Pear and Kiwi Oatmeal
From 6 months · 1 serving · 10 min
Ingredients
What you'll need
- Oatmeal
- Pear
- Kiwi
- Cinnamon
Method
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How to prepare each food
Oatmeal
Cook oats with plenty of liquid into a smooth, thick oatmeal. Use breast milk, formula, or water, and thin it as needed so it's easy to swallow. Iron-fortified baby oat cereal works well here too.
Smooth, thick oatmeal you can spoon-feed.
Pear
Raw pear is firm and a common choking food, so start by cooking or steaming peeled pear until a fork slides through with no resistance, then mash it smooth or offer soft finger-length batons. A very ripe, soft pear that squishes easily between your fingers can be served raw, peeled, and mashed or finely grated.
Cooked soft and mashed or in finger-length batons; or very ripe raw, peeled, mashed or finely grated.
Raw pear is a firm fruit and a recognised choking hazard, like raw apple. Cook or steam it until soft, or grate it finely, before about age 4. Only serve raw pieces if the pear is very ripe and squishes easily between your fingers. Always peel it for younger babies.
Kiwi
Choose a ripe, soft kiwi that gives slightly when pressed. Peel off the skin, then mash the flesh smooth or cut a finger-length strip your baby can hold. The tiny black seeds are fine to leave in.
Peeled; mashed smooth or a finger-length strip.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a warm, sweet-smelling spice that adds flavor without any sugar. Stir a small pinch of ground cinnamon into oatmeal, mashed banana, apple or pear puree, or plain yogurt. Always mix it fully into a moist food rather than serving it as loose dry powder.
A small pinch of ground cinnamon fully mixed into moist food, never dry powder on its own.
Loose dry cinnamon powder can make a baby cough or gag if it is inhaled. Always mix it into a moist food and never let your baby eat it dry from a spoon.
Putting it together
A warm oatmeal porridge stirred together with mashed pear and kiwi, served on a preloaded spoon.
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Chat with Lumi in the appSources8
- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- USDA FoodData Central - Oatmeal (nutrient data)
- AAP - Choking prevention guidance for infants and toddlers
- CDC - Foods that are choking hazards for infants and toddlers
- USDA FoodData Central - Pear (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Kiwi (nutrient data)
- NHS - Foods and drinks to avoid (honey, salt, sugar)
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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