Baby Of The Month - Previous Winners

Isis, 3 months - from Tianjin, China

Well Isis has just begun her journey with solid foods...and it's still not so much solid as just 'other then milk'. So far she's only 'tasting' foods. She actually is still on runny rice cereal mixed with formula but we have begun to add veggies. But even with a 'full meal' she eats less then half a tablespoon of both.

Every night we sat down for a family meal and she began whining and fussing for some reason. The only thing that would quiet her was if we would hold her in our lap and let her taste some of the food we were eating. Since we live in China we were having foods like steamed sweet potatoes and taro, boiled chinese cabbage and lettuce. All things were made with very little salt since we dip them in a chili/ vinegar sauce as we eat. So to let her be a part of the family dinner we have started to give her mostly carrot baby food with her rice cereal that we buy in the store and she loves them. The only problem is that here in China they only offer about 3 different flavors of baby food...one for each stage. So carrots were really our only option.

Now that we've found this website we plan on letting her explore more tastes and getting her more excited about food.

Harsh, 13 months - from Dubai, UAE

Harsh was introduced to apples after 6 months of age, until then he was only on breastmilk. And yes, he liked the pureed applesauce that he was given!

Then I started giving him cereals and then slowly and surely introduced him to the big colourful world of fruits and vegetables. He has a sweet tooth (like Mommy) and loves yoghurt.

He dosent like to sleep much so at night he keeps making noises, hoping somebody would play with him!! He says a few words now and his favourite toy is a ball.

He likes grilled chicken and as of now enjoys having alphonso mangoes.

Nikita, 9 months - from Fremont, CA, US

We call our little Nikita a naughty pie! She is always curious about everything including any and every food we eat. As soon as mommy or daddy sit down to eat, she crawls towards us at full speed and attacks our plate trying to grab anything on it. Yesterday she grabbed one full 'roti' out of mommy's plate and obviously made a mess on the living room rug trying to "gum" it :-) Oh and you should absolutely watch the video we took of her eating her first mango! Mommy had to take off all her clothes and allow her to make a mess all over herself and the kitchen floor.

I bet you can see some of the naughtiness in this pic of hers!

I started giving her rice cereal mixed with breast milk when she was a little over 5 months. Then I introduced oat cereal followed by vegetable purees after a month. I had started with store bought purees but very quickly learnt the art of cooking baby food at home (reading through your and other websites). So she has mostly had home made baby food. Her favorite food so far is carrots and peas! Can you believe it? She does not even like fruits as much as her carrots and peas! So now that she has turned almost 9 months, I have started offering cooked veggies such as (you guessed it) carrots, peas and broccoli and she just loves picking them up and feeding herself. She so cutely wrinkles her nose when she does not want to eat something we are offering.

We just love watching her explore and grow every day! It is hard to believe how she was just a tiny 5 pound 8 ounce baby just 9 months ago and oh how she has grown into this adorable being who means everything to us now!

Rayan, 10 months - from Mumbai, India

Rayan is hyper kid..... always with a face full of smile!

She just opens her mouth for everything! I started her on solid food at six months with mashed rice soup and banana for a start. Presently, she eats rice mixed with any vegetable (pumpkin, leafy vegetables, cauliflower & cabbage) and she loves to eat sago diluted in milk.

She eats most of the fruits, except apple. She is reluctant to eat that, but I still manage to give it to her with custard!