Did you know there are approximately 130 million babies born every year?
This blog is going to show parents and parents to be how to wean their baby to give them the best possible start in life and help them avoid the allergies, food intolerances and health problems so common in our children today.
All this information has been gathered from Baby Weaning a unique, free and vital resource for all parents weaning their baby. We are going to give snippets from their baby weaning day by day personalised planners, should you want the whole day by day, step by step, free baby weaning planner for the first year of your babies life please visit their website directly.
Weaning planner for Days 1 to 93
New foods are shown in bold type and underlined. * New Food
They are always introduced at a lunchtime - this enables you to detect any reaction during the afternoon.
Please remember to ensure that all equipment is clean and sterile wherever possible - if you do not have a steriliser then pour or immerse the items in freshly boiled water. We found a good way is to place the items in a metal colander and place this in the sink then pour water direct from the kettle over the items. Soap/ detergent is NOT required.
As a rule of thumb when preparing a new food cook about 500g/ 1lb at a time - more than this will be difficult to steam/ blend and freeze in one go - less means you are re-cooking the same food too often; we do not want you tied to the kitchen cooker!
It is important that your baby is protected from unnecessary germs. Upto one year old, all food equipment should be cleaned before each use as a matter of course.
For baby:
little one
Weanday
Day 1) Breafast -
Lunch - Baby Rice (1)
Evening -
2) Breafast -
Lunch - Baby Rice (1)
Evening -
3) Breafast -
Lunch - Baby Rice (1)
Evening -
4) Breafast -
Lunch -
Evening - Baby Rice (2)
The number in brackets throughout the planner relates to a guide amount. ALL guide amounts on this page are in teaspoons. We will specify on each page whether the figure relates to Teaspoons. Desert spoons, Tablespoons, ice cubes or other measurement.Remember these are guide amounts and your baby will let you know how much they need.
NOTES
Baby rice is the most often used first food - it is easy to digest and is unlikely to produce an adverse reaction. There are a number of well known brands and are easy to find in most food shops.
The number in brackets throughout the planner relates to a guide amount. ALL guide amounts on this page are in teaspoons. We will specify on each page whether the figure relates to Teaspoons. Desert spoons, Tablespoons, ice cubes or other measurement.Remember these are guide amounts and your baby will let you know how much they need.
Day 5) Breafast -
Lunch -
Evening - Baby Rice (2)
6) Breafast -
Lunch -
Evening - Baby Rice (2)
7) Breafast -
Lunch - Pear Puree (1)
Evening - Baby Rice (1)
8) Breafast -
Lunch - Pear Puree (1)
Evening - Baby Rice (2)
9) Breafast -
Lunch - Carrot Puree (2)
Evening - Baby Rice (2)
10) Breafast -
Lunch - Carrot Puree (2)
Evening - Baby Rice (3) Pear Puree (2)
11) Breafast -
Lunch - Carrot Puree (3)
Evening - Baby Rice (3) Pear Puree (2)
Notes
Pear puree - peel and core fresh pears (not tinned). Steam pears, this can be done in using a strainer over a saucepan, with the saucepan lid over the fruit. Avoid aluminium strainers and cookware (unless of the anodised type). Once fruit is soft, puree by hand or in a mixer/ blender. Put excess into ice cube trays and freeze - one ice cube is approximately equal to one heaped teaspoon. DO NOT keep (once frozen) for more than three months. When serving puree of fruit in early stages this should be warm but not hot, to an adult it would seem cold or at best tepid. Remember your baby's mouth has very delicate skin and is extremely sensitive to temperature (hot/ cold) at this time.
Portions are teaspoons.
Carrot puree - peel, top and tail - cut into small pieces - steam until soft then puree in a blender.
For more information on Baby Weaning, please visit www.babyweaning.com where you can download a full, free, personalised daily food planner for your baby.
