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Baby Food Combinations
From Single Purees to More Variety for Baby
By Teri Brown
Jacqueline Rubin, the author of Naturally Healthy First Foods for Baby (Sourcebooks, 2008), agrees that parents should introduce new foods slowly. "Because of their potential to be allergens or their unsuitability for babies, certain foods should not be introduced until after the first year," Rubin says. "Potentially allergenic foods include egg whites, cow's milk, peanuts, soy, tree nuts, wheat, shellfish, strawberries, chocolate and citrus. These foods must be introduced slowly, one at a time, and with any reactions recorded. Many pediatricians suggest that tree nuts and peanuts should not be given before the age of 3."
It might help to keep a list of the foods you have tried and how your baby reacts to them. Once you know what your baby will tolerate, it is time to start combining.
"Cereals and vegetables also work well together at 8 months," Rubin says. "As for cereal and fruit, cereals combine best with apples, though other fruits can be used as well. Later you can start fruit and sweet vegetable combinations."
Good combinations include kale and squash; broccoli and carrot; banana and mango; apple and pear; apricot, pear and apple; brown rice and green peas or green beans; millet and squash; oatmeal and banan; and brown rice and applesauce.
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