First Fruit

6 Months

I didn't really have a big reason to waiting a month to start fruits. It just kind of happened because I wanted him to eat several vegetables before I gave him fruit and I just took that long to give him those. For his first fruit I decided to do pears. A couple weeks later I made peaches. And I also introduced butternut squash...one of my favorites, especially in the fall!

Pears: (1st time) Easy. Peel, cut out the core, chop, and bake in baking dish with small amount of water on bottom. Bake until tender. Pureed in food processor. No water needed, good consistency without.

Peaches: (1st time) I never knew that peaches smelled so good!! It made me want to make a peach cobbler, and I am not the biggest fat of peach cobbler. Yum! Anyway, for these guys, I cut them in half, took out the pit, placed them flat side down in a baking dish with an inch of water. Bake at 400 degrees until tender and skin starts to pucker. Take them out, drain the water (you can keep some, but I didn't need it), and let them cool for a little so you can peel the skin off without burning your fingers. The skin just comes right off if they're done. I pureed them in a food processor. They turned out to be very thin and I had to put rice cereal in them to make it easier to feed to Dylan. 4 peaches = 24 oz

Butternut Squash: (1st time) Made this the same way I make it for myself. Cut it in half, take out the seeds, put it on a baking sheet flat side with a half inch of water and bake for 45 minutes. Then I scooped it out with a spoon into the food processor. Use the extra water to get to appropriate consistency.

Orange

5 Months

Carrots and Sweet Potatoes

Carrots: (1st time) About as easy as it gets. Peel, chop, boil, and puree with some of the water it was boiled in. I added a tiny bit of butter for flavor and to help break down the vitamins so Dylan digests those better. (That's what I've heard anyway).

Sweet Potatoes: (1st time) Also, pretty darn easy. Bake, peel, chop, and puree with a little butter and water. Tasty!