avacado?

I was thinking of trying avacado with Myles. (He’s 7 months old). I was going to post a question to Laura about how to prepare it. (I’ve actually never eaten an avacado!).

You just mash it up? It’s soft enough?

As for texture, if he’ll take it, I’d say give it to him. From my experience with babies, the younger they are willing to accept textured foods, the better. If you wait too long they sometimes won’t take any textured foods from a spoon. My girls would never eat any textured foods and went right from pureed baby foods to finger foods. Now they still don’t like anything lumpy!

Thanks. I’ll try it. I’m just looking for other things to feed him, like you are with Aidan. He’s had squash, carrots and sweet potatoes (likes them all). I haven’t tried any greens yet. Are peas too gassy? Have you tried them yet? What else is there? I’d like to try spinach but can only find it in combination jars with other foods. Don’t know if he’s ready for that yet.

I’m not experienced at all with making my own baby food, but I might start trying. I can’t imagine how you’d make pureed spinach!

My girls eat carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and tomatoes, but that’s it for veggies. Oh, and bell peppers. I want to try to expose Myles to more foods so maybe he (and eventually they) will broaden their horizons when it comes to foods.

avocado: ripe it’s soft, so I just mashed it up and I did thin it w/ formula at first…you can also mix it in w/ some cereal to make it thicker- it all sounds gross but they don’t know, lol…texture depends on the baby…when it turns brown after being out it’s still ok- it’s just oxidation like banana or apple turning brown…

I’m not sure how you’d do spinach- jonah is not mspi so he loved (ok, still does!) the jarred gerber creamed spinach…actually for older babies/toddlers for a finger food are Spinach Munchies- they don’t have milk but they do have soy- I buy them in the frozen section of whole foods- jonah still eats them…

I tried all kinds of squash for jonah- I steamed it and mashed it and I also tried baking it…also blackstrap molasses is very high in calcium and iron and it’s good to try to put on sweet potatoes and also the squash- probably apple, too- again get creative, as the babies don’t know

Spinach Munchees by Health is Wealth

they make a whole bunch of different kinds- broccoli, etc

they’re whole wheat and soy and spinach…

Yeah, I was gonna give Myles his first go at peas in the morning (peas is the morning??!!) for that reason. If he gets gassy, it will likely resolve by bedtime. I always give him veggies at his first feeding of solids in the am anyway. I figure he’s more hungry in the morning so give him the veggies then. I did that with my girls, too. Ellie still eats oatmeal with a jar of sweet potatoes or carrots every morning, and she’s 2 1/2. People think I’m weird, but hey, she’s getting a healthy breakfast and she still likes it.

Maybe I’ll make my own bananas. I can probably handle that! He sure hates the jarred ones.

Thanks, Laura for the “Health is Wealth” name. I hope I can get them here. I live in a pretty small town.

Hi Karen. I never knew a baby who didn’t like bananas, but now I know Myles isn’t the only one! Oh, well. He’s liking most other things, so I shouldn’t complain. I’ll try again when he gets a little older.

Jill, I tired Peas this morning. He promptly threw them up!! He hated them. He has a terrific gag reflex (I think reflux babies generally do) and he can throw up in an instant if something touches his tongue that he doesn’t like. I guess I’ll have to forget about peas for a while.