Best Baby First Food Recipe (+ VIDEO)

Many parents believe that baby cereals are the best first food for babies, but doctors are increasingly suggesting otherwise with more traditional foods that are easier to digest and less likely to trigger allergies gaining favor such as soft boiled egg yolk.

What is the best baby first food?  This is a question all parents inevitably ask and the answer given by most pediatricians is rice cereal.

Unfortunately, any grain-based food is not a good idea for children only a few months old as a baby’s immature digestive system does not produce sufficient amylase, the enzyme required for digestion of carbohydrates.  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:   egg yolk.

While egg white should not be given to babies under a year old, the egg yolk supplies critical brain-building cholesterol and fatty acids that will reward you with a child who speaks at an early age.

All 3 of my children were speaking short, yet 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 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 baby’s first food. Do not use the white as it is allergenic until a baby is over a year old.

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.

Egg Yolk For Baby

The simple recipe below takes 3 minutes to prepare and is the ideal first food for your baby!

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.

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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.

Cook Time 3 minutes

Author Sarah Pope

Ingredients

• 1 egg preferably pastured or free range
• 1/2 tsp organic liver optional, grated

Instructions

1. Boil the egg for 3 1/2 minutes.  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.
   

   Stir in the optional liver (grated while still frozen is the easiest method).

   Serve baby a taste or two building slowly over days and weeks as tolerated.

2. Stir in the optional liver (grated while still frozen is the easiest method). Or use organic desiccated liver powder.

3. Serve baby a taste or two building slowly over days and weeks as tolerated. Feeding to much too quickly risks vomiting as this is a very rich food!
   

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

The organic raw liver should be frozen for at least 14 days to ensure safety. 

Alternatively, if a clean source for organ meats is not available, use desiccated liver pills and sprinkle 1/8 of a tsp into the warm yolk.

Source

Nourishing Traditions