mom junction.com