While it s perfectly fine to continue with stage 3 foods up to your child s first birthday treegoob advises letting your baby try their hand at real food well cooked veggies ripe fruits shredded meat scrambled eggs soft cheese and cooked pasta are all great options for babies this age she notes.
Baby 1st foods vs 2nd.
Infant cereals and pureed baby foods are helping to develop his eating skills.
Made with real fruits and veggies and available in 1st foods 2nd foods.
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.
Start with one food item a day as long as it s pureed from whole grains to strained mashed and finely pureed fruits.
Natural 2nd foods sweet potato banana orange.
Only one new single ingredient food should be introduced at a time.
Softer textures are very important when first introducing foods.
Gerber baby food offers a variety of wholesome fruit and veggie purees which are sure to please tiny tummies.
While many parents think of the standard first food as single grain baby cereal often rice cereal or oatmeal mixed with breast milk or formula new york city pediatrician preeti parikh md says there s no official scientific data that says you have to start with that.
Previously his digestive system was too immature to.