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Preparing Food
- Wash and peel produce and remove any seeds or pits.
- Cook food until it's very tender.
- Puree or mash fresh fruit or fruit cannedin its own juice.
- Make sure the texture and temperature areappropriate.
- Cook eggs, meats and poultry until well done.
- For convenience, freeze prepared baby food for lateruse.
Then, how do you make fruit baby food?
Peachy Mangos
- Step 1: Peel, pit and cut peaches into chunks.
- Step 2: Peel, de seed and cut mango into chunks.
- Step 3: Steam fruits together gently until tender ifneeded.
- Step 4: Place in a blender/food processor and puree untilsmooth or mash with a fork and let baby try to use a spoon or herfingers.
Also, do you need to cook fruit for baby food?
Many pediatric sources recommend cooking fruitsuntil baby is about 8 months old. Bananas and avocado are anexception. For infants who start solids prior to 6 months old,cooking fruits is recommended. Some doctors may saycooking fruits is not necessary at all.
Age: 6 to 8 months
- Breast milk or formula, PLUS.
- Pureed or strained fruits (banana, pears, applesauce, peaches,avocado)
- Pureed or strained vegetables (well-cooked carrots, squash,sweet potato)
- Pureed meat (chicken, pork, beef)
- Pureed tofu.
- Small amounts of unsweetened yogurt (no cow's milk until age1)