Tag: food
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Simple Toast and Fruit Breakfast
Now that baby’s teething has settled and his gag reflex has calmed he has been doing well with finger foods again. As we are gluten free now which has improved his sleeping and eliminated him screaming in pain all night long it made me think hard about toast. Readily available gluten free bread where I…
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Apple Porridge with Strawberry Yoghurt
In Australia we have no added sugar kids and baby yoghurt. It’s a good healthy addition to a baby’s diet. Today my little one had 1 stewed green Granny Smith apple cooked until it was soft enough to purée simply by stirring it. I then added 60mils of formula and about 2 tablespoons of Cerelac…
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Mixing Purée With Porridge
Sometimes we forget that porridge doesn’t have to be plain and boring. Try it out sometime! When you need to add extra fibre or make meals more filing try adding your purée whether it’s homemade or store bought to porridge. You can use semolina, wheat, gluten free, rice, oat, quinoa or just about any porridge…
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Cerelac Oat, Wheat & Prune With Fruit
Today making breakfast a little more interesting. Some small amount of fresh Banana and Cerelac porridge Oat, Wheat and prune with a bit of pear and prune purée by Rafferty’s Garden. This porridge honestly tastes a bit like weetbix. I’m adding some formula for the liquid. Not much. About a tablespoon and the milk is…
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Persimmon Purée
Persimmons have shown up. Perfectly ok for babies as long as the seeds aren’t a problem. I have a NutriBullet and a powerful blender so the seeds aren’t an issue but I still strain for stray skin chunks. I added a small amount of boiled sterilised water to the washed fruit and blended. He loved…
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Bellamy’s Organic
Since there seems to be no Cerelac Stage 1 for a few weeks now I tried out Bellamy’s Organic 4+ Months rice porridge with prebiotic. You can find out more on the Bellamy’s Organic website, link below. I like the Bellamy’s Organic range in general. I used to buy their rusks until my local store…
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Pear and Peas Purée
I will add a story post photo later today. Pear and peas purée gets the bowls moving naturally. Every now and then my baby has off days where he isn’t constipated but he doesn’t poop for two or even three days. If your baby is blocked up it’s important to keep them hydrated. But my…