Pancake, Banana and Strawberry
From 6 months · 3 foods
Ingredients
How to prepare each food
Pancake
Make pancakes soft and fluffy, not dense or gummy, and let them cool. Skip added salt and sugar in the batter. Standard pancakes usually contain wheat, egg and milk, so offer it as one new ingredient at a time when those are still new foods. Whole-grain or iron-fortified flour adds a little more.
Cut into finger-width strips the baby can hold, or break into small soft pieces. Make sure each piece is moist and easy to gum.
A thick, dense or underdone pancake can turn gummy and bunch up in the mouth. Keep pancakes thin and fluffy, cook through, serve in small moist pieces, and stay nearby during meals.
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.
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
- ESPGHAN 2017 - Complementary feeding position paper (gluten and allergen timing)
- AAP - Introducing common food allergens to your baby
- USDA FoodData Central - Pancake (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Banana (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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