All About Babies!

Kim's confession: when I got pregnant, I read all kinds of books on pregnancy and delivery. I had a wonderful birth for which I was completely prepared. When I got home I realized that I had read nothing about what to do with the actual baby! In retrospect, I had thought it would just come naturally. Well it didn't!

Knowing what to feed the child and how much of it was a mystery to me. The ideas below came from a flyer at the pediatrition's office. I taped it to the inside of my cupboard. Even if you already know what to feed your child, it's nice to have some healthy ideas at a glance.

I love this quote that appears at the top of the flier:

A parent’s job is to provide a variety of healthy foods. A child’s job is to choose how much of those foods to eat.

This is from a flier my pediatrician gave me.


Step 1 : 8-9 months
Mashed
Cooked peas or carrots
Bananas
Peaches
Cooked beans
Tofu
Hard-cooked egg yolk


Step 2: Introduce soft finger foods
Cooked
Peeled
Protein
Potato cubes (no skin)
Carrot coins
Green beans (stringless)
Mashed potato
Peaches
Pears
(these should be fresh soft or canned packed in juice or light syrup)
Home made macaroni and cheese
Tofu cubes


Step 3: 9-10 Months: introduce firmer finger foods
Breads/ cereal
Fruits and vegetables
Protein
Toast strips
Unsalted crackers
Cooked noodles and spaghetti
Rice
Dry cereal like cheerios and kix
Melon balls
Apricots
Soft peeled apple
Cooked soft pears
Broccoli&cauliflower
Peeled tomato
Beets
Fish (no bones)
Tuna (water packed)
Cooked dried beans
Large curd cottage cheese
Moist meat balls