The best first food to feed baby around 4-6 months of age based on practices of healthy, traditional societies and not modern hype.
Many parents believe that baby cereals are the best first food, but these highly processed, refined powders are best avoided!
Traditional foods that are easier to digest and less likely to trigger allergies are much preferred to modern choices.
Grain-based foods are not a good idea for children only a few months old, so skip the rice cereal that might be suggested by the pediatrician (who never studied nutrition at medical school!).
Baby’s immature digestive system does not produce sufficient amylase, the enzyme required for digestion of carbohydrates, until at least a year old.
The fact that rice cereal is gluten-free makes no difference whatsoever. Rice is still a carbohydrate and therefore very difficult for babies to handle digestively.
Incomplete digestion of rice cereal guarantees putrefaction in the gut leading to an imbalance of digestive flora and the potential for allergies and other autoimmune illnesses to develop down the road.
In addition, much of today’s rice is contaminated with arsenic! This includes brown rice syrups used in powdered organic baby formula (best to always make homemade formula instead).
If rice cereal is not ideal for a baby as a first food, then what?
In this video lesson, I show you how to prepare the perfect first food for your baby around 4-6 months of age.
While egg white should not be given to babies under a year old, the egg yolk supplies critical brain-building cholesterol, choline, and fatty acids that will reward you with a child who speaks at an early age.
All 3 of my children were speaking short, complete sentences by a year old.
I attribute this not only to extended breastfeeding but also to the brain-building nutrients supplied by their early first foods as wisely practiced by Traditional Societies.
The video along with the recipe below shows you how to properly make a soft-boiled egg to use the warm, liquid yolk as a nourishing first food. Remember to skip the egg white until baby’s second year.
Just give baby a taste or two at first. Even if they love it, eating the whole thing too fast (it’s very rich!) risks vomiting.
Go slow!
Hint: Try making this recipe using quail eggs, as they are tiny and the perfect size for baby’s appetite.
Note that egg yolk is recommended over cereal grains by Health Canada. It is unfortunate that the USA is still behind on this important baby weaning step.
Baby First Food Recipe
Recipe to make the best first food for baby as practiced by healthy, traditional cultures to boost intelligence and encourage early speaking.
Ingredients
- 1 egg preferably pastured or free range
- 1/2 tsp organic liver optional, grated
- 1/10 tsp desiccated liver powder optional, alternative to fresh liver
Instructions
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Boil the egg for 3 1/2 minutes.
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Crack the egg open (no need to peel) and carefully place the soft egg yolk into a bowl. Discard the shell and the egg white.
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Stir in the optional liver (grated while still frozen is the easiest method). Alternatively, use 1/10 teaspoon organic desiccated liver powder.
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Serve baby a taste or two at first, building slowly over days and weeks as tolerated. Feeding too much in the beginning risks vomiting as this is a very rich food!
As baby is building toward a whole yolk, add the remaining portion to your own breakfast, so none goes to waste 🙂
Recipe Video
Recipe Notes
The organic raw liver should be frozen for at least 14 days to ensure safety.
Reference
None of my babies started solids before 7 or 8 months and two of them were 11 and 13 months. I always started with meat and moved on to vegetables. Grains came somewhere between 18 months to 2 years of age. Two of my babies, I supplemented nursing with a homemade raw milk formula, the others I nursed without supplementation 2.5 to 3+ years. They were and remain, in their 40’s now, extremely healthy. One of my sons in law came to m, a couple years back and expressed himself saying he felt that the good health his two daughters enjoyed was a direct result of the good diet their mother had as a child. Quite the compliment, I felt.
What type of liver? I have beef liver, but I’ve seen recommendations for chicken/duck. Does it matter?
Beef liver is the most nutritious.
Hello , do you have any other suggestions or recipes for the best first foods to give to baby ? Thank you
This recipe was a favorite with my second son when he was a baby. https://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/sweet-potato-casserole-best-baby-food-ever/
My baby reacted with constipation by the forth day. She previously seemed to tolerate the egg yolk well. I am wondering if under boiling/cooking the egg could have caused this, as on the forth day i recall the egg being very runny
Yes the yolk needs to be soft boiled which is runny and warm.
Hi! I was wondering if I can reuse the egg yolk till it’s gone or if I need to make a new one each time? Thanks!
Thanks for the info! I have a couple questions though:
1. Can I reuse the leftover egg yolk, or does it need to be a freshly boiled egg yolk each time?
2. How often should I be giving it to my 4 month old in day? We just started yesterday and I gave her a couple tastes once in the morning.
Thanks!
I thawed my liver in the fridge over night, is that still okay? or should i keep frozen and purchase a new one?
You can use the thawed liver … it’s just more difficult to grate this way.