Baby 1st Foods

Make it watery at first then use less liquid as your baby gets used to solid foods.

Baby 1st foods.

Gerber baby food offers a variety of wholesome fruit and veggie purees which are sure to please tiny tummies. Stage 1 foods have a single ingredient and are pureed. Our yummy recipes include multiple taste and ingredient combinations to help little ones accept new flavors and develop healthy eating habits. Most commercial stage 1 baby foods contain about 2 5 oz about 5 tbsps of fruits veggies or meats.

Softer textures are very important when first introducing foods. Single ingredients only and at a space of 4 days apart with introducing each new food. These 1st foods and 2nd foods are. However puréed meats poultry beans and iron fortified cereals are recommended as first foods especially if your baby has been primarily breastfed since they provide key nutrients.

You may skip the cereal and begin with a fruit like avocado or begin with a veggie like butternut squash or sweet potato. Stage 1 baby foods are the first type of baby foods you should offer your baby. Any of these foods can be mixed with rice cereal if added texture is needed pureed or strained vegetables. Baby cereal and soft cooked thinly pureed fruits and veggies should be baby s first solid food experiences.

Only one new single ingredient food should be introduced at a time.