Help with foods for MSPI baby

[Shellha]

Hi again Sara!

I have a great book by a nutritionist, Susannah Olivier, called 'what should I feed my baby?' it was recommended to me by a herbalist/naturopath when I had DS1 who had silent reflux. In it she states that the 'nightshade family' of vegetables should be completely avoided as they have compounds to which a young baby may be sensitive. The nightshade family include potatoes, tomatoes, peppers/capsicums and aubergines/eggplant. With Ts sensitive tummy might be worth avoiding these till he is older??? Just a thought, always worked for us :-)

To fill up DS1, who didn't STTN till I started this, I gave him a brown rice purée. I used to mix fruit in to it as a dessert, or mix with veg for dinner. It was like lead in his tummy and filled him up beautifully.

For the constipation issues, a dried apricot purée has always worked wonders here too .... It's so delist I used to sneak it when I was feeding DS1!

HTH, Shell

[ZacsMumme]

Thanks shell! Interesting re potato. I had made some but ill leave it for a while now I think.
I do need to borrow my mums grinder so I can make my own brown baby rice.

Did the apricot ever cause reflux flares?

[Shellha]

No flares with us, but definitely got things moving at the other end :-)

[ZacsMumme]

Ladies...for those of you who did your own cereals.
I have brought and ground up my own quinoa and brown rice. Do you know if I can cook it up and mix in my fruit etc and then freeze? So its in a state like the brought stuff is? - does that make sense?