Guava and Banana
From 6 months · 2 foods
Ingredients
How to prepare each food
Guava
Choose a ripe, soft guava that gives slightly when pressed. Peel it, halve it, and scoop out the firm seedy center. Mash the soft outer flesh smooth, or press it through a sieve, and serve on its own or stirred into a purée.
Seedy core removed; soft outer flesh mashed smooth or sieved.
Ripe guava flesh is soft, but the seed-filled center is firm and the seeds are hard. For early eaters, scoop out and discard the seedy core and serve only the soft outer flesh. The skin is edible but can be tough, so peeling it makes the fruit easier to handle.
Banana
Use a fully ripe banana so it mashes easily between two fingers. Peel it and offer it as a smooth mash on a spoon, or hand over a finger-length strip the baby can hold with a bit poking out of the fist. A firm or under-ripe banana is harder to manage, so soften it by mashing.
Smooth mash, or a finger-length strip held in the fist.
Banana is low-risk when fully ripe and soft. A firm or under-ripe banana is harder to manage, so mash it or wait until it ripens. Always supervise eating.
Putting it together
Prepare each ingredient using the age guidance above, then serve them together.
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