I have a confession. When it was time to start introducing solid foods to my first child, I was terrified! Up until then I was nursing and that was so easy and I didn't have to think about food.
I decided I was going to make it myself. I'm sort of a do-it-yourselfer for most things anyway which I'm sure annoys my husband sometimes! I didn't exactly have a guide to follow but I recently found this amazing meal plan for weaning your baby. I thought I would post it to hopefully help other parents who might be looking for smart ideas of what to feed their baby for their first bites of solid food. It's a huge step and if there was only one thing you HAVE to get right is the foods you feed your child.
This great find is from Andrew Saul. I've posted "Monday" but if you like this and want to see the whole 7 day meal plan just click on the link. He also makes some great comments at the bottom so be sure to read those too!
SEVEN DAYS OF VEGETARIAN DIET FOR A WEANED BABY
(Scroll down to my Comments at the bottom of the page.)
MONDAY
BREAKFAST
"Wheatena" or similar brand cooked whole wheat breakfast cereal
Fruit
1/2 of a chewable vitamin C 250 milligram tablet (that would be 125 mg.)
1/3 tsp children's multiple liquid vitamin (such as "Shaklee Liqua-Lea," "Solgar
NutriFort" or "Nature's Plus Baby Plex")
LUNCH
Beans
Corn
Squash or Pumpkin
Cottage Cheese
1/2 of a chewable C tablet
1/3 tsp liquid multiple vitamin
SUPPER
Cottage Cheese
Puffed Wheat (no milk; use a few at a time as a finger-food)
one slice whole wheat bread with butter
Fruit (as much as desired)
1/2 of a chewable C tablet
See more at Doctoryourself.com
I decided I was going to make it myself. I'm sort of a do-it-yourselfer for most things anyway which I'm sure annoys my husband sometimes! I didn't exactly have a guide to follow but I recently found this amazing meal plan for weaning your baby. I thought I would post it to hopefully help other parents who might be looking for smart ideas of what to feed their baby for their first bites of solid food. It's a huge step and if there was only one thing you HAVE to get right is the foods you feed your child.
This great find is from Andrew Saul. I've posted "Monday" but if you like this and want to see the whole 7 day meal plan just click on the link. He also makes some great comments at the bottom so be sure to read those too!
SEVEN DAYS OF VEGETARIAN DIET FOR A WEANED BABY
(Scroll down to my Comments at the bottom of the page.)
MONDAY
BREAKFAST
"Wheatena" or similar brand cooked whole wheat breakfast cereal
Fruit
1/2 of a chewable vitamin C 250 milligram tablet (that would be 125 mg.)
1/3 tsp children's multiple liquid vitamin (such as "Shaklee Liqua-Lea," "Solgar
NutriFort" or "Nature's Plus Baby Plex")
LUNCH
Beans
Corn
Squash or Pumpkin
Cottage Cheese
1/2 of a chewable C tablet
1/3 tsp liquid multiple vitamin
SUPPER
Cottage Cheese
Puffed Wheat (no milk; use a few at a time as a finger-food)
one slice whole wheat bread with butter
Fruit (as much as desired)
1/2 of a chewable C tablet
See more at Doctoryourself.com
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