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Incredible Eggs
Introducing Eggs into Baby's Diet
By Donna Smith
If egg allergies do not run in your family and you choose to introduce eggs between 5 and 7 months of age, Swinney recommends scrambling them and pureeing with breast milk or formula. "It can also be mixed in with other foods such as cereal or pureed squash, for example," she says. "For older infants and toddlers, scrambled or chopped hard-cooked eggs make great finger foods."
Eggs are also one of the foods that do well in the microwave. "Eggs are the perfect fast food and can be scrambled in about 60 seconds in the microwave!" Swinney says.
Like introducing any new food, it may take several tries before your child will actually take his first bite – and like it. Try making the presentation "fun," O'Shea says. "Perhaps with other foods on the plate in an interesting shape, or by incorporating the egg with another food that the toddler already knows and enjoys."
Swinney recommends getting your little one involved in the cooking process. "See how many different ingredients you can put in an omelet," she says. "Let him help beat the eggs before cooking. If he doesn't like eggs hard-cooked, he may like them in a quiche or flan or rolled up burrito style. As with other new foods, don't give up after the first try – it may take up to 10 times of trying a food before a child finally likes it."