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Notes About BLW
Notes About BLW
Notes About BLW
whole steamed vegetables-- green beans, baby corn, sugar snap peas
steamed florets of broccoli and cauliflower
steamed, roasted or stir-fried veggie sticks, such as carrot, potato, eggplant, sweet potato, potato, parsnip, pumpkin,
squash, peppers, and zucchini
Cucumber can be offered raw (also good for teething)
Thick slices of avocado (not too ripe)
Fruit such as pear, apple, banana, peach, nectarine, mango-- either whole or as sticks
Sticks of firm cheese, such as cheddar or Gloucester
Breadsticks
Flat breads, such as chapattis, pita, and naan
Rice or oat cakes or toast fingers-- on their own or with a homemade spread, such as hummus and tomato, or cottage
cheese
falafels
lentil patties
rice balls (made with sushi or basmati rice with dhal)
Messier Foods!
Fusilli, shells, and bows are easier to grip than smoother shapes-- offer some with sauce and some without
Short-grained rice such as Thai rice, Japanese sushi rice or risotto are easy for babies to grab because it's sticky, but
ordinary rice is fine
DIPS
Hummus, guacamole, mixed bean, kidney bean and tomato, red peper and butter bean, cheese sauce, cream cheese and
yogurt with chives, yogurt, dhal, babaganoush
Breakfast Ideas
Hot cereal: oatmeal, rice flakes, millet flakes, or quinoa flakes. (While cooking you can add stewed or grated apples or
pears, blueberries, dried apricots, dates, cranberries, or figs).
Full-fat natural yogurt with fresh fruit. (You can let the baby stir in berries or stewed or pureed fruit in).
Scrambled egg (well cooked)
Cold cereal--dry or with milk
Cheese on toast
Baked beans on toast
legumes; dried fruit like apricots, figs, and prunes; green leafy vegetables
Consume vitamin C to help iron absorption