Pumpkin: 5 Easy Ways Your Baby Can Safely Eat Pumpkin
Oct 26, 2020
Dive into pumpkin season with tips on how to safely introduce this nutritious fruit to your baby! Discover five easy and creative recipes, like pumpkin hummus and a tasty pumpkin curry, perfect for baby-led weaning. Learn about the unique texture of pumpkin and why it behaves like a vegetable nutritionally. Plus, get insights on modern breast pump innovations that help busy parents manage feeding. Explore great ways to keep your little one engaged with screen-free activities, all while ensuring a wholesome eating experience!
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Pumpkin Safety and Portion Advice
Pumpkins are safe for babies but avoid overfeeding to prevent skin turning orange from too much beta carotene.
Keep pumpkin portions moderate to avoid this harmless yet noticeable effect on baby skin color.
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Nepal Pumpkin Curry Experience
Katie Ferraro shared her experience eating pumpkin curry repeatedly in Nepal during the rainy season.
She recommends including pumpkin in baby meals but diversifying vegetables to avoid flavor fatigue.
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Pumpkin: Fruit by Botany, Vegetable by Nutrition
Though pumpkins are botanically a fruit, nutritionally they function much like vegetables.
Texture-wise, pumpkin offers a unique stringy feel for babies learning to eat solids.
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#69: It’s the peak of pumpkin season and you might be wondering how your baby can get a PIECE of that PUMPKIN action, right??!! Well pumpkin is totally SAFE for babies to eat (...with a few caveats) and inside of this episode I’m sharing 5 Easy Ways Your Baby Can Safely Eat Pumpkin (with 5 new BLW pumpkin recipes for you too!)
Listen to this episode to learn:
Why even though pumpkins are technically a fruit - from a nutritional standpoint they act more like a vegetable...and from a texture standpoint pumpkin is a totally unique stringy texture baby can try too
5 brand new BLW PUMPKIN RECIPES are available for you and you can grab that free download with the recipes here.
Episode 47 Oatmeal: How Your Baby Can Safely Self-Feed Oatmeal is here
Episode 43 Sesame: How to Introduce Your Baby to this Potentially Allergenic Food is here
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Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS.
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Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN.
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