Homemade Healthy Baby Food Recipes and Cookbook - V. Purées: 4 to 6 Months and 6 to 8 Months

V. Purées: 4 to 6 Months and 6 to 8 Months

Before the fourth month, your baby should be purely on breast milk or a combination of breast milk and formula if needed. But on the fourth month, you can begin to introduce your baby to good, wholesome, and nutritious food to help him get used to eating solid food and as a way of helping him appreciate healthy food in the future.

At the age of four to six months, anything that’s too solid will give your baby a hard time which is why it is best to start with fruit or vegetable purees with an almost soupy consistency. This makes soft fruits with a lot of water content an ideal introduction to solid food for babies. When you reach the age of six to eight months, you can continue with less soup-like fruit and vegetable purees.

Avocado Puree

Ingredients:

Avocado

Water or fresh apple juice (or another fresh fruit juice)

Preparation:

Wash, peel, and slice the avocado, slowly going around the hard seed. Measure out the fleshy, ripe, green part of the avocado; a teaspoon or two is more than enough when your baby is four to six months old but you can add more when he or she is older than six months. Mash the avocado until it is very soft. You can add a little water or fresh apple juice to make it softer to the point of being soupy.

Does this mean you need to buy a whole avocado just for two teaspoons of food for your baby? Not at all. You can just set aside the right amount of avocado the next time you’re making guacamole or tropical fruit salad. When beginning to feed your baby solid food, it’s always better to use what you already have in the kitchen.

This is an excerpt from the book: Homemade Healthy Baby Food Recipes and Cookbook