How to make baby eat the baby carrot?

The sweet and naturally sweet flavor of the carrot will arouse baby's taste buds from the start of food diversification led by the child. This vegetable highly appreciated by toddlers can be used both in meal preparations and snacks.

With its natural orange pigment, the carrot will add color to the plate and can only attract baby curiosity during meals. Do not hesitate to vary the colors on the plate of your little end using the yellow, white or even purple carrots.

How to choose your carrots at the store? In order to introduce the right flavor of the carrot to your little one, we advise you to choose well -colored vegetables with shiny skin.

How to make baby eat the baby carrot?

Baby carrot benefits:

The carrot is an excellent vegetable to offer baby during the BLW . Indeed, this vegetable generally of orange color is very rich in vitamins (A, B, C, E, K) and in minerals (phosphorus and potassium) essential for health.

Have you ever seen a rabbit wear glasses? The carrot is known to be an ally in the health and skin health care thanks to its high beta-carotene content (vitamin A). But that's not all, beta-carotene also contributes to the health care of the immune system!

This orange vegetable is truly an ally for health.

  • Rich in beta-carotene
  • Vitamins
  • Promotes the health and skin health

Carrot in baby's diet:

From the start of the BLW , you can introduce the carrot into baby's diet.

In order to introduce the real flavor of this orange vegetable to your little one, you can offer it throughout the year.

The carrot will be offered:

From 6 months :

  • in the form of steamed sticks;
  • crushed to propose on a carrier or using the pre-filled spoon;
  • in the form of pancakes .

From 8 months : flood and grated.

How to offer baby carrot?

Attention points with baby carrot:

The carrot is a hard food when it is believed, it is therefore part of the food at risk for your little one. During the food diversification led by the child, the carrot will always be offered cooked and melting in the mouth, raw and grated or in many preparations.

How to cook the baby carrot?

Once baby has discovered the carrot in its raw form, you can offer him in different ways using gourmet recipes to prepare at home. Discover the different textures that can be given to the carrot in the baby's plate:

Smooth texture : mash, spread, verrines, etc.

Lowering texture : gnocchi, pancakes, flans, pasta, bites, etc.

Crustive texture : kibble, röstis, etc.

Soft texture : muffins and pancakes

Some recipes with baby carrot:

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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