How to make baby egg eat

The egg is a food whose price is affordable and it is very nutritious. From the start of diversification you can offer it to baby, but beware of excess!

It can easily replace meat to a meal and thus bring the proteins necessary for the good development of baby.

Scrambled, hull, on the dish, in pastries? Find out how to offer baby egg!

How to offer baby egg?

Baby egg benefits:

Eggs can replace meat in baby meals because they are an excellent source of protein and contain many nutrients.

The nutrients of egg yolk are the most interesting. This is where the majority of good fats, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants are located. However, it is also important to give baby egg white because it contains half of its proteins and these are of excellent quality. They contain the amino acids necessary for the growth and good development of baby.

  • Rich in good quality proteins;
  • Source of iron;
  • Vitamins;
  • Good fat.

The egg in baby feeding:

From the start of the food diversification led by the child, it will be possible to introduce the egg into baby's diet.

The egg will be offered:

From 6 months :

  • in an omelet cut into strips;
  • in gourmet recipes.
At BLW meal, baby can taste spinach strips.

Attention points with baby egg:

The egg is a fairly complex food to add to the baby's diet. Indeed, it is one of the allergens while being a good source of protein . The discovery of the egg by your little one will have to be done with attention and precaution. Do not forget to introduce a single allergen both in baby's diet for three days in a row.

Daily protein intake for your little one should not be too high since at this age, baby's kidneys are still immature to know how to digest a large source of protein. The doses recommended per day are:

  • ¼ egg up to her 1 year;
  • ½ egg up to her 2 years;
  • 1 egg up to his 3 years.

How to cook the egg to baby?

To be offered to baby, the eggs will always have to be well cooked. And it is advisable to wait for baby's 4 years to offer him the raw egg. Here are the different ways to make him discover the egg in all his textures:

Smooth texture : a mixed hard-cooked egg to offer with the pre-filled spoon

Tender texture : an egg in a blank or an omelet strap

Soft texture : an egg in muffins or pancakes

 

Some recipes with baby eggs:

Having started purees at 4 months and wanting to start BLW from 6 months is quite possible. Or you are wondering how breast / infantile milk and BLW combined.

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