Introducing fruit baby foods

1. Raw Foods

Fruits should be cooked before the age of 8 months. The exceptions are: Avocado, Banana, Papaya, Mango, and Kiwi. These fruits must be peeled and then mashed mashed with a fork.

In United States, Avocado presents the best fruit for its high iron value.

2. Avoid list

Avoid Citric foods to the age of 12 months, examples are Oranges, Grapefruits.

3. Fruit Juices

Do not give any fruit juices before the six months of age. If you want to give a fruit juice, it must have no sweeteners added, must be pasteurized. The juice must be diluted ( One part juice, 10 parts distilled water). Do not exceed more than 4 to 6oz of juice per day.

4. Canned Frozen Fresh

Avoid canned fruits, they may be loaded with sugar and preservatives. Frozen and fresh fruits may be used.

5. Timely Phasing

Four to Six (4-6) Months old

Raw mashed: Bananas

Peeled, Cored, Cooked in minimum water. mashed strained: Apples, Pears

Applesauce Baby food (6 months Plus)

Six to Eight (6-8) Months old

Raw mashed: Avocados select dark green fully ripened, Mangoes, Papaya

Peeled, Cored, Cooked in minimum water. mashed strained: Apricots, Nectarines, Peaches, Plums

Guava should be peeled, seed part removed, cooked in minimum water, mashed. Make sure to remove all seeds.

Eight to Ten (8-10) Months old

Raw mashed: Kiwi, Cantaloupe, Watermelon

Cooked in boiling water till soft: Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries

12 Months

Strawberries

Soft pieces of raw fruits, peeled, seeded and chopped