Baby's first solids: Preparing and Storing Tips (Part 2)

[nikki]

My baby turned 6mos yesterday and I gave him happy bellies multigrain cereals. We start with cereals according to his pedia. So happy he loved it! I started yesterday with 1 scoop, today 2 scoops and simot pa rin.

[daveigh]

^ sis where do you buy it here?

[nikki]

^hi sis! I have 3 cans my mom brought from the states last December. But you can buy it here at
healthy options. I'm glad nga na this organic brands I want to feed my baby with are available at healthy options.

[daveigh]

^ Thanks for sharing! Buy ako for baby baka bukas, para may variation. Mukhang umay na sya sa cerelac. Hehe.

[insta_momma]

we started feeding my baby cerelac, okay naman pero hindi siya natatakam. we tried potatoes, okay lang din pero hindi rin siya tipong natatakam. we tried squash and he doesn't like it. bat kaya ayaw ng baby ko kumain kahit milk ang hirap, iiyak at ubo muna bago kumain or uminom ng milk..

[m_lim]

mag solids narin baby ko next month!

Earths Best cereal from Healthy Options bigay ng pedia

[khriseeee]

^sis why don't you try baby led weaning? I did that with my daughter and she eats anything and everything now.

[akiteklea]

six months din nagstart si baby mag-solid, breastfed siya. she is now 7 months and earths best organic brown rice cereal din ang ni-recomend ni pedia (yung powdered na nasa box), from healthy options. she's been eating it for one month now, super ok naman sa kanya. instead of water, i put breastmilk tapos nilalagyan namin ng 6pcs of happybaby organic puffs na pinalambot sa cereal, para lang matuto mag chew. aside from that i've been giving her fruits and veggies na, pero twice a day lang ang kain niya, as per pedias advice. then the rest is breastmilk pa rin...

ang unang solid ni baby aside sa rice cereal is puree pears. one whole pear, ni-blender ko then i put it in 3 lock and lock containers then froze it. kasi kailangan 3 straight days mong ipapakain si baby ng same food, according to pedia para mabilis madetect kung may food allergy. ganoon din sa avocado, kaya lang ayaw ni baby. for vegetables naman, hindi ko na ni-ffreeze. sweet potato, squash, potato- all freshly cooked (boiled), then i just mashed it with fork + 2-3 tbsps of malunggay soup para lang medyo lumambot...

may fruit juice din akong binibigay. 1oz orange/ponkan juice diluted with 1oz of water.

[m_lim]

yung soup ba ni baby nilalagyan niyo pa ng salt?

[appledapple]

^hindi na sis. weak pa daw ang internal organs nila for salt.

[m_lim]

^thanks sis! so yung pinagkuluan ng veggies, yun na mismo gagawing soup para kay baby?

[appledapple]

^yup. ganun ginagawa ko. 4 na klaseng veggies pinapakuluan ko tapos yung sabaw ang ginagamit ko. nilalagay ko yung soup sa parang ice tray tapos store sa freezer.

[nikki]

Ok kaya I-mix ang breast milk sa mashed potato?

[hunny_ally]

^YES! That's what I used before to thin out the mashed potato when my baby was just starting out with solids. Add it after mashing the potatoes.

[nikki]

^thanks sis! My baby is just 6mos and 1 week, I feel the mashed potato alone is too thick nga. [textspeak!], will mix with breast milk

[m_lim]

wala ng Earth's Best cereal sa healthy options. Happy Times Brown Rice Cereal ang binili ko.

[akiteklea]

^sis, earths best pala yung gamit ko. sorry mali ako ng tingin sa brand! earths best organic brown rice # 1, 2nd box na namin yesterday. ok naman siya nung tinikman ko kaya siguro gusto rin ni baby! i dont know kung medyo matamis talaga or matamis lang talaga yung breastmilk ko!!! hahaha...=)

[m_lim]

^saan ka nakabili ng Earth's Best? sabi kasi sa Healthy Options Trinoma, di na daw sila nag ccarry ng ganung brand.

nag ok naman si pedia ko sa Healthy Times

[hunny_ally]

^i think HO no longer sells earth's best cereals but they still sell the bottled baby food. Still saw the bottled baby food last week at the Highstreet branch

[nikki]

i also have not seen earth's best cereals at HO shang and greenbelt 5.  I chose Happy Bellies brand for my baby's cereal as my SIL recommends this too.  I think they have 3 variants, but I have only tried multi-grain so far and baby likes it.