This has always been a very exciting time for me. I love to eat good food. I love to make good food. And I love to make my own baby food. For me, it is SO simple that I don't see the need to spend money on pricey baby food jars at the store. Besides, if I make it, I know what is in it.
During the weeks preceding G's 6 month birthday, I started to do research on first foods. There is a lot of advice out there as to what is the perfect first food. I read anything I could get my hands on. I now know more than I need to about an infant's digestive system. I learned, for example, that babies have limited enzyme production - which is essential for the digestion of foods, of course. The functional enzymes that they do produce at this young age work primarily on fats and proteins. This makes sense since my milk is largely made up of fat. As for the big gun carbohydrate enzymes, those don't really kick in until the molar teeth are fully developed - after 2 years old, thus making grains and cereals really hard to digest when they are tiny.
I decided that G's first foods would be animal foods. It appears as though her little tummy tum is ready to digest those and I have some great eggs to start her off.
G's first food was egg yolk. Hard boiled, mashed, and with a little breast milk mixed in. The texture grossed her out as I thought it might. But now she loves them.
Next up was bananas. Bananas contain enzymes to digest carbohydrates and they are sweet! G LOVES bananas. Can you tell?
Since the bananas, G has tried sweet potatoes (pureed with butter to aid in digestion), steamed peaches, pureed chicken, avocado, apples, and yogurt. This kid loves eating and gobbles up anything I offer. On deck are green beans and peas. I will also grab some plums from the farmer's market next weekend. I bet she will love those!
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