Infant Food Recipes-Made in home

Dear newmoms,

In this thread im going to share home made infant recipes.
I would like to know your thought

 

Baby Cereals for 4 to 6 months:

In 4 to 6 months u can give Grains like rice,barley,Oatmeal
Rice cereal:
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
Water
Salt
Method:

1. Take a dry kadai, put the rice in it.
2. Dry roast it for 5 mins.
3. let them cool.
4.Using a mixer grinder, make the rice into powder.
5.Rice cereal is ready

For rice pooridge:
1. Take 2 glass of water in a pan
2. Let it boil. Then add 1-2 tbsp of rice cereal in it
3. Cook until it comes to porridge consistency.
4. Then add salt/jaggery as per ur infant taste

 

Barely cereal:

Ingredients:
1 cup Barely
Water
Salt

Method:

1. Take a dry kadai, put the Barely in it.
2. Dry roast it for 5 mins.
3. let them cool.
4.Using a mixer grinder, make it as powder.
5.Barely cereal is ready.
6.Store it in air tight container for future use.

For Barely Water:
1. Take 2 glass of water in a pan
2. Let it boil. Then add 1-2 tbsp of Barely cereal in it
3. Cook until it comes to porridge consistency.
4. Then add salt as per your infant taste

Tips:
1.Barely gives more strength and energy for your infant than rice.
2.Easily digestible than rice.
3.While starting the rice porridge it may cause constipation for your infant. So don make the porridge too thick.

 

Oats cereal:

Ingredients:
1 cup oats
Water
Sugar/Jaggery

Method:

1. Take a dry kadai, put the Oats in it.
2. Dry roast it for 5 mins.
3. let them cool.
4.Using a mixer grinder, make it as powder.
5.Oats cereal is ready.
6.Store it in air tight container for future use.

For Oats Porridge:
1. Take 2 glass of water in a pan.
2. Let it boil. Then add 1-2 tbsp of oats cereal in it.
3. Then add sugar or Jaggery as per your infant taste mix well.
4. Cook until it comes to porridge consistency.

Tips:
1.You can add milk(cow/Buffalo) to make porridge.If you already introduced those milk to your baby.But breast feeding is good for these months.
2.Otherwise you can mix your milk(bm/mom's milk) after porridge is cool.

 

ok ... I will do it

Hi,
For 2 1/2 months baby you should give only breastmilk(BM).If it is mother feeding it is too good to baby.You can start after completion of 3 months.

 

Fruits for 4 to 6 months baby

Following fruits can be introduced in 4 to 6 months:

1.Apple
2.Avocado
3.Banana
4.Pears
After 6 to 8 months:
1.Chikoo
2.Papayaa
3.Mango
4.Apricots
5.Plums


Tips:
1.These fruit can be mashed,pureed and then we can feed to baby.
2.citrus fruit can be given at 12th month.

 

Fruit Puree for 4 to 6 months:

Apple Puree:



Ingredients:

Apple-1no
Water-2cup

Method:

1.Peel the skin of the apple and remove the seeds in it.
2.cut the apple to small piece.
3.Take a sauce pan and pour the water in it.
4.Let it boil.Add the apple piece in it.
5.Let them cook until apple comes to messy consistency.
6.check for water often. U can add more water if u need to cook.
7.After apple becomes too soft.Allow to cool
8.Then using a hand blender/mixer u can make it as puree,otherwise use a potato masher/fork to mash it.
9.now apple puree is ready to feed ur baby.

Tips:
1.It is must to peel and cook the apple. Because in these stage infant can't digest an apple easily.
2.For 10 months above infants we can give the apple as it is.
3.U can 1 tsp of lemon juice,sugar as per ur baby taste.
4.adding lemon juice reduce the chance for cold to ur baby.