Baby Food Recipes, News and Information

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If making your own yogurt sounds like one chore too many... think again! Fresh, natural yogurt - packed with calcium and a wonderful aid to digestion - is actually VERY simple to make.

Find out more about the benefits of including yogurt in your baby's diet - and follow our easy 'seven step guide' to making your own - on our new Homemade Yogurt page.

You'll never go back to store-bought again!

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November 15, 2007 07:57 - Thanksgiving Ideas for Baby

Thanksgiving is just around the corner - so don't forget to take a look at our Thanksgiving Baby Food Recipes page!

You'll find some simple suggestions for preparing a meal for your little one on this special day using ingredients from your main Thanksgiving dinner.

Looking for more ways to use traditional Thanksgiving foods in your baby's menu? Then you may also like to visit...

Sweet potato recipes
Pumpkin recipes
Chicken recipes - these work well with turkey, too!

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November 15, 2007 08:05 - Sharing Meals with Baby - A Visitors Tip

We received another great tip from a visitor yesterday, who had been struggling to get her 8 month daughter to eat!

Pauline from Canberra, Australia, told us...

"I just read your what some other parents said about feeding their babies and thought I'd tell you my secret!

It was a real nightmare to feed my daughter Kylie - she just sat in her highchair and threw food around, but wouldn't eat any. Then one mealtime she looked more interested in what I was eating than in what I'd given her, so I slid my plate closer to her but carried on eating!

She began helping herself to food from my plate with her fingers... and actually eating it! She ate the most she'd eaten in ages - so now we do it at every mealtime. Sometimes, her food is different to mine, so I just push it to her side of my plate and she still feels like we're sharing!

This might not suit everyone, but it certainly works for me. I'd have done anything to get her to eat!"

Thanks, Pauline - we've actually used this approach ourselves and it probably works so well because your baby feels really 'included' in your meal. There's also the element of "your dinner looks nicer than mine" - in fact, we still get that feeling sometimes as adults!

It's great to hear that Kylie's enjoying her food now - thank you so much for sharing your tip!

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November 15, 2007 08:21 - Free Toothbrushes For Babies in the UK

Health authorities in the west of England are to start giving free dental packs, containing a toothbrush and information about caring for tiny teeth, at babies' 8 month check ups.

So far, Primary Care trusts in Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bath & North East Somerset are all participating, hoping to reduce the high levels of tooth decay in children from those areas. Alarmingly, around 40% of children have some form of tooth decay at six years of age!

Many parents make the mistake of thinking that dental care is unimportant for milk teeth - after all, if the teeth are going to fall out anyway, what's the point of keeping them scrupulously clean? What they don't realize is that the way in which the milk teeth are cared for can have a significant impact on the development of the permanant teeth later on....

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November 18, 2007 08:53 - Homemade Oatcakes with Cottage Cheese

These oatcakes for baby are incredibly easy to prepare - and make a satisfying finger food for older babies who are happily biting and chewing! Remember that oats may contain traces of gluten - so this recipe is not suitable if your baby is following a gluten-free diet.

You will need...

4 fl oz (1/2 cup) boiling water
6oz (3/4 cup) oatmeal (medium)
1tsp unsalted butter

In a bowl, stir the butter into the boiling water until it has completely melted.
Next, stir in the oatmeal and allow the mixture to stand for 5 minutes - you should be left with a fairly stiff dough.
Rub some oats on to a surface suitable for rolling out the dough (to stop it sticking).
Turn out the dough, then form it into a ball.
Next, roll it out to around 1/4 inch thick.
Cut it into shapes - triangles are more traditional, but any shape will do!
Place the uncooked oatcakes on a greased baking tray and bake at 350 deg F (180 deg C) for around 15-20 mins, until golden.
Cool, then top with cottage cheese (or serve it as a dip). You can combine the cottage cheese with a fruit puree that your baby enjoys - banana works well, as do peach, apple and pear! Yum yum!

Looking for more quick and tasty finger food ideas?

Click here for inspiration!

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