hi, I am saritha verma living in edison,nj. I would like to know if I can start giving my daughter khichidi [rice and moong dal]. I am giving her gerber food. I would like to know other food i can start for her. Vanita replied. After a baby is 6 months a new food can be introduced (once a day, for a week) to see of the child has any allergies. The child may at first reject, or accept very little. Never use a feeding bottle for any liquid food. Use the bowl & spoon right away. Make sure that the vessels and ingredients are clean. Continue breastfeeding. As outside food is added, water has to be added too. make sure it is boiled & filtered. Unclean eating can be a source of infections.

At first it ought to be liquids like daal water/fresh fruit juices. Later you can introduce variety in your food interms of textures and tastes, but at this stage, it should be something preferably pasty - experiment with grains & cereals, boiled, or roasted & pounded and made into different sweet or salty porridges. You can also mash/puree fruits, or boiled veggies which contain greens, too.
geetika replied. hi sarita, yes i do give my son one almond a day. i started giving him from fivth month. one thing to keep in mind is that soaked it overnite and remove the skin paste it add milk if required, watch for one to two days for a allergic reaction if u want to but my son add no reaction so i give him daily. it is supposed to be gud for kids that is wot my mom says that is y i m giving him.check out with some elder person at ur place also about that.gud luck geetika replied. dear sarita, yes u can give her khichdi: wot i do is that i have powdered the rice and moong dal seprately in a grinder.now whenever i need to make khichidi i boil water and than add 1 tblsp of each till it gets all cooked and give it to my son u can add a lil ghee too.u can give her steamed apple like keep a apple in pressure cooker and steam for a min than puree it in a mixer.give her dal ka pani and boiled mashed potatoes also.and yeah do give a almond daily as it is gud for infants.soak one almond overnite and next morning peel it and crush it till all mashed and smooth and give it to her add lil milk if desired.hope this helps.yeah u can also check out this website which is gr8 for making home made food for babies www,wholesomebabyfood,com put dot bistead of commas
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