Best Solid food for Babies Age 4 to 6 months

Your baby reaching a new milestone of her life, she's now 6 months old and it's chow time. Feeding your baby with her first solid food is indeed exciting in your baby's eating development. But as a parents, you want a best first foods to feed your little one. So, what foods are recommended as the first solid food? How can I know if the baby is ready? How to just get started? No matter what it is, it should be super smooth and almost liquid like dripping off the spoon. 

Base on my research, I made a list of solid food for babies 4 5 6 months old as;

Cereals and Grains: Rice, Barley, and Oat

Fruits: Banana, Avocado, Apricots, Apples, Bananas, Mangoes, Nectarines, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Prunes, and Pumpkin or Squash

Vegetables: Sweet Potatoes, Acorn or Butternut Squash, Carrots, Green Beans, Peas, Yellow Squash or Zucchini, Parsnips, any green vegetables.

Protien: Chicken, Turkey, Tofu

Diary: Plain whole milk yogurt.

There are also a selection of baby food available over the counter.

Baby food available over the counter

GERBER® Purees

According to it's website - Purees are a perfect introduction to the taste of fruits and vegetables. It contain fruit or vegetable ingredient and are extra smooth in texture, making it ideal for your baby's first food experience.It made with 100% natural single fruit or vegetable.

GERBER is a spoon-fed solid food suitable for the complementary feeding of babies 6 months onward. Breastfeeding should continue for as long as possible after introduction of complementary food.

CERELAC® Big Nutrition for Small Tummies.

Starting 6 months, your child’s nutritional needs increase because of rapid growth and development. It is also at this stage that he is more susceptible to common childhood diseases. CERELAC® is a nutrient-dense food ideal for your child’s small tummy. It also contains Protect Plus ™, a combination of BIFIDUS BL and DHA. Give CERELAC everyday!

CERELAC is a spoon-fed solid food suitable for the complementary feeding of babies 6 months onward. Breastfeeding should continue for as long as possible after introduction of complementary food.

Note: If you have your own list of solid food best to give for babies 5 to 6 months old, please share with us by writing a comment below. Thank you in advance!!!

Constipating Food for baby

Many babies get constipated when solid food are introduce. The reason why, is because most of the recommended starter food are all constipating such as, rice, bananas, and squash. 

Do babies really need these foods as starter? These was my question and by researching so much, I turns out that these foods is not necessary. So if solid food is the reason why your little suffering of constipation, take them off the menu. Try some good suggestions include pureed peaches, prunes, or any green vegetable.

Baby food preparation

If you choose to prepare a food for your 4 5 6 months baby, you should mash it very fine as it dripping off the spoon by adding some liquid into. But as your baby gets older, little by little reduce added liquid and thicken the texture. 

Food Serving to a Baby

As a parent, a want to give more to your little one is pretty normal and the menu comes with vast selection of good food. But according to experience parents, serving a food is one at a time. And the introduction of new food, every three to five days.