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Os recomiendo visitar la página Wholesome Baby Food, que a mí me está sirviendo de gran ayuda en esta aventura de la introducción a la alimentación complementaria. Tiene un listado bastante completo de alimentos clasificados por la edad a la que se pueden ofrecer al bebé, con el análisis nutricional de cada alimento, recomendaciones sobre la mejor manera de seleccionarlo y cocinarlo, recetas...
Y muy interesante es el apartado dedicado a la conservación de comida para bebés, ya que tienen un cuadro indicando qué alimentos se congelan mejor, o cuales pueden hacer que al descongelar un puré se nos quede una textura un poco diferente (por ejemplo la patata).
De aquí saqué la idea de congelar el puré en cubitos, que me parece una idea genial, porque me permite variar el menú del nene combinando diferentes cubitos cada día, lo explico con un ejemplo: hago puré de calabaza, de calabacín, de guisantes, de zanahoria, de judías verdes, etc, y los congelo en cubitos, y así cada día le mezclo dos o tres cubitos diferentes y les añado patata, tapioca o sémola de arroz (para que lleven una porción de hidratos de carbono). Esto sobre todo lo hacía al principio, porque al incluir la carne y el pescado ya sí que le congelo el puré "combinado" de carne con verduras o de pescado con verduras, y ahora la verdura sola ya ni se la trituro, se la doy en daditos pequeños (cocida, excepto el aguacate) y así se la va comiendo él solito, cosa que a él le encanta y a mí me deja las dos manos libres para comer!
Con la fruta es diferente, porque no se puede congelar ni hacer con antelación, porque pierde las vitaminas. En mi caso apenas he llegado a prepararle papillas de frutas, porque desde el principio le gustaba más coger su trozo de manzana, pera o plátano (metido en un Alimentador antiahogo) y chupetearlo hasta sacarle todo el jugo y poco después decidió que pasaba del Alimentador Antiahogo y empecé a darle la fruta más blandita (plátano, pera y manzana asada o cocida) en trozos, lo cual es genial porque le enseña a aprender a masticar antes de tragar (con los purés aprenden a tragar sin masticar) y le ayuda a mejorar la coordinación ojo-mano y la motricidad fina. Pero ya le dedicaré un post al Baby Led Weaning, que es como se llama esto de darles a los bebés la comida sin triturar y dejar que ellos cojan del plato lo que quieran comer.
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Between 4 and 6 months old you can start offering your baby foods other than milk. It often begins with fruit, cereals and vegetables, then chicken, beef and later fish and egg. About when to introduce each food there are many theories, usually based on the digestibility of foods and their ability to cause allergies. But what nobody doubts is that it is more advisable to give our baby homemade food, and if we can prepare organic food, even better.
I recommend you to visit Wholesome Baby Food, which to me has been a great help in this adventure of weaning. It has a fairly comprehensive list of foods classified by the age at which you can offer them to your baby with the nutritional analysis of every food, advice on the best way to select and cook, recipes ...And very interesting is the section dedicated to the conservation of baby food, because they have a table indicating which foods freeze better, or which can make the puree have a different texture when thawed (eg potato).
I recommend you to visit Wholesome Baby Food, which to me has been a great help in this adventure of weaning. It has a fairly comprehensive list of foods classified by the age at which you can offer them to your baby with the nutritional analysis of every food, advice on the best way to select and cook, recipes ...And very interesting is the section dedicated to the conservation of baby food, because they have a table indicating which foods freeze better, or which can make the puree have a different texture when thawed (eg potato).
From here I got the idea to freeze the puree in ice cubes, which I think is a great idea, because it lets you change the baby's menu combining different cubes every day, explained with an example: I make pumpkin, zucchini, peas, carrots, green beans, etc purees, and freeze them in ice cubes, and so every day I mix two or three different cubes and add them potato, tapioca or rice meal (to carry a portion of carbohydrates). This was especially so at first, because whit the inclusion of meat and fish I would freeze the puree "combo" meat with vegetables or fish with vegetables; and now I give him some vegetables in small cubes (cooked, except the avocado) and so he can eat them by himself, which he loves and leaves me both hands free to eat my food!
With the fruit is different, because you can not freeze or make the puree in advance, because it would lose vitamins. In my case I have barely prepared pureed fruits, because from the beginning he liked to take a slice of apple, pear or banana (put in a feeder antiahogo) and suck it to get all the juice, and soon he decided that he was done with the Safe Feeder and I started to give him the squishy fruits (banana, pear and apple baked or cooked) into pieces, which is great because it teaches him to chew before swallowing (with purees your baby learns to swallow without chewing) and helps improve hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. But I'll write another post about Baby Led Weaning.
1 comment:
Eso sí, cuando deis el paso de darle la comida al bebé en pedacitos no os obsesionéis con la limpieza del suelo, porque todos los días os va a dejar el salón como el Mercadona a las 8 de la tarde un sábado en el mes de Agosto en Vera Playa!!!! jejeje
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