Week 1

Foods 1 - 5

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Week 1 Menu

Monday (Fruit): Avocado

1 Meal 1: Smooth Avocado Puree out of open cup for 5 minutes; then Chunky Avocado
Puree from a pre-loaded spoon for 5 minutes; then Avocado Strips for 10 minutes

Meal 2: Smooth Avocado Puree out of open cup for 5 minutes; then Chunky Avocado
Puree from a pre-loaded spoon for 5 minutes; then Avocado Strips for 10 minutes

Tuesday (Vegetable): Zucchini

2 Meal 1: Cumin Spiced Zucchini Boats alone 10 minutes; then zucchini + avocado
strips for 10 minutes

Meal 2: Cumin Spiced Zucchini Boats alone 10 minutes; then zucchini + avocado
strips for 10 minutes

Wednesday (Starchy Food): Sweet Potato

3 Meal 1: Roasted Sweet Potato Sticks alone 10 minutes; then sweet potato + zucchini
+ avocado strips for 10 minutes

Meal 2: Roasted Sweet Potato Sticks alone 10 minutes; then sweet potato + zucchini
+ avocado strips for 10 minutes

Thursday (Protein): Lamb

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Meal 1: Seasoned Lamb Roast alone 10 minutes; then lamb + sweet potato +
zucchini or avocado strips for 10 minutes

Meal 2: Seasoned Lamb Roast alone 10 minutes; then lamb + sweet potato +
zucchini or avocado strips for 10 minutes

Friday (Allergenic Food): Yogurt

5 Meal 1: Yogurt alone 10 minutes; then yogurt + sweet potato + zucchini or avocado
strips for 10 minutes

Meal 2: Yogurt alone 10 minutes; then yogurt + sweet potato + zucchini or avocado
strips for 10 minutes

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Week 1 Weekend Menu

Saturday (Allergenic Food): Yogurt

Meal 1: Yogurt alone 10 minutes, + 1 familiar fruit or familiar vegetable and + 1 familiar starch
from week 1

Meal 2: Yogurt alone 10 minutes, + 1 familiar fruit or familiar vegetable and + 1 familiar starch
from week 1

Sunday (Allergenic Food): Yogurt

Meal 1: Yogurt alone 10 minutes, + 1 familiar fruit or familiar vegetable and + 1 familiar starch
from week 1

Meal 2: Yogurt alone 10 minutes, + 1 familiar fruit or familiar vegetable and + 1 familiar starch
from week 1

Reintroducing Potentially Allergenic Foods

For the potentially allergenic foods, use the weekend to continue to expose
your baby to the new allergenic food of the week that you first introduced on
Friday. Keep in mind that if your baby is going to have an allergic reaction to
food, the vast majority of allergic reactions will occur within minutes and up
to no more than 2 hours following ingestion.

Use your weekend meals to reintroduce familiar foods from previous

days/weeks and to continue offering exposures of the new allergenic food.
Allergic reactions are most likely to occur on the second or subsequent
exposure; therefore, it is important to introduce the new potentially
allergenic food multiple times.

Continue to incorporate all of the potentially allergenic foods your baby has
already tried. Repeated exposure to these food proteins is important for
lowering the risk of food allergy.

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