Sweet potatoes for babies 6 month on. This sweet potato recipe is for babies from six months to whenever you decide to stop. It’s easily digestible and babies love it because of the sweet taste of the cooked potatoes.
To make sweet potato puree for babies, we either wrap the potatoes in foil and bake before blending or just boil till cooked, remove the skin, blend with a little water and egg yolk if you want or just feed the six month baby the sweet potato puree and give proteins and vegetables separately.
When we make this sweet potato meal for weaning babies, we cook more potatoes than needed because the adulkts and big babies are always interested in taking some potatoes out before blending.
Sweet potatoes puree for babies can be fed with a spoon or finger fed. However you chose to feed the baby, he’ll love it because of the sweet potato taste.
HOW TO MAKE SWEET POTATO PUREE FOR BABIES
Sweet potato puree for babies is one recipe that doesn’t need any experience in the kitchen. It can be made by anyone. The ingredients are just sweet potato and water. As a Nigerian parent, I like to sprinkle a little salt when the sweet potato starts boiling just to give it a balanced taste that’s not so sweet.
INGREDIENTS FOR SWEET POTATO PUREE FOR BABIES 6 MONTHS ON
1 large sweet potato
Water
Salt (Optional)
STEPS:
- Wash the sweet potato with the skin on. Don’t peel off the skin. It helps retain the nutrients in the potato. Peeling can change the colour of the potatoes. Just wash with plenty clean water.
- Cut large sweet potato in two. You can use 2 small sized or medium sweet potatoes that don’t need to cut.
- Boil until soft, that’s till a toothpick can poke through the sweet potatoes. If you are adding a little salt, don’t add as soon as pot is on the fire. Wait for it to start boiling before adding any salt.
- Peel off the skin. With a little water to make it blendable, blend using a food blender. Blend till smooth but don’t make it watery please. Use just little water enough to help the sweet potato blend.
- Parents who feed babies formula do add a little infant milk after blending but I don’t because my kids didn’t eat formula. I just blend and feed the a bit warm. It tastes better for them when it’s still warm. If you are not feeding immediately, then warm a bit when it’s time to feed the baby.
Sweet potato puree for babies from 6 months is very nutritious and helps prevent constipation because of the rich fiber content of sweet potato. It’s energy giving and very filling for babies.
Sweet potatoes are a good source of B Vitamins. They contain minerals including Iron for our babies. Filled with cancer fighting properties (Antioxidant)
One superfood our 6 month old babies need to eat is sweet potatoes.
This sweet potatoes puree is excellent for baby led weaning and also recommended among food for babies to gain weight