Bread, Cream cheese and Strawberry
From 6 months · 3 foods
Ingredients
How to prepare each food
Bread
Lightly toast bread so it holds together, then cut it into finger-width strips your baby can grip. Toasting helps it firm up instead of turning gummy in the mouth. Most bread contains wheat, so introduce it on its own and watch for a reaction. Choose lower-salt bread when you can.
Finger-width strips of lightly toasted bread. Avoid soft, untoasted bread that can ball up into a gummy wad.
Soft, fresh bread can compress into a sticky wad that is hard to clear, and hard crusts can break off in firm pieces. Toast it lightly, cut it into strips or small pieces, add a thin moist spread, and always supervise eating.
Cream cheese
Choose pasteurized, full-fat cream cheese and use a thin smear. Spread a little on a strip of soft toast or a soft cooked vegetable, or stir a spoonful into a vegetable mash to add richness. Plain (unsweetened, lightly salted or unsalted) is best at this age.
Thin smear on a finger-length strip, or stirred into a mash.
Strawberry
Choose ripe, soft strawberries. Mash them, or offer a large, flat half that your baby can hold and gum (too big to fit whole in the mouth), or thin slices. Hull off the green leafy top first.
Mashed, a large flat half too big to fit whole, or thin slices.
A whole strawberry is round and firm enough to block a small airway. Cut or mash it so no whole, firm berry is offered. Slice into thin pieces or quarter lengthwise, and choose ripe, soft fruit.
Putting it together
Prepare each ingredient using the age guidance above, then serve them together.
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- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- AAP - Choking prevention guidance for infants and toddlers
- CDC - Foods that are choking hazards for infants and toddlers
- ESPGHAN 2017 - Complementary feeding position paper (gluten and allergen timing)
- AAP - Introducing common food allergens to your baby
- USDA FoodData Central - Bread (nutrient data)
- AAP - Why infant formula instead of cow's milk before 12 months
- USDA FoodData Central - Cream cheese (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Strawberry (nutrient data)
General informational content, not medical advice. Always consult your pediatrician about introducing new foods, especially if your baby has any medical conditions or family history of allergies.
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