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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 12:49pm |
Hi just wondering what type of apples for pureed food you use, e.g granny smith?
And the same with pears...
Also how do I give them to her, I was talking with my grandparents who told me they stewed them before giving them to me, but stewing often involves a lot of sugar... And my grandparents told me it would taste bloody awful without the sugar.
How do you cook your apples/pears etc for bubs?
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mummyofprinces
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 1:16pm |
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No sugar!!! Dont forget their tastebuds are very different to ours...
I wouldnt use grannys, they were originally a cooking apple and not very sweet so are quite tart when cooked.
I used Braeburns the one and only time i did apples for Jake and they were quite Tart too and he didnt like them so I didnt bother with apples again tbh...
To stew them just chop them up and put a wee bit a of water in the pot and simmer until soft.. you may need to add more water...
With pears I only cooked them once and then I just pureed them fresh as the puree well once soft anyway....
Kumara was a big hit here! As were banana and avocado (and my favs as no really prep needed lol), likes them together too!
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 1:32pm |
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Yeah thats what I thought re sugar!
Thanks for the tips etc! Definitely will be doing avos, bananas and kumaras
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 5:30pm |
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Its hard in winter... there is not a great variety of fruit available so tin peaches pureed would be ok (in natural juice of course).. I just bought the tinned apples tbh...
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 5:41pm |
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I never buy the in syrup ones, too sweet imo! Lol, but you reckon the in clear juice would be ok?
Didn't actually think of doing that!
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 6:19pm |
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Yes any of the ones in clear juice are ok, they told us that at Plunkets "first food" course.
I use to puree the whole tin and freeze in ice trays, then you can mix them together as you want for different tastes.
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 6:50pm |
Yeah I got a sheet today with the first food course but unfortunately the next one here will be when she is 7 months 
But that's cool, will be giving that a go then!
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 9:59pm |
Thats right, the next one is at about 7 months when the are ready to move to stage 2 foods
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Posted: 14 July 2010 at 10:20am |
Do you know what age yoghurt is? I have seen one sheet saying 1st stage and another saying not til sage 2!
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Posted: 14 July 2010 at 11:39am |
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Yoghurt would be at 1yo??
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Posted: 14 July 2010 at 11:46am |
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1! Woah alright, definitely won't be giving that!
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Posted: 14 July 2010 at 12:09pm |
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Cows milk as a main drink is from 1yo, other dairy products like cheese, yoghurt, cottage cheese and custard are ok from 7-8 months on Plunkets recomendations.
I gave DD natural unsweetend yoghurt mixed with fruit to start with as most other yoghurts are full of sugar.
Ask plunket for their first food sheet , it has all the food for the different stages on it and some tips on feeding solids, they also have a sheet with finger food ideas for older babies.
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Posted: 14 July 2010 at 12:27pm |
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Yup I have that sheet, got it yesterday - the watties one it says yoghurt stage 2 7 months onwards, but also have one from the Ohbaby mag that says soy yoghurt as first foods so was a bit confused !
ETA: Suppose because it's soy yoghurt is why it was a 'first' food.
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Posted: 14 July 2010 at 1:15pm |
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yes probably because it's soy not dairy
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