Fruit and vegetable purees for your baby

It is obvious that the child's diet should be made from nutritious, dishes favorable for growth and development, containing vitamins and trace elements. And the kids want the holiday so much ... But let's not forget that we, adults, are wizards in some way - so let's pamper your kids with useful fruit desserts. And to start expanding the diet of infants, some mothers prefer it with such delicacies. Although, according to modern views on the problem of introducing complementary foods, the addition of fruit juices and mashed potatoes in the menu is recommended after vegetables and cereals. Starting with fruit acquaintance with the world of "adult" food, the kids then do not eat vegetables or refuse them at all.

How many things!
All fruit and vegetable purees for your baby can be divided into 2 large groups: cooked in industrial conditions and home-cooked dishes. In modern complex environmental conditions, nutritionists strongly recommend the use in the children's menu of special "canned" food of proven and reliable producers.Fruits bought on the market are not always environmentally friendly.Yes, and it is difficult to prepare the product of the right consistency at home. If you prefer a can of food, check the information on the label carefully, keep track of the manufacturing times and the expiration dates (the latter should not be too expensive Also, follow the information in the media (for sure, you heard about the cases of withdrawal of substandard lots of baby food), be interested in information on the forums on the Internet, consult with experts you trust, and determine, therefore, its producer.

Chew, chew, swallow!
Where to begin? Puree are monocomponent (consisting of one type of fruit) and polycomponent (of two or more species). It is preferable to start with the first, and at first choose apple, then pear, plum, banana, peach, apricot puree. Next, you can offer mashed potatoes from two kinds of "familiar" fruits: always keep a close eye on the reaction of the baby to a particular product, and keep in mind that bananas and blueberries fix the intestines, and apples, pears and especially apricots, peaches , plums - relax.Fruit and vegetable puree for your baby may not fit, but do not be too persistent - do not want a puree with an apple, offer him with a pumpkin or zucchini.

Are there any teeth already?
Puree differ in the degree of ground: homogenized (homogeneous, not requiring chewing, for children 4-6 months), finely ground (for babies 6-9 months) and coarsely ground (for children older than 9 months).
Additional components
If you are preparing mashed potatoes yourself, it is unlikely that you will put anything else there besides the fruit. But industrial food sometimes contains additional ingredients that impart a more dense consistency to the mashed potatoes (starch, rice or semolina flour, pectins).
Combining tastes
Manufacturers of baby food offer a variety of mashed potatoes.

Fruit and vegetable purees for your baby are very tasty. Most often it's a combination of apples, carrots, pumpkins, zucchini. Such delicacies will allow unobtrusively to introduce into the ration of the baby vegetables, if he refuses them in pure form. They are less sweet, but they are rich in fiber and vitamins.

Fruit and cereal puree
In addition to fruits, include cereal products - oatmeal, rice, buckwheat or semolina flour, as well as starch. Such puree is superior to fruit in terms of energy value, but to assimilate such a product requires sufficient maturity of the digestive system. Such puree for kids over 7 months.

Fruit and milk puree
They are a mixture of fruits with yoghurt, cottage cheese, cream. Usually also contain formative substances (a little flour or starch). Like the previous versions, they are usually additionally enriched with ascorbic acid and, like cereal puree, have a much higher nutritional value, being a source of proteins and fats. Put them into the diet until 7-8 months.

Prohibited
To treat a child with desserts with a complex composition, which includes, in addition to the above ingredients, various thickeners, sugar, flavorings are better as late as possible. Try to hold out for at least a year! As for all kinds of sweets in the usual sense - any sweets, cakes, cakes, creams, chocolate, eastern delicacies - it is better to postpone the acquaintance with them until 3 years. Of course, in reality it is far from always possible to withstand the recommended norms - often there are grandmothers-aunts-neighbors who try to "make happy" your baby with the coveted "gingerbread". At first, babies usually refuse, not knowing what it is, but the day will come when your child will taste this forbidden fruit and then ... But who, besides you, will be watching baby health? Therefore, without strict prohibitions, gently, try to avoid sharp corners, limiting the amount of sweet, offering something more useful, for example, dried fruits, candied fruits, jam, and pieces of fruit can be carefully wrapped in the same bright and colorful candy wrappers.
Let the kid swallow any sweetness with water or a weak tea - the child's caries develops rapidly and affects the rudiments of permanent teeth. Be resourceful and persistent!

If you cook yourself ...
1. You need to be sure that the fruit has not been treated with various pesticides and other chemicals.
2. Select the best fruits, without a single spot or flaw.
3. Wash, clean, grind the fruit better immediately before preparing and feeding the baby.
4. The prepared puree can be in the refrigerator for no more than 2 hours.
5. Observe the rules of hygiene when preparing food for the baby.
6. Wash fruits, pour over boiled water, peel.
7. It is better to cook everything for a couple or pour boiling water and cook under the lid.
8. Do not cook fruit for long, only until soft, otherwise you will lose a lot of vitamins and trace elements.
9. Wipe the fruit through a sieve, if necessary 2 or even 3 times (or grind it in a blender), add the broth, bring the mashed potatoes to the desired consistency, let cool, and then enter the remaining additives according to your desire (for example, milk, cottage cheese).
10. Be sure to invent cheerful names for your dishes - it will interest crumbs and it will twine your cooking with great pleasure!