WHAT TO SERVE BABY?

Weaning is a "high risk" period as your baby is exposed to a wide variety of foods. And any food has the potential to cause an allergy, with discomfort like hives, sneezing, coughing, vomitting, diarrhea or even life-threatening ractions. Futhermore, a food allergy may lead to a series of other allergic diseases in later life. So a baby's food must be nutritious and "safe". The trick is to stay away from allergenic foods that cause problems until the child is over a year old. This include egg white, peanuts, treenuts (for example, walnuts, hazelnuts, and almonds) and shellfish/
You may give your baby rice cereals as his first solid food because rice rarely causes an allergy and is easy to digest. Commercial ones have the added advantage of being fortified with iron. By this age, the iron reserve that your baby was born with would have been depleted.
Other "safe" foods suitable for weaning are apples, pears, prunes, carrots, potatoes, spinach, chicken, oats, and wheat. From here, slowly expand your baby's menu.
But whatever you serve, do not season with salt, soy sauce or sugar. It is never too early to establish healthy eating habits.