Why I choose fruit (and vege) for my kids’ first food instead of cereal or porridge? 1. Because I prefer homemade. I am not working and homecook our meal, so why don’t I prepare my babies’ food as well? 2. Because it is INTRO not TAKING solids.
I heard (I heard la tatau betul ke tak) many mommies dreaming of mixing rice porridge with this and that sayur (broccoli is the most popular) and this and that fish, chicken or meat for their babies first solid food. But turned down when the baby reject that so-called yummy yummy first food.
Yes it is delicious, but for the first timer, a baby doesn’t need anything yummy, enough with food with different texture than his usual liquid milk. That’s why it is called ‘introduction’. And it has to be gradually, bit by bit until the baby gets used to other than his milk, later than can try other food with different texture. Furthermore, below 1 year old baby still depend on the milk and no need to rush to provide solid food.
Furthermore, their system is still immature and some trial and error has to be made to ensure : 1- they already can swallow (some babies still have tounge thrust reflex, where they tend to push the food out with their tounges instead of swallowing). 2 – they don’t get constipation.
To avoid constipation, choose high fibre food as their first food, like fruits and vegetables. Alhamdulillah, unlike Hafiy (who had a very severe experience of constipation), Fahry did well. If Hafiy started with babyrice, Fahry is the other way around. Rice or porridge will come later and gradually as well.
I think the idea of mixing everything for babies’ very first food is not the best idea. If we try one-type-of-food-at-a-time, it will give us clue if the babies have allergy. If it is mixed, it is not easy to find out which.
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