What Baby’s Eating: 6 to 7 months old

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The 6 to 7 month window is a fun (and messy) time for feeding babies as they are usually beginning to grab the spoon and become more involved in the feeding process. It is also the month when many babies get their first tooth and mealtimes can be a great opportunity for teething.

With both of my kids, I waited until their second month on solids to introduce green vegetables. I wanted them to get used to the act of eating and enjoying milder, sweeter foods before introducing vegetables with a stronger taste. When I did finally introduce green vegetables, I usually mixed them with a sweeter food at first. Baby spinach is a great green vegetable to introduce early on because it is so packed with nutrients but has a softer texture and milder flavor than regular spinach. It is easy to incorporate some leaves of steamed baby spinach into almost any puree, but I usually start with something familiar to my kids. Green applesauce is really my go-to green vegetable puree during this month. Apples seem to make anything palatable to a 6 month old, plus they have the benefit of being cheap and are a fruit that we almost always have on hand. The kiwi puree makes this a very soft, even liquid baby food so it is great for young babies or as a base to add baby cereal for a thicker puree.

 

Apples, spinach and kiwi for green applesauce

Ingredients prepared for Green Applesauce

Green Applesauce

Green Applesauce

Green Applesauce

Ingredients

  • 1 medium sweet apple (Honeycrisp or Fuji are my favorite varieties)
  • 1 kiwi
  • 1 large handful baby spinach leaves, well rinsed and coarsely chopped
  1. 1. Peel, core and chop the apple into 1-inch cubes. Set aside.
  2. 2. Cut the kiwi in half and scoop out all the flesh. Blend the kiwi flesh in a food processor or baby food maker until completely smooth. Using a rubber spatula, press the kiwi puree through a fine mesh sieve to remove all the seeds.
  3. 3. Steam the apple for 20 to 25 minutes or until soft. Add the chopped spinach to the steamer and continue to steam for another 5 to 10 minutes or until the spinach is well wilted and the apple is very soft.
  4. 4. Puree the apple/spinach mixture in a food processor or baby food maker until well blended and smooth. Stir in the kiwi puree. Store in the refrigerator for a few days or freeze for up to one month.
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My son is also loving sweet potatoes this month! Sweet potatoes are the perfect baby food since they are sweet, nutritious and extremely easy to prepare. Pureed sweet potato has a very thick texture, so I usually add some water when I blend it up and also thin it out further with some formula before feeding it to baby.

Baked Sweet Potato Halves

Sweet Potato Puree

Basic Sweet Potato Puree

Basic Sweet Potato Puree

Ingredients

  • 1 medium sweet potato, well scrubbed and pricked all over with a fork
  • Formula or breast milk, as needed
  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake the sweet potato in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until very soft. Cool to room temperature.
  2. 2. Cut the cooled potato in half and scoop out the soft flesh. Blend the sweet potato flesh, along with 2 tablespoons water, in a food processor or baby food maker until smooth. If needed, add additional water to thin and smooth out the puree. Store in the refrigerator for a few days or in the freezer for a month. Add breast milk or formula as needed to create the correct texture of puree for your baby.
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Diced cucumber and avocado

Cucumber Avocado Puree

As I mentioned last month, my baby loves avocado and I’ve been trying to think of other vegetables to mix with it so he doesn’t get so used to eating bananas all the time! Surprisingly, cucumbers were a big hit. I love cucumbers but never really thought of them as a baby food. But adding them to avocado makes a nice smooth puree and the mild flavor really appealed to my son.

Cucumber and Avocado Puree

Cucumber and Avocado Puree

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cucumber, peeled, seeded and cut in small chunks
  • 1/2 avocado, flesh scooped out
  1. 1. Combine the cucumber and avocado in a blender, food processor or baby food makes and blend until smooth. A little water, formula or breast milk may need to be added to make a perfectly smooth puree.
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