[**jessie**]

What was your baby's first food? Did you choose foods in any particular order?

I had my first try at making baby food purees this afternoon. I made sweet potato and carrots mixed with BM. I think I am going to start with the sweet potato. Jaxon has just started to show lots of interest in what we are eating and now has super head control, plus we have zero allergies in the whole family, so we are going to give it a go! Basically just for fun, so he can try a few different tastes.

[SandKmommy]

Seamus' was peas, then we went through all the veggies(all gerber stuff) then the fruits, he wasn't in pureeds for more then 3mo before he started getting big foods

Kieran we tried all the plain pureeds(even tried to make my own and got the same reaction) but she wouldn't have any of it(this was at 6mo) and at 9mo she finally started eating but it was our foods and I think it was corn but I forget for sure since I didn't write it down

[HopeWishWait]

We gave Conner carrots first. Our pedi said to give them all the veggies first because once they have the sweetness of fruit its hard to get them to eat something like peas. It made sense to me (I know I'd react that way if I was a baby ) So thats what we did. I believe he had most of his orange veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes) and then his green ones and then fruit.

[ANGWife]

After rice cereal, he had peas then sweet potatos. We did about 2 weeks with them first, then moved to bananas and applesauce.

[Mars]

Just remember to start with one food at a time for a few days before introducing another and mixing them together.

I started with butternut squash first.

I used to use the website Wholesome Homemade Baby Food Recipes, Make your baby healthy homemade baby food with our easy baby food recipes, solid food tips, baby nutrition & more! alot for age ranges, ideas and nutritional value.

[soImarriedAnerd]

it was last night and it was a piece of baked chicken he kind of just licked it and sucked on it....not sure if that counts LOL

[LisanAndy]

I did bananas and just introduced something new every few days

[Resi]

I started with sweet potatoes, then peas. I think after that I tried avocado and banana but he didn't like them.

Just to let you know carrots can be high it nitrates. We held off on them until he was maybe 9-10 months or so.

I made all his food too and it was fun and tasted good.

[**jessie**]

Originally Posted by Resi

Just to let you know carrots can be high it nitrates. We held off on them until he was maybe 9-10 months or so.

I made all his food too and it was fun and tasted good.

Hmmm, I will have to check into that carrot thing. That was what the pedi recommended starting with. Do you think it is more a problem with fresh cooked carrots than with the jarred baby food carrots?

It is fun! Any excuse to use the blender

Broccoli and turkey, both unblended. We started with finger foods and then moved to purred, lol. The purees are pretty chunky too. I seem to do a lot of things backwards.

I never mix anything with BM either. Too lazy. I meant to though. He eats it anyways so I guess it is all good. The solids really increased his appetite for BM too. Has anyone else experienced this?

[Resi]

Originally Posted by **jessie**

Hmmm, I will have to check into that carrot thing. That was what the pedi recommended starting with. Do you think it is more a problem with fresh cooked carrots than with the jarred baby food carrots?

It is fun! Any excuse to use the blender

It's been awhile since reading about the nitrate carrot thing but from what I remember fresh homeade doesn't have as many as in the jar.

[ShannonMVT]

I think with carrots what you do is if you steam them, you don't add the water you steamed it with back into it to puree. Most of the nitrates will end up in the water you cooked it with.

I did some fruits first and he still likes his veggies. It always takes him a few tries of something to warm up to it. LLL recommends bananas, sweet potatoes, avocado (but I'd wait a little bit on a younger baby for avocado).

[Oriyan]

We did all the P foods first cause we wanted JJ to poop lol. He eats EVERYTHING. We are not doing banana strawberry yet (its a gerber food) because his ped said no.

[*Anna*]

Alexa had apples around 10 1/2 months. And then bananas. And at 11 months I give her almost everything. Slowly though. She's had spaghetti, cheerios, baby yogurt, puffs and zesty tomato things from gerber which she loves.... squash, sweet potato, baked potato, carrots,....

I am not giving her eggs, any dairy until 12 months. I'll be starting meats in the next week or two. She loves food.... and when she puts anything in her mouth she giggles like she's getting away with something she should not be. Its cute. I have video taped her, and will try to post

[bittersweet]

Originally Posted by Mars

Just remember to start with one food at a time for a few days before introducing another and mixing them together.

I started with butternut squash first.

I used to use the website Wholesome Homemade Baby Food Recipes, Make your baby healthy homemade baby food with our easy baby food recipes, solid food tips, baby nutrition & more! alot for age ranges, ideas and nutritional value.

Great website, thanks! I bookmarked it

[Angelaosaurus-rex]

I gave Landen sweet potato's mixed with BM, he was just about 5 months. He also loved sweet peas and pears around Jaxons age!