what to cook ?............food for eight to ten month old baby

Is ur baby grabing food from ur plate?
My little girl started picking food(mostly rice) from our plate and feed herself around 8 months.
By eighth or nine months most babies have developed enough eye-hand coordination to pick up small objects with their fingers.

Is he more interested in food u are eating more than food offered to him?
I have observed that babies love textures and colours in food,my baby usually picks the pieces of carrots or peas,or rice from our plate.The food which we offer to babies lacks that vividness,(usually a boring looking puree or with some lumps),so they are more interested in our food which have more textures and

Foods to avoid in the first year of baby

For a first time mother,its very important to know which food shud be avoided during the first yr as people usually gives some these to babies much before whn they are supposed to.
parents are usually too eager to give softdrinks,chips and choclates to babies much before whn babies actually ask for it.

Salt and Sugar- u wud find urself mostly fighting with ur MIL on this topic,as people generally think that how come baby wud like food without salt and sugar whn adults can't.

Seasonal fruits and veggies around the year-India

Do u feel that our parents or grand parents are more healthy than us at this age?

Do u know the secret of being healthy?
 
yes, I feel so and  I know the reason is Eating Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables,Nature knows whats best at what time,following the cycle of  nature and eating seasonal helps in keeping us healthy.
And as a mother its our duty to feed our little one the seasonal and the most nutritious food,for their better growth and health
 
But do u know what grows in which season?

The Maid of Honour

Now u all be surprised what I am writing about ? But yes I am talking about that one person that daily comes to our house,cleans the dishes ,do dusting,tidy up our rooms,help us  to take care of our little babies .................all that without any weekend for herself to enjoy.
Today is Monday and we all set up to go to our work after a lazy weekend but for her......................there is no such word like lazy weekend in her dictionary. Somehow we all forget to give her that Honour that is due,we donot say Thankyou for all  her help.....but yes we all complain as all bosses do to their employees.
But if we complain whn something done wrong,we shud appericiate too whn they do something good,dont you think so?
 
Yesterday,I watched Zee CINE Awards,and THE KING KHAN dedicated all his respect to to the lovely maids who work at his house and dedicated the Aashiqui song.......

What to cook for Seven month old baby ?

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Nothing much different from a six month old,only less pureed ;more lumps and textures and more finger foods.By 7 months u may give ur baby 3 meals a day ,but it all depends upon parents choice and babies interest.

Mashed and lumpy foods
Its good for ur baby to get used to lumpy and chopped foods by now if u have not started by six months.If u wont introduce some lumps and give only purees,

Wonders of a good Massage before Bedtime

I remember when my LO was born.I got one of many advice from a wellwisher that babies cud be given massages 3 times a day.But a good massage before bedtime is a must. It helps the little one to sleep easily.
Though massaging 3 times a day was a huge thing for me.....esp when I am sleep deprived myself.

What to cook for Six month old baby?

Home made baby food by the dabblist/CC BY

Baby completed six months,Wow ! Its time to try ur culinary skills  with motherly touch.
Get ready to cook for ur little munchkin and lets enjoy her first taste and do click the photo of that puzzeled look!  (i missed that and now i regret......)

see the baby food chart for six month old that I have compiled from various sources and choose what u want to feed to ur LO

Summary of Baby/toddler Sleep training

Whn I published a post on baby sleep training,i was actually little apprehensive too but with my readers overwhelming response,I am now confident that I am not the only one who got success in it or there  are others who wants to try it too.but I only say try it once ur baby is 3 or 4 months though u can start a simple bed time ritual.
see my post on How my Toddler learnt to sleep on her own?

One of my reader told her story abt how she trained her three months old baby to sleep on her own  and that in her own room.thats wonderful!

How to prepare baby food ???

Baby food for six month old is mostly in puree form or soup form or cud be  mashed.
The first step of baby food preparation is usually peeling and then cutting or chopping the desired fruits or vegetables.

Peeling or no peeling

some people wud suggest to leave the skin on(as it contains more fibres) but for a six month old baby

Introducing solids to babies

Annaprashan (or food introduction) ceremony is usually done at 4rth month for girls or 5th month for boys ,but don't be too eager to start solids fromthen instead wait till six month.

How i introduced solids to my baby?
My baby turned six months in last summers, it was the first time in my life whn i am cooking something as a mother. cooking with all my affection and feeding her with a little silver spoon that i bought for her was so  blissful.Initially there wasnt nothing much to cook.It was not at all any work.And its a great pleasure to look at my  baby while she is making faces to every new taste,looking puzzeled!!!!!....... so cute.
I asked my doc before starting solids, he suggested

Exotic vegetables and fruits in India



photo by rick ligethelm/CC  BY

Many years ago whn I was in college, one of our botany professor went to US on some Educational tour , when she returned back she told us about the
vegetation there, how the cauliflower is green in colour,cabbage is purple colour and potatos are red.We were amazed then and wondered how they looked!!

 really didnt believed that such veggies exist  !!!!!

photo by liz west/CC BY
 

What to cook for my baby?

My outlook on fruits and vegetables ; baby foods and cooking.

image by Br3nda /CC BY

Before starting my post i want to admit to my readers that I am not a great cook,neither i am good in remembering recipes. pls dont expect any fancy baby food recipes from me. But still i cook everyday , three or four times a day. I believe in healthy cooking.When i started giving solids to my  baby, i started looking on various options
,..........................what to give at six months? what wud be suitable vegetables and fruits ?, How to give lentils and which one,which cereals ?,
And most important how to add all new veggies and fruits in my little munchkins diet without getting rejected (at least there won't be a lot of waste)?
how to introduce lentils ,cereals, vegetables and fruits in various way so that i can give all nutrition but has to cook less items and
And one more thing that usually never ever seemed like a problem in virtual world but yet we all mothers has to face everyday..............
What to cook for my baby at the same time cooking for family too.How to cook so many dishes three times a day?