Tasty new homemade baby food recipes, feeding tips, baby related news, safety recalls, updates to our site and more!
Posted in Allergy/intolerance, Baby food preparation tips, Feeding tips, Nutrition, Updates to our site on Jul 16th, 2009
If your baby was born prematurely (before 37 weeks) then the usual ‘rules’ for introducing solids may not apply. For some premature babies, early weaning is recommended to help them ‘catch up’ on the nutrition they missed in the womb – others are not developmentally ready until 8 – or more – months after their [...]
Posted in Allergy/intolerance, Baby food preparation tips, Feeding tips on Jun 30th, 2009
Yesterday we received a message from Jennifer in Miami, US, regarding her daughter Olivia (6 months). Jennifer was happy for us to publish her message and our reply here, in case there are other parents in the same situation who may find the information useful.
Jennifer told us
I introduced Olivia to solids 2 weeks ago. So [...]
Posted in Allergy/intolerance, Nutrition on Apr 18th, 2009
It’s still considered the number one first food for babies – yet we receive more e-mails from parents telling us about their negative experiences with infant rice cereal than with any other type of food!
One such example is a message we received yesterday from Marisa in Hutto, Texas, US.
Just wanted to comment that I came [...]
Posted in Allergy/intolerance, Baby food preparation tips on Feb 8th, 2009
Back when our first child was born, I’ll admit we were a little obsessed with cleanliness and would sterilize everything that came into contact with our baby’s mouth. Until one day, that is – when we watched our crawling child picking up toys from the floor, giving them a good old chew, then dropping them [...]
Posted in Allergy/intolerance on Jan 21st, 2009
Over the last few weeks we have received several e-mails from parents with babies on elimination diets due to food allergies. Some of these e-mails have requested advice about which foods should be given to infants on elimination diets in order to replace the nutrients they are missing.
Whilst we always try to provide a full [...]
Posted in Allergy/intolerance, Baby food preparation tips, Nutrition, Updates to our site on Oct 22nd, 2008
Cheese is a wonderful ingredient for use in baby food recipes – a little sprinkle of grated cheese can transform the most simple plate of veggies into a treat that baby will really enjoy and little cubes of cheese make a great finger food.
What’s more, cheese is highly nutritious and an excellent food for a [...]
Posted in Allergy/intolerance, Feeding tips on Oct 3rd, 2008
Earlier this week we posted a question from Christy in the United States. Christy subsequently sent us another interesting question – the answer to which we thought other parents might find useful.
Christy wanted to know if she needed to use the four day rule when giving her baby a food such as homemade carrots IF [...]
Posted in Allergy/intolerance on Sep 29th, 2008
We received the following message last week from Christy in the United States…
I would like to know at what point can I stop “introducing” foods to my 9 month old and not have to wait the 3-4 day waiting period? When can I give her table foods without having to worry about an allergic reaction? [...]
Posted in Allergy/intolerance on Aug 7th, 2008
A sensitivity to foods is seldom the sole cause of eczema in babies – but in around a third of cases, certain foods may make symptoms worse.
As any parent of a child with this condition will agree, eczema can be very distressing for baby AND for Mum. Anything that may help relieve the symptoms is [...]
The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog
Tasty new homemade baby food recipes, feeding tips, baby related news, safety recalls, updates to our site and more!
